Many of our students inquire about certifications and short term courses on Cyber Security and Digital Forensics almost daily on our social media platform.
The reason students are getting inclined towards Digital Forensics is because of they feel that placements will be easier as there are several companies and labs they can apply in.
Here is a reality check, a simple specialization in Digital Forensics in your Masters is not going to sing you up for 6 figure salary in Deloitte or KPMG. Your competition out there will be with M.Tech or MCA students. But that doesn’t mean you can never work in MNCs or Digital Labs.
One can always work towards honing their Programming skills and specially concepts like network security, endpoint protection, incident response, threat intelligence, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment.
IBM offers various Professional Certificate courses will give you the technical skills to become job-ready for a cyber security analyst. Have a look at the Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate courses being offered by IBM and that you can think of doing to hone your skills and brighten your chances to make a career in Cyber Security.
1.Introduction to Cyber security 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.
You will learn about critical thinking and its importance to anyone looking to pursue a career in Cybersecurity. Finally, you will begin to learn about organizations and resources to further research cybersecurity issues in the Modern era. T
his course is intended for anyone who wants to gain a basic understanding of Cybersecurity or as the first course in a series of courses to acquire the skills to work in the Cybersecurity field as a Jr Cybersecurity Analyst. The completion of this course also makes you eligible to earn the Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyber Attacks IBM digital badge.
Note – 14,802 already enrolled
Rating – 4.7
2. 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:
● Understand the key cybersecurity roles within an Organization. ● List key cybersecurity processes and an example of each process. ● Describe the architecture, file systems, and basic commands for multiple operating systems including Windows, Mac/OS, Linux and Mobile. ● Understand the concept of Virtualization as it relates to cybersecurity
Finally, you will begin to learn about organizations and resources to further research cybersecurity issues in the Modern era.
Note – 22,441 already enrolled
Rating – 4.6
3.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.
You will learn the basic commands for user and server administration as it relates to security. You will need this skill to be able to understand vulnerabilities within your organizations operating systems. You will learn the concepts of endpoint security and patch management. Both of these topics are important to keep systems current to avoid cybersecurity incidents against an organization.
Note – 15,154 already enrolled
Rating – 4.7
4. 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.
In addition to networking, you will learn about database vulnerabilities and the tools/knowledge needed to research a database vulnerability for a variety of databases including SQL Injection, Oracle, Mongo and Couch.
Note- 16,775 already enrolled
Rating – 4.6
5.Penetration Testing, Incident Response and Forensics
This course gives you the background needed to gain Cybersecurity skills as part of the Cybersecurity Security Analyst Professional Certificate program.
You will learn about the different phases of penetration testing, how to gather data for your penetration test and popular penetration testing tools. Furthermore, you will learn the phases of an incident response, important documentation to collect, and the components of an incident response policy and team.
Finally, you will learn key steps in the forensic process and important data to collect. This course also gives you a first look at scripting and the importance to a system analyst.
Note – 6,297 already enrolled
Rating- 4.7
6. Cyber Threat Intelligence
This course gives you the background needed to gain Cybersecurity skills as part of the Cybersecurity Security Analyst Professional Certificate program.
You will understand network defensive tactics, define network access control and use network monitoring tools. You will understand data protection risks and explore mobile endpoint protection. Finally you will recognize various scanning technologies, application security vulnerabilities and threat intelligence platforms. This course also gives you hands on access to cybersecurity tools important to a system analyst.
Note- 3,942 already enrolled
Rating – 4.8
7. Cybersecurity Capstone: Breach Response Case Studies
This course gives you the background needed to gain Cybersecurity skills as part of the Cybersecurity Security Analyst Professional Certificate program.
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.
In this course, you will learn to:
● Apply incident response methodologies.
● Research and describe a watering hole attack.
● Research and describe ransomware threats and the consequences to organization.
● Research and describe 3rd party breaches and how they affect an organization.
● Research and describe the effects of a phishing attack.
● Research and describe a point of sale attack and approximate cost of data breaches.
● Perform a case study on a current cyber attack and breach.
Note – 3,160 already enrolled
Rating- 4.9
8.IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Assessment
A growing number of exciting, well-paying jobs in today’s security industry do not require a college degree. This is the final course required to assess your acquired knowledge and skills from from the previous two specializations, IT Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Security Analyst Fundamentals, to become job-ready for a cybersecurity analyst role.
Note- 1,694 already enrolled
Rating- 4.7
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