National CAE Designated Institution
  • Online, Instructor-Led
Course Description

Covers security incidents and intrusions, including identifying and categorizing incidents; responding to incidents; log analysis; network traffic analysis; tools; and creating an incident response team.

Learning Objectives

  • Detect and characterize various types of computer and network incidents
  • Detect and analyze malware
  • Demonstrate a practical understanding of the analysis of artifacts left on a compromised system
  • Demonstrate an understanding of how to effectively respond to major event incidents
  • Demonstrate the ability to communicate incident response findings to technical and non-technical personnel
  • Demonstrate an understanding of host-based intrusion detection systems and honeypots

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

  • Incident Response

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.

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