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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 Marwan N

Dec 26, 2022

Content is interesting for beginners but it is definitely not challenging.

There are several broken links in the course and has recycled content/repeated information that can be quite obvious at times.

Finally, no one will ask you about the history of scripting languages while you're doing incident response and forensic investigations. That section should have been added as an appendix.

By Deleted A

Aug 19, 2021

Raul was easily the best presenter, but the audio cutting out so much made him hard to follow. The other presenters clearly reading from scripts were also difficult to follow, but for a different reason: I was easily distracted from the monotonous drone by pretty much anything in my environment, especially by the female presenter.

By Robert T

Sep 20, 2024

There's solid information but the organization, consistency, and presentation are terrible. It's not a cohesive course as much as it's a collection of pre-existing things IBM already had placed end-to-end to try and fit the purpose.

By Harry P

Feb 7, 2023

Very little practical work and like the rest of the professional certificate there are only videos that are quite boring and quizzes. Python is introduced but no content on using it for cybersecurity - only a link to a blog post.

By Rohit M

Apr 5, 2021

Need to improve on the content and the trainers. This topic could have been very intersting, but the trainers were not good. The way they spoke, the tone, they themselves didnt seem interested.

By Ignacio B

Jan 12, 2021

It seams that the course is made from other courses and talks. The audio and video is not well edited, sometimes not comprehensible and lacks of consistency.

By Shannon A

Oct 18, 2022

I found this difficult, the exercises in particular.

By Malcom L

Sep 2, 2022

This entire specialization, as far as I have completed, is just people reading off powerpoints and directing you towards other's content. If you are already in a similar field or have a degree in it, it probablywould be of use. If you are just starting out, this course is utterly useless and smells like a cashgrab.

I have not written code nor do they teach you actual practical skills that will get through the job interview. I am finishing this only because they already took my money.

By Jayson M

Jul 22, 2023

Completing the course depends entirely on other people unaffiliated with either Coursera or IBM. Submitting screenshots and having them "graded" will absolutely prevent me from participating in future courses offered by IBM.

By Daniel C

Oct 23, 2024

The Teacher is talking so low, no proper explanation, obviously reading out what is on the screen. I am really upset with how low he is speaking, he is a bad teacher. IBM can do better.

By Igor' A

May 22, 2022

although it is aimed at delivering good content it has very bad structure, quality of materials and presentaion. Generally, bad learning experience.

By Omar H

May 25, 2023

highly unrecommended, it consists of theoretical content only without any practical work or even learning us how to apply it in practical life

By Franck D

Jan 13, 2021

Don't waist your time with this course ..a lot of talk no practice at all..

just talk talk...very disapointed

By Matt E

Jan 23, 2022

I'm really surprised IBM published a course with this quality. Obvious editing and video issues.

By Nijat R

Apr 18, 2023

Need to have practical skills.I did not see any practical skills performed here.

By Abdullah H

Jan 27, 2023

Only theory, no practical work, effort is not putted in the content

By Theertharaja B E

Sep 15, 2023

Still need more technical content to be on the syllabus.

By Jonhele D

Nov 5, 2024

can't get certificate within 7 day trial, need to pay

By Max H

Oct 10, 2020

Poor audio, random training videos stuck together.

By Shubh K (

Nov 15, 2021

Full theory course. Not worth it.

By Aybek L

Jul 25, 2023

no no no name