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Sound the Alarm: Detection and Response
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Sound the Alarm: Detection and Response

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.8

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Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
Approx. 24 hours
Learn at your own pace
98%
Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

  • Identify the steps to contain, eradicate, and recover from an incident

  • Analyze packets to interpret network communications

  • Understand basic syntax, components of signatures and logs in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) tools

  • Perform queries in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to investigate an event

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There are 4 modules in this course

Detection and incident response are an important part of a cybersecurity analyst’s work. You'll explore how cybersecurity professionals verify and respond to malicious threats and become familiar with the steps involved in incident response.

What's included

12 videos7 readings6 quizzes1 plugin

You will explore network analysis tools, commonly referred to as packet sniffers. In particular, you'll sniff the network and analyze packets for malicious threats. You'll also craft filtering commands to analyze the contents of captured packets.

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9 videos8 readings5 quizzes4 app items

You will learn about the various processes and procedures in the stages of incident detection, investigation, analysis, and response. Then, you'll analyze the details of suspicious file hashes. You'll learn about the importance of documentation and evidence collection during the detection and response stages. Finally, you'll approximate an incident’s chronology by mapping artifacts to reconstruct an incident’s timeline.

What's included

11 videos10 readings7 quizzes2 plugins

You will explore logs and their role in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Security Information Event Management (SIEM) systems. You'll learn how these systems detect attacks. You’ll also be introduced to some IDS and SIEM products. In addition, you’ll write basic IDS rules to provide alerts for malicious network traffic.

What's included

14 videos12 readings8 quizzes2 app items1 plugin

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