Cyber Incident Response

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. This Specialization begins 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 Specialization is for anyone wishing to apply learned forensics and offensive knowledge such as ethical hacking to the incident response process

• Understand phases of cyber incident response
• Apply forensic analysis techniques to memory, network, and hosts
• Use ethical hacking knowledge to enhance incident response
• Evaluate and analyze cyber threats effectively
• Implement effective incident response procedures

• Basic computer and internet skills
• Ability to read course instructions in English and complete short practice activities