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Threat Investigation

If you are an associate-level cybersecurity analyst who is working in security operation centers, this course will help you understand how threat-centric SOC must prepare for analyzing new and emerging threats by implementing robust security investigation procedures • By the end of the course, you will be able to: • Understand cyber-threat hunting concepts • Describe the five hunting maturity levels (HM0–HM4) • Describe the hunting cycle four-stage loop• Describe the use of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and list the CVSS v3.0 base metrics• Describe the CVSS v3.0 scoring components (base, temporal, and environmental) • Provide an example of CVSS v3.0 scoring • Describe the use of a hot threat dashboard within a SOC • Provide examples of publicly available threat awareness resources • Provide examples of publicly available external threat intelligence sources and feeds• Describe the use of security intelligence feed • Describe threat analytics systems • Describe online security research tools • Simulate malicious actions to populate the event data on the Security Onion tools for later analysis • Identify resources for hunting cyber threats. To be successful in this course, you should have the following background: 1. Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v1.0 course 2. Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking 3. Working knowledge of the Windows and Linux operating systems 4. Familiarity with basics of networking security concepts.

Status: Threat Detection
Status: Continuous Monitoring
Course8 hours

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J

5.0Reviewed Sep 2, 2025

Great course, its started getting very challenging at the end, but very worth it

G

5.0Reviewed Jun 4, 2024

Very interesting formation that will help me to go further into Cyber Security field well done, that was worth it !

IA

5.0Reviewed May 20, 2023

This course provided me with all i need to know to learn more about cybersecurity. Coursera is not just an online institution but a home of knowledge.

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