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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: Application Security
Status: Cybersecurity
IntermediateCourse18 hours

Featured reviews

MM

5.0Reviewed 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.

JL

4.0Reviewed Oct 18, 2022

Muy bien estructurado, es un paso general por los conceptos de las pruebas de penetracion y respuesta a incidentes. Se hace necesario estudiar por cuenta propia si se quiere profundizar en alguno.

ES

5.0Reviewed Aug 22, 2020

Very thorough topical information at the entry level that leaves you with confidence and knowledge afterwards. I am very thankful for this course and the whole IBM Cyber Pro Cert.

MC

5.0Reviewed Jun 10, 2024

I've learned more than in the Internet videos, the explanation and examples helps to practice and understand how to think, scratch and create a script in Python. Thanks a lot Marcelo Jesus

MM

5.0Reviewed 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

RM

5.0Reviewed 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

CJ

5.0Reviewed 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.

T

5.0Reviewed 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 .

MK

5.0Reviewed 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.

PV

4.0Reviewed Jul 6, 2020

you need to improve the way of explanation because it is hard to understand while you explaining the topics and another horrible thing is Rahul explanation because his voice is not audible

OA

5.0Reviewed 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.

RK

5.0Reviewed Aug 14, 2023

I would like to say, Thanks to IBM for the Worthy Course. I learned about pentesting and Python programming and so on. Thanks to all teachers for their teaching styles. Very easy to understand.

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