• Classroom
  • Covers information security in depth, including access control, application security, enterprise continuity, cryptography, technical risk management, physical security, and telecommunications and network security.
  • This class helps to prepare students for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) credential, which is essential for high-level information security professionals.

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain security and risk management.
  2. Protect the security of assets.
  3. Manage security of engineering and software development processes.
  4. Control access to resources and manage identity, communications and network security.
  5. Perform security assessment, testing, incident response, and disaster recovery.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Cyber Operational Planning
  • Risk Management
  • Program/Project Management and Acquisition
  • Systems Requirements Planning
  • Vulnerability Assessment and Management

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.