About this Course

This course teaches you how to use IBM Security QRadar Vulnerability Manager to detect vulnerabilities before an attacker exploits them. Using the skills taught in this course, you will be able to scan for vulnerabilities and research them in order to remediate them. You will be able to improve scan results, manage detected vulnerabilities, and prioritize them based on risk estimations.

Audience Profile

This intermediate course is for:

• Security analysts
• Security technical architects
• Offense managers
• Network administrators
• System administrators

At Course Completion

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

• Scan an asset
• Research and evaluate the detected vulnerabilities
• Assign, remediate, and ignore vulnerabilities
• Describe how the scanner tests for vulnerabilities
• Describe the limitations of scanning
• Use authenticated scans for more comprehensive scan results
• Manage vulnerability instances from different perspectives
• Locate system information in asset profiles
• Describe how QRadar Vulnerability Manager estimates risk

Prerequisites

You should have the following skills:

• IT infrastructure
• IT security fundamentals
• Linux
• Microsoft Windows
• TCP/IP networking

You should have successfully completed:

• IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2 Foundations (BQ101)

Course Outline

• Introduction
• Detecting and evaluating vulnerabilities
• Authenticated scanning
• Investigating your environment, assets, and estimated risk