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About the Course

The cost of a security breach averages nearly $5M (IBM) and is increasing every year. So, businesses are always looking for professionals who can anticipate threats and prevent them. This IBM Penetration Testing, Threat Hunting, and Cryptography course builds expertise in identifying vulnerabilities, protecting assets, and using AI and cryptography techniques to strengthen an organization’s cybersecurity posture. During the course, you’ll explore the penetration testing phases and gain practical experience performing software pen testing and scanning code repositories. You’ll also learn to create comprehensive pen testing reports, perform threat hunting, and integrate AI into threat intelligence. Plus, you’ll learn to leverage Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) frameworks for effective threat identification. Finally, you’ll explore cryptography, including encryption, decryption, and hashing techniques, while also learning about common cryptographic attacks and cryptanalysis methods. To complete the hands-on labs and project, you’ll require a laptop or desktop and basic knowledge of networking and cybersecurity. This course is ideal for existing and aspiring cybersecurity professionals looking to enhance their skills and advance their careers. It is recommended that you have fundamental knowledge of IT systems and cybersecurity principles prior to starting this course. If you’re looking to build in-demand cybersecurity skills in threat prevention, enroll today! In five weeks, you’ll add penetration testing, threat hunting, and cryptography to your resume....

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 George M

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Feb 23, 2021

Well-structured and interesting material.

It is a nice introduction for a newcomer.

Could have better audio recording.

By Mark C

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Apr 14, 2024

Very good course full on information. Did find the labs a bit not as easy to utilize, but did add to the course.

By Charles O

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Jan 2, 2023

i really enjoyed the introduction of python language, beginging to get into the practical aspect of the course.

By ajinkya t

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Mar 25, 2021

The voice of Rao instructor is very low and laggy so it was very disappointment to hear him for some videos.

By Mehjamila B

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Jun 28, 2022

Instructions are clear. Some videos audio was not good. A little bit more hands on would have been better

By AC

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Jul 22, 2020

Course Content is excellent.

One Star reduced for the audio quality, which was not audible in many cases.

By Christian L

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Sep 3, 2021

Some good overview for IDS / SIEM as well as getting started with Forensics and also scripting basics.

By Sandeep B

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Jan 27, 2021

It's been a good informative course for the people who are beginner in the Cybersecurity field

By Paul F

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Jul 15, 2022

Some of the presenters were not very good. They seem to have trouble reading off the script.

By Eric G

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Aug 3, 2020

I think a little more guidance for the labs is needed, specifically in Penetration Testing.

By Deepak R P

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Apr 26, 2021

The quality of Audio and Video is bad. Content wise I will give it a 5. Best for beginners

By Robert J

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May 14, 2022

Closed Caption may be of benefit with language barriers of presenters. Overall very good!

By Mohau H R

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Apr 9, 2022

the course was really helpfull it has has given me an opportunity to grow my skills

By Mark S

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Sep 7, 2021

When you pass the final exam, it does not recognize you have completed the course

By John H

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Dec 31, 2023

No doy el máximo porque algunas urls no funcionaban o tenia alguna propaganda...

By Bhavyasree B

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Jun 24, 2022

This covers all basic concepts related to Pen testing, IR, Forensics & Python.

By Nikhil A

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May 10, 2021

Some videos had voiceovers that were not understandable and kept cutting off.

By Muhammad S

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Jul 20, 2021

this is a good course for getting basic knowledge about scripting and python

By Yu-shing C

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Apr 30, 2022

Som part of video has poor audio. Other than that, the rest is pretty good.

By Paul B

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Nov 3, 2020

Audio is better than average for IBM, although this course is really basic.

By Miltos K

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Mar 24, 2023

Video editing was bad at times. Some linked resources weren't available.

By Yihun T

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Mar 27, 2022

very good course. The Audio in some of the courses need to be improved.

By Rajabel F A

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Jan 22, 2022

Good for learning the basic of penetration test and phyton basic skills

By Somnath H

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Jul 31, 2020

My experience was good and i think this i good courses from coursera..

By Jairo S

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Sep 4, 2021

This course have problems with sound. I had to turn off to do my job.