This program equips cybersecurity professionals, IT teams, and system administrators with the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to identify, analyze, and remediate vulnerabilities across modern enterprise environments. You’ll start by understanding the vulnerability assessment lifecycle, exploring how weaknesses emerge in networks, systems, and web applications, and learning the principles behind risk, exposure, and exploitability.

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Vulnerability Assessment and Management
This course is part of Cyber Threat Intelligence and Incident Response Specialization

Instructor: Edureka
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What you'll learn
Describe the core concepts of vulnerability assessment and how vulnerabilities, risks, and exploits differ in enterprise environments.
Perform network and web scanning using tools like Nmap and Nikto to identify system weaknesses and misconfigurations.
Analyze and validate vulnerability scan results, classify risks using severity scoring, and prioritize remediation efforts.
Implement patch management, configuration hardening, and reporting techniques to strengthen organizational security posture.
Skills you'll gain
- Threat Detection
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Hardening
- Network Security
- Cyber Threat Hunting
- Cyber Security Assessment
- Cyber Attacks
- Security Controls
- Cyber Security Strategy
- Application Security
- Web Applications
- Vulnerability Assessments
- Cyber Engineering
- Continuous Monitoring
- Cyber Risk
- Vulnerability Management
- Cyber Security Policies
- Network Engineering
- Threat Management
- Patch Management
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There are 4 modules in this course
Build foundational security skills by learning how vulnerabilities emerge, how they are discovered, and how they impact system risk. Explore the full vulnerability assessment lifecycle—from discovery and scanning to analysis and reporting—while gaining hands-on experience with open-source tools to evaluate real system weaknesses accurately and systematically.
What's included
11 videos4 readings3 assignments
Strengthen your assessment expertise by conducting in-depth network, system, and web application evaluations. Learn advanced scanning techniques, enumerate services, analyze exposure, and assess web security through OWASP-aligned methods. Practice validating findings, simulating attack paths, and prioritizing vulnerabilities based on severity and impact.
What's included
10 videos6 readings3 assignments
Develop the skills to operationalize a complete vulnerability management program. Learn to design patch cycles, automate remediation workflows, evaluate configuration changes, and track post-fix validation. Explore governance, metrics, dashboards, and reporting practices that help organizations monitor trends and maintain security readiness at scale.
What's included
10 videos4 readings3 assignments
This module is designed to assess an individual on the various concepts and teachings covered in this course. Evaluate your knowledge with a comprehensive graded quiz.
What's included
1 video1 reading2 assignments1 discussion prompt
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Frequently asked questions
This course is ideal for cybersecurity professionals, SOC analysts, system administrators, network engineers, and anyone responsible for identifying and managing security vulnerabilities.
You will learn vulnerability assessment fundamentals, network and web scanning techniques, risk classification, remediation strategies, patch management, and how to build a vulnerability management program.
Yes! The course includes practical demos and guided exercises using tools like Nmap, Nikto, and basic vulnerability scanners. You will perform real assessments, validate findings, and practice remediation workflows.
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