Bash Scripting for Security Operations

5 courses
6 hours
Skill IQ

Knowledge and experience in Bash is an essential skill for any security professional. In this path you will learn how to utilize the command-line interface (CLI) with the bash shell to perform essential security analysis tasks such as scanning web applications, file analysis, and network monitoring.

This path is a supplemental skill path that expands knowledge and skills for the following roles:

Security Analyst

Pen Tester

Courses in this path

Bash Scripting for Security Operations

Scripting for Security with Bash

by Keith Watson
1h 7m
(11)

System and File Analysis with Bash

by George Smith
1h 47m
(13)

Network Monitoring and Analysis with Bash

by Ricardo Reimao
1h 12m

Scan Web Applications with Bash

by Ricardo Reimao
47m

Pen Testing with Bash

by Malek Mohammad
58m

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Keith Watson

Keith Watson has been an information security professional since 1997. He started as a software developer for security tools and moved into more advanced roles as a product manager for operating system security, a consultant, a security researcher, an enterprise security architect, a team leader, and a trusted advisor and director for threat management solutions. Keith has a degree in Computer Science and an MBA. How also holds the CISSP-ISSAP, CCSP, CISA, and other certifications.

George Smith

George Smith has spent more than 25 years in the IT industry. During this time he has held a variety of positions, starting with web UI development and business analysis, progressing with system administration and infrastructure, then switching to core systems programming, technical consulting, and finally becoming an E-Commerce Architect and Subject Matter Expert. He is well versed in modern trends like Containerization, Infrastructure as Code, Serverless computing models, and more. George demo... more

Ricardo Reimao

Ricardo is a Cybersecurity Consultant based in Toronto (Canada). He has 14+ years of IT experience, 10 of them in the IT Security field. His main interests are: SIEM solutions (IBM QRadar), Enterprise Security Risk, Penetration Testing, Security processes/procedures and Network Security.

Malek Mohammad

Malek Mohammad is an Information Security Consultant and Penetration Tester with previous software development experience. Malek works on making payment applications more secure through Penetration Testing and Threat Modeling. In addition, He helped many software developers in designing their application with security in mind, and not as an afterthought. Malek still has enthusiasm for software development, he uses Python to automate attack scenarios.

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