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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

EB

Mar 5, 2023

after knowing the basic knowledge with high standards applied and taught in detail by IBM, so understanding can be achieved. This section is very useful when entering the world of cybersecurity work.

T

Oct 13, 2022

The course has really helped me learn lots of things conserning penetration testing and digital forensiscs and also bash scripting. All credits to IBM for their humbleness in teachng very well .

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By BAYTÖRE İ

May 10, 2023

I must say the program was challenging, especially considering my English proficiency. However, with patience, hard work and determination, I successfully completed the program. I would like to point out that there are some complex issues that require repetition and revision to fully grasp. However, I am grateful for the opportunity to receive such a quality education and look forward to applying my newly acquired knowledge and skills in my future endeavors. Thank you again for this valuable experience.

By Berfan H

Oct 6, 2021

Cons: The lecturer isn't really "teaching" you, he's mostly reading the slides, uses advanced language and complicated words, and so isn't really giving you tools to tell what you learned.

Pros: Packed with information. And because the lecturer is reading the material, you can just take down notes using slides and skip the parts where the lecturer is reading the slides and save some time.

By Nkechi O

Nov 9, 2021

Quite a very interesting course from which I have learnt a so much about the topic, including the penetration testing phases and tools, phases/steps of incident response, especially as presented by SNS and NIST! I however still have much to understand about the incidence response in practical terms. I really look forward to gaining the practical experience.

By Carlo L

Sep 23, 2021

Awesome course! The Exam will require you to understand the material so do take notes. Do NOT skip on the Reading materials!!! A bit of a challenge vs Powerpoint by death but if you are really interested on the course it will not matter. Good course overall. looking forward to take other ones.

By Sean T

Aug 30, 2020

Content was quite good. I learned a lot. Though I am curious if anyone is editing these courses. The spelling and grammar errors are numerous and distracting. It's very unprofessional and someone should be able to, at least, spell the names of the IBM products. Thank you.

By Deleted A

May 30, 2021

La mayoría del curso está muy bien planeado, pero la parte de scripting es algo confusa de entener, aún así, mi calificación es muy alta porque hay muchas alternativas fuera de aqui para entender y profundizar más en el scripting para complementar lo que haquí se ensea.

By Mehboob u R

Mar 21, 2021

Overall very very exciting course, however, I found 'Digital Forensics' and 'Scripting in CyberSecurity' bit boring, it would be nice if IBM team will review these two sections.

In all very nice collection of resources for Python, and PenTest process.

By Matthew M

Apr 10, 2023

There is quite a bit to learn within this course, but I feel that it is laid out in a way to allow you retain it if you take good notes, and pay attention! I would recommend it to anyone wanting to get into cybersecurity.

By Deleted A

Aug 17, 2021

This course helped me supplement my learning from University, I was happy that what I had learned was further looked into here. I also learned a number of new things that I hope will help with my future career options

By Visakh K

Oct 2, 2020

The Penetration Testing portion had good examples with Links to use when we actually do it.

Python scripting is just beginner level & can be advanced if possible.

Incident response & Forensics are moderately good.

By Juan M A L

Oct 19, 2022

Muy bien estructurado, es un paso general por los conceptos de las pruebas de penetracion y respuesta a incidentes. Se hace necesario estudiar por cuenta propia si se quiere profundizar en alguno.

By Satwik D

Jul 28, 2020

Good for overview of topics. However more graded hands-on lab should be provided (as Google does) instead of just providing links in additional resources.

By Meaghan R

Jan 31, 2022

Great review of Python syntax, some Java, and forensic cybersecurity. This has made me particularly interested in this as a possible career path.

By Oschenkov F

Apr 6, 2021

This course provides a good general knowledge about penetration testing, forensics and scripts, but the video and sound quality is not very good.

By Dan K

Feb 8, 2021

Pros: Very straightforward and good frameworks for a number of topics.

Cons: Dated (old tech), some lessons have audio that drops in and out

By Luxmi R

Dec 7, 2020

The course contents and the reading materials are a good introduction.

One of the course audio was not clear. hence the reduction in rating

By Nel A

Jan 25, 2022

Subject was perfectly presented just that I was hoping for some more examples and practice script for python specifically for Pen-testing.

By Iftekhar M T

Oct 18, 2020

Great course and really got to learn a ton of stuff! Would have been more helpful if hands-on demos were included in some of the topics.

By Nevin S

Nov 12, 2021

This course was a informative course for me. I learned lots of information but the audio parts was poor. It was hard to understand.

By Elelventhan R

Aug 3, 2022

More video lectures, Lab exrcises(Penetrating testing practice lab simulations) are welcomed if you can include in the course.

By Mel

Nov 20, 2023

Great content, however, the presentation can be improved. It is not always easy to follow and sometimes not clearly explained.

By Pushkar S

May 19, 2022

Good course. It covered the basics of pen tests, incident response, forensics, and some introduction to python scripting.

By Luiz F A J

Jul 30, 2022

Raul's audio from IBM in some classes should be improved, the audio has a bad quality. The course is great in content.