This course provides hands-on training in network traffic analysis using Wireshark for cybersecurity professionals. You’ll learn to capture, analyze, and interpret network traffic to detect security threats and investigate incidents. Through practical exercises, you’ll gain experience with packet sniffing, protocol analysis, and traffic flow monitoring while working with real-world network data.

Network Traffic Analysis with Wireshark

Network Traffic Analysis with Wireshark
This course is part of IBM Ethical Hacking with Open Source Tools Professional Certificate


Instructors: SkillUp
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What you'll learn
Describe the principles, objectives, tools, and challenges of network forensics and traffic analysis.
Apply packet capture and filtering techniques using tools like Wireshark.
Analyze network protocols and traffic using Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and flow data to identify potential security threats.
Create detailed reports from captured data tailored for stakeholders and incident response teams.
Skills you'll gain
- Network Monitoring
- Threat Detection
- Digital Forensics
- Anomaly Detection
- Cyber Security Assessment
- Vulnerability Assessments
- Network Security
- Computer Security
- Network Protocols
- Technical Communication
- Incident Response
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- Network Troubleshooting
- Network Analysis
- Cybersecurity
- Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
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Reviewed on Nov 28, 2025
Not only theory but plenty of hands on labs. Great Work!





