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  • This course gives you the background needed to gain Cybersecurity skills as part of the Cybersecurity Security Analyst Professional Certificate program.
  • You will learn about the different phases of penetration testing, how to gather data for your penetration test and popular penetration testing tools. Furthermore, you will learn the phases of an incident response, important documentation to collect, and the components of an incident response policy and team. Finally, you will learn key steps in the forensic process and important data to collect.
  • 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.
  • The completion of this course also makes you eligible to earn the Penetration Testing, Incident Response and Forensics IBM digital badge. More information about the badge can be found https://www.youracclaim.com/org/ibm/badge/penetration-testing-incident-response-and-forensics.
  • 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.
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Curriculum

Penetration Testing

Introduction to Penetration Testing

What is Penetration Testing?

Penetration Testing - Planning

Penetration Testing - Discovery

Penetration Testing - Additional Discovery Details

Penetration Testing - Attack

Penetration Testing - Reporting

Tools

Penetration Testing - Planning resources

Discovery deeper dive

Hacking Techniques

Reporting Resources

Penetration Testing Tools Further Research

Planning and Discovery Knowledge Check

Attack and Reporting Knowledge Check

Penetration testing tools

Penetration Test Graded Quiz

Incident Response

Incident Response Overview

What is Incident Response?

Incident Response Preparation

Incident Response Detection & Analysis

Containment, Eradication & Recovery

Post Incident Activities

Incident Response Demo, Part 1

Incident Response Demo, Part 2

Incident Response Demo, Part 3

NIST vs Sans Institute

Importance of documentation

Automation

Case Study- Reviewing the IR Process

Apply your Knowledge from the Demo

Tools in Incident Response

Activity- IR Flow Chart

Incident Response Knowledge Check

Incident Response Graded Quiz

Digital Forensics

Module Overview

What are Forensics?

Data Collection & Examination

Analysis & Reporting

Data Files

Operating System Data

Application Data

Network Data

Handling Digital Evidence

Report Writing Example

F?orensics on Mobile Devices

Chances of Recovering Data

Beginner Digital Forensics Lab

Advanced Digital Forensics Lab Review

Forensic Course Overview Knowledge Check

The Forensics Process Knowledge Check

Forensic Data Knowledge Check

Digital Forensics Assessment

Introduction to Scripting

Module Overview

History of Scripting

Scripting Concepts

Scripting Languages

Python Basics

Python Getting Started

Data Structures

Functions and Methods

Python Libraries

Coding in cybersecurity

Scripts to Mitigate Risks

Bash Scripting in Penetration Testing

Lab Setup Instructions

Using Python in Forensics

Why learn Python?

Additional Python Training

Scripting Overview Knowledge Check

Python Scripting Knowledge Check

Introduction to Scripting Assessment

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