This course is part of the Cyber Incident Response Specialization

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The Cyber Incident Response course will give students an understanding of how incidents are responded to at a high level, as well as allow them to build important technical skills through the hands-on labs and projects.
This course starts with a high-level discussion of what happens at each phase of responding to an incident, followed by a technical deep dive into some of the more exciting parts of memory, network, and host analysis and forensics. This course is for anyone wishing to apply learned forensics and offensive knowledge such as ethical hacking to the incident response process.

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Cyber Incident Response Specialization

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Computer Security Incident Management
Malware Analysis
Memory Forensics
Traffic Analysis

Flexible deadlines

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Cyber Incident Response Specialization

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Approx. 1 hour to complete

English

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Keatron Evans

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week 1

2 hours to complete

Incident Response Fundamentals

This course goes into some detail with common definitions and severity criteria related to incident response, with special attention being paid to making sure the student understands that the severity criteria should be based on overall organizational definitions and procedures. The latter part of the course goes into the importance of asset inventory and identification as a basis for establishing severity criteria. All these pieces are required for proper preparation for any incident.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 55 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

5 videos

The value of Incident Response and Fundamentals13mThe NIST five phases of Incident Response19mBusiness Continuity and Disaster Recovery roles6mBuilding an Incident Response playbook9mBuilding an Incident Response team5m

3 readings

Introduction to Incident Response10mIncident Response Process10mIncident Response Essential Components10m

1 practice exercise

Understanding Incident Response fundamentals15m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM CYBER INCIDENT RESPONSE

by DJSep 18, 2022

A course very well crafted. and extremely useful .

by PDMay 4, 2021

When following along during the videos there are many misspelled words or incorrect rendering of the instructors words. This can be confusing for the learner. Better editing/proof reading is needed.

by KTJan 26, 2023

Good content, the explanations are clear, and explained thoroughly.

by MEDec 9, 2022

Very good Introduction to cyber incident response.

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About the Cyber Incident Response Specialization

The Cyber Incident Response Specialization will give students a high-level understanding of incident response processes. Students will learn about Incident Response from a practitioner perspective and they will walk away with valuable skills that they will be able to demonstrate, on demand.

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What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
Is financial aid available?
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