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Penetration Testing, Threat Hunting, and Cryptography

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.

Status: Cybersecurity
Status: Cryptography
IntermediateCourse18 hours

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Reviewed May 6, 2025

Professional insights and valuable course to be honest, I developed my skills and my passion grows now due to this outstanding course and the lab was enjoyable as well. Thanks from bottom of my heart.

Reviewed Mar 28, 2021

What I liked most about this course in comparison to others is the added video of the presenter next to the slides content. This helped me focus and absorb the content better.

Reviewed Apr 3, 2025

Well structured course with solid explanation, I learned new things and reinforced my existing knowledge. Much respect and appreciation to every contributor in this course.

Reviewed Apr 24, 2023

This Course was mind blowing and quite Challenging especially the penetration Testing and IR aspects. Thanks to Coach Raul and all others who made this possible.

Reviewed Jan 30, 2022

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

Reviewed Jul 27, 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.

Reviewed Sep 30, 2023

This course gave me a good overview and deep understanding of penetration testing, scripting, forensics and incident response managment and python along with the histroy and applicatons.

Reviewed Jun 24, 2023

The heaviest course especially forensics, it needs lot of reading and practice.Thanks to instructors did their best to make somehow easier on beginners.

Reviewed 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 .

Reviewed Aug 8, 2020

Good course which gives as much details about administration and infrastructure services . A Big thank you for IBM , Coursera and The instructor for giving a valuable knowledge to me. Thank you

Reviewed Oct 16, 2022

I​ learn to many skills set into this course and my weakenss also be strong as we course design to motivate my self to learn about deep and extend my knowledge.T​hanks to:C​oursera Team

Reviewed Dec 6, 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

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