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Security Analyst Fundamentals

There are a growing number of exciting, well-paying jobs in today’s security industry that do not require a traditional college degree. Forbes estimates that there will be as many as 3.5 million unfilled positions in the industry worldwide by 2021! One position with a severe shortage of skills is as a cybersecurity analyst. Throughout this specialization, you will learn concepts around digital forensics, penetration testing and incident response. You will learn about threat intelligence and tools to gather data to prevent an attack or in the event your organization is attacked. You will have the opportunity to review some of the largest breach cases and try your hand at reporting on a real world breach. The content creators and instructors are architects , Security Operation Center (SOC) analysts, and distinguished engineers who work with cybersecurity in their day to day lives at IBM with a worldwide perspective. They will share their skills which they need to secure IBM and its clients security systems. The completion of this specialization also makes you eligible to earn the System Analyst Fundamentals IBM digital badge. More information about the badge can be found here: https://www.youracclaim.com/org/ibm/badge/security-analyst-fundamentals

Status: Penetration Testing
Status: Brute-force attacks
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Reviewed May 7, 2025
Course: Penetration Testing, Threat Hunting, and Cryptography

Professional insights and valuable course to be honest, I developed my skills and my passion grows now due to this outstanding course and the lab was enjoyable as well. Thanks from bottom of my heart.

Reviewed Jul 11, 2020
Course: Incident Response and Digital Forensics

This course ought to have come first to provide a context for each concepts presented in previous courses. It really provided more clarity on the whole field of Cyber Security.

Reviewed Dec 27, 2023
Course: Cybersecurity Case Studies and Capstone Project

Great course the material is now dated 2023 and it could easily be made relevant with up to date links. Some coursework could you use more detailed slides - I had to rely on transcripts

Reviewed Mar 29, 2021
Course: Penetration Testing, Threat Hunting, and Cryptography

What I liked most about this course in comparison to others is the added video of the presenter next to the slides content. This helped me focus and absorb the content better.

Reviewed Jan 31, 2026
Course: Incident Response and Digital Forensics

Comprehensive and well-structured project that clearly explains the incident response process and digital forensics procedures, making it easy to understand and apply

Reviewed Jun 18, 2024
Course: Cybersecurity Case Studies and Capstone Project

This course is so detailed with all the necessary knowledge and strategy needed to be successful in the field of cyber security. Kudos to the team for a job well done

Reviewed Apr 4, 2025
Course: Penetration Testing, Threat Hunting, and Cryptography

Well structured course with solid explanation, I learned new things and reinforced my existing knowledge. Much respect and appreciation to every contributor in this course.

Reviewed Aug 26, 2020
Course: Incident Response and Digital Forensics

learnt more about cyber threats and soc intelligence. application lecturer sound like she is drunk there is no enthusiasm reading like a robot.

Reviewed Feb 13, 2023
Course: Cybersecurity Case Studies and Capstone Project

It's been an great opportunity to study this course and knowing about the industry behind it and Thank you for the lectures for teaching, I had a good time studying.

Reviewed Apr 25, 2023
Course: Penetration Testing, Threat Hunting, and Cryptography

This Course was mind blowing and quite Challenging especially the penetration Testing and IR aspects. Thanks to Coach Raul and all others who made this possible.

Reviewed Jun 28, 2020
Course: Incident Response and Digital Forensics

This course is really awesome. It gives insightful knowledge with IBM tools and attached resources. Worth it.

Reviewed Apr 5, 2022
Course: Cybersecurity Case Studies and Capstone Project

I loved the junior cybersecurity analyst certificate offered by IBM and it is a previliege to collect the IBM badge.

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