Penetration Testing, Incident Response and Forensics (Coursera)

This course also gives you a first look at scripting and the importance to a system analyst.

This course is intended for anyone who wants to gain a basic understanding of Cybersecurity or as the fifth course in a series of courses to acquire the skills to work in the Cybersecurity field as a Cybersecurity Analyst.

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In this course you will learn to:

• Describe penetration testing tools and the benefits to an organization

• Describe a deep dive into incident response techniques and tools

• Describe digital forensics and digital evidence.

• Discuss the power of scripting.

Completing this course will count towards your learning in any of the following programs:

- Security Analyst Fundamentals Specialization

- IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Penetration Testing

In this module you will learn the importance of understanding penetration testing, the phases of penetration testing and tools available for penetration testing.

WEEK 2

Incident Response

In this module, you will learn the various phases of an incident response, the importance of documentation and how it relates to the incident and the components of an incident response policy.

WEEK 3

Digital Forensics

In this module, you will learn about the forensic process, different sources of forensic data and the chain of custody as it relates to forensics.

WEEK 4

Introduction to Scripting

In this module you will learn why scripting is important to cybersecurity, an overview of scripting languages and the basics of Python scripting.