You will explore incident response methodologies and security models. You will learn to recognize and categorize key types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks against today's organizations. You will explore in depth several past and recent breaches to learn how they were detected and what was done or could have been done to reduce the threat risk to the organization. Finally, you will explore the costs of data breaches through research studies and well known breaches. This course requires you to select and research a cybersecurity breach in the news today and apply your knowledge and skills from this course and previous cybersecurity courses to analyze the type of attack, attack timeline, vulnerable systems, and any missed opportunities. This project will be graded by your peers in the course.
IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate
Get ready to launch your career in cybersecurity. Build job-ready skills for an in-demand role in the field, no degree or prior experience required.
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Overview
Duration: 8 months
4 hours per week
Format: 100% online
Learn at your own pace
Primary Language: English
Subtitles: English, Arabic, French
Empower yourself with a pathway to an in-demand career in Cybersecurity
Empower yourself with a pathway to an in-demand career in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is one of the most in-demand career fields. This program is suitable for learners entering the workforce and professionals switching careers. You should be comfortable working with computers, be willing to develop new technical skills, and enjoy collaborative problem solving and communicating solutions.
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Take courses designed by IBM
Learn the job-relevant skills you’ll need to launch your career in cybersecurity.
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Showcase your new skills with portfolio projects that solve real-world problems.
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Get an industry-recognized certificate to enhance your resume.
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Preview the real-life projects you'll learn from
Showcase the skills you've learned with your portfolio when talking to recruiters
Investigate a real-world security breach and create prevention recommendations.
Program description
Skills you will gain
- information security analyst
- IT security analyst
- security analyst
- Junior cybersecurity analyst
- Information Security (INFOSEC)
- IBM New Collar
- Malware
- Cybersecurity
- Cyber Attacks
- database vulnerabilities
- Network Security
- Sql Injection
- networking basics
- scripting
- forensics
- Penetration Test
- Computer Security Incident Management
- Application Security
- threat intelligence
- network defensive tactics
- cyber attack
- Breach (Security Exploit)
- professional certificate
- cybersecurity analyst
Overview
This 8-course Professional Certificate will give you the technical skills that are required for a Cybersecurity Analyst role. Instructional content and labs will introduce you to concepts including network security, endpoint protection, incident response, threat intelligence, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment.
By the end of this program, you will have completed a real-world security breach hands-on project and applied concepts through industry tool virtual labs to provide you with the confidence to start a career in cybersecurity.
There are 8 Courses in this Professional Certificate
Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyber Attacks
This course gives you the background needed to understand basic Cybersecurity. You will learn the history of Cybersecurity, types and motives of cyber attacks to further your knowledge of current threats to organizations and individuals. Key terminology, basic system concepts and tools will be examined as an introduction to the Cybersecurity field.
Cybersecurity Roles, Processes & Operating System Security
This course gives you the background needed to understand basic Cybersecurity around people. process and technology. You will learn:
Cybersecurity Compliance Framework & System Administration
This course gives you the background needed to understand the key cybersecurity compliance and industry standards. This knowledge will be important for you to learn no matter what cybersecurity role you would like to acquire or have within an organization.
Network Security & Database Vulnerabilities
This course gives you the background needed to understand basic network security. You will learn the about Local Area Networks, TCP/IP, the OSI Framework and routing basics. You will learn how networking affects security systems within an organization. You will learn the network components that guard an organization from cybersecurity attacks.
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IBM
IBM is the global leader in business transformation through an open hybrid cloud platform and AI, serving clients in more than 170 countries around the world. Today 47 of the Fortune 50 Companies rely on the IBM Cloud to run their business, and IBM Watson enterprise AI is hard at work in more than 30,000 engagements. IBM is also one of the world’s most vital corporate research organizations, with 28 consecutive years of patent leadership. Above all, guided by principles for trust and transparency and support for a more inclusive society, IBM is committed to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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