Network Traffic Analysis for Incident Response Project Course Course

Practice your network traffic analysis skills by solving challenges.

2 hours, 40 minutes

Course description

In this project, you will need to apply your knowledge and use common network traffic analysis tools to solve multiple challenges. Each challenge involves examining a network traffic capture file containing evidence of malicious activity, such as malware infection, data exfiltration and C2 (command-and-control) communications. You’ll need to find leaked credentials, analyze an attempted DDoS attack, extract files from captures and even more.

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Project Solutions

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Project Files

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This downloadable .zip file contains challenges for the Network Traffic Analysis for Incident Response Project.
Project Hints Video

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Get hints to help you complete the Network Traffic Analysis for Incident Response Project.
Project Walkthrough Video

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An overview of the process and tasks involved in the Network Traffic Analysis for Incident Response Project.

Meet the author

Howard Poston

Howard Poston is a copywriter, author, and course developer with experience in cybersecurity and blockchain security, cryptography, and malware analysis. He has an MS in Cyber Operations, a decade of experience in cybersecurity, and over five years of experience as a freelance consultant providing training and content creation for cyber and blockchain security. He is also the creator of over a dozen cybersecurity courses, has authored two books, and has spoken at numerous cybersecurity conferences. He can be reached by email at howard@howardposton.com or via his website at https://www.howardposton.com.
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