Incident Response and Defense with OpenVAS

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Taught by IBM Skills Network Team

Information TechnologyComputer Science

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4.9

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4.8

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About the course

Build job-ready cybersecurity skills through practical experience in incident response and vulnerability assessment using OpenVAS. Designed for cybersecurity professionals and aspiring ethical hackers, this course immerses you in realistic lab environments where you’ll install and configure OpenVAS, run scans, interpret CVSS scores, and identify vulnerabilities across networked systems. As you progress, you’ll learn to detect threats by analyzing system and network logs, correlating scan r

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Reviews read on 23 Oct 2026.Read them on Coursera ↗