This course provides hands-on training in network traffic analysis using Wireshark for cybersecurity professionals. You’ll learn to capture, analyze, and interpret network traffic to detect security threats and investigate incidents. Through practical exercises, you’ll gain experience with packet sniffing, protocol analysis, and traffic flow monitoring while working with real-world network data.

Network Traffic Analysis with Wireshark

Network Traffic Analysis with Wireshark
This course is part of IBM Ethical Hacking with Open Source Tools Professional Certificate


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What you'll learn
Describe the principles, objectives, tools, and challenges of network forensics and traffic analysis.
Apply packet capture and filtering techniques using tools like Wireshark.
Analyze network protocols and traffic using Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and flow data to identify potential security threats.
Create detailed reports from captured data tailored for stakeholders and incident response teams.
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