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This practice-exam course is designed for learners preparing for entry-level incident response and handling certifications and roles. It helps you build the knowledge and practical skills required to detect, analyze, and respond to security incidents — the same kinds of skills assessed by many industry certifications.

You’ll learn to:

• Understand incident response principles and lifecycle

• Identify and analyze security incidents across networks and systems

• Apply containment, eradication, and recovery strategies

• Conduct post-incident analysis and reporting

• Develop policies, playbooks, and communication plans for incident handling

Understand incident response principles and lifecycle

Identify and analyze security incidents across networks and systems

Apply containment, eradication, and recovery strategies

Conduct post-incident analysis and reporting

Develop policies, playbooks, and communication plans for incident handling

Key topics include:

• Fundamentals of incident response & security operations

• Threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities affecting organizations

• Evidence collection and preservation basics

• Digital forensics concepts for first responders

• Risk assessment and mitigation strategies

• Legal, regulatory, and compliance considerations in incident handling

Fundamentals of incident response & security operations

Threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities affecting organizations

Evidence collection and preservation basics

Digital forensics concepts for first responders

Risk assessment and mitigation strategies

Legal, regulatory, and compliance considerations in incident handling

The course includes practice tests that simulate real-world incident response scenarios, with detailed explanations to reinforce core concepts and strengthen problem-solving skills. By completing this course, you’ll be better prepared for incident response/handler certifications and roles such as Incident Response Analyst, SOC Analyst (Tier 1), Security Operations Specialist, or Cybersecurity Technician.