Why Everyone Is Using Wireshark

Understand what makes Wireshark the industry standard for packet analysis. This lecture highlights its use cases across cybersecurity, system administration, and network engineering. You’ll also learn the value of visualizing protocols, decoding traffic, and detecting anomalies.

Key topics:

• What Wireshark does and who uses it

• Key features and supported protocols

• Real-world scenarios: forensics, troubleshooting, and reconnaissance

• Open-source advantage and ecosystem