Advanced Certificate in Cybersecurity Incident Response Procedures: Mastery

• Incident Response Planning: Developing a comprehensive incident response plan is crucial in cybersecurity. This unit will cover the creation and maintenance of an effective incident response plan, including establishing a response team, identifying potential threats, and creating communication and documentation procedures.
• Digital Forensics: This unit will focus on the principles and practices of digital forensics, including evidence collection, analysis, and preservation. Students will learn about various forensic tools and techniques to investigate cybersecurity incidents and support legal proceedings.
• Threat Hunting: Threat hunting involves proactively searching for signs of a cybersecurity breach or attack. This unit will cover various threat hunting techniques, including data analysis, network monitoring, and behavioral analytics, to detect and respond to advanced threats before they cause significant damage.
• Incident Response Life Cycle: In this unit, students will learn about the different stages of the incident response life cycle, including preparation, detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned. Students will also learn how to create incident response playbooks and runbook to automate incident response processes.
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM): SIEM is a critical technology for cybersecurity incident response. This unit will cover SIEM architecture, configuration, and management, including log aggregation, correlation, and analysis. Students will also learn how to use SIEM for real-time threat detection and incident response.
• Network Traffic Analysis: This unit will focus on the principles and practices of network traffic analysis, including packet capture, analysis, and visualization. Students will learn how to use network traffic analysis tools and techniques to detect and respond to cybersecurity incidents, including advanced threats, insider threats, and data exfiltration.
• Malware Analysis: Malware is a significant threat to cybersecurity. This unit will cover the principles and practices of malware analysis, including dynamic and static analysis, reverse engineering, and malware triage. Students will learn how to analyze malware samples, identify their behavior, and create signatures to detect and prevent future attacks.
• Cloud Incident Response: Cloud computing has become a popular target for cyber attacks. This unit will cover the unique challenges and best practices for incident response in cloud environments, including hybrid and multi-cloud architectures. Students will learn