In this course, you'll continue developing your cybersecurity practitioner skills by implementing threat modeling and assessing the impact of reconnaissance and social engineering. Then, you'll assess the impact of a variety of different attack categories—system hacking attacks, web-based attacks, malware, hijacking and impersonation, denial-of-service (DoS) incidents, threats to mobile security, and threats to cloud security. You'll also analyze post-attack techniques like command and control (C2), persistence, lateral movement and pivoting, data exfiltration, and anti-forensics.

CFR: Reconnaissance, Attack, and Post-Attack Analysis
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CFR: Reconnaissance, Attack, and Post-Attack Analysis
This course is part of CyberSec First Responder (Exam CFR-410) Specialization

Instructor: Bill Rosenthal
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What you'll learn
Build threat models to spot reconnaissance attempts and social engineering tactics.
Evaluate the damage from system hacks, web-based attacks, and malware.
Track post-attack methods like lateral movement and data exfiltration.
Data files for this course are provided in the first course of this specialization, "CFR: Risk and Threat Analysis".
Skills you'll gain
- Cyber Attacks
- Network Security
- Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
- Penetration Testing
- Computer Security
- Information Systems Security
- Human Factors (Security)
- Vulnerability Assessments
- Cyber Security Assessment
- Exploitation techniques
- Cybersecurity
- Persistence
- Threat Detection
- Threat Modeling
- Malware Protection
- Threat Management
- Cloud Security
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