• Classroom
  • Online, Instructor-Led

This course covers network defense and incident response methods, tactics, and procedures that are in alignment with industry frameworks such as NIST 800-61r2 (Computer Security Incident Handling Guide), US-CERT's National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP), and Presidential Policy Directive (PPD)-41 on Cyber Incident Coordination, NIST 800.171r2 (Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations). It is ideal for candidates who have been tasked with the responsibility of monitoring and detecting security incidents in information systems and networks, and for executing standardized responses to such incidents. The course introduces tools, tactics, and procedures to manage cybersecurity risks, defend cybersecurity assets, identify various types of common threats, evaluate the organization's security, collect and analyze cybersecurity intelligence, and remediate and report incidents as they occur. This course provides a comprehensive methodology for individuals responsible for defending the cybersecurity of their organization.

This course is designed to assist students in preparing for the CertNexus CyberSec First Responder (Exam CFR-410) certification examination. What you learn and practice in this course can be a significant part of your preparation.

In addition, this course and subsequent certification (CFR-410) meet all requirements for personnel requiring DoD directive 8570.01-M position certification baselines:

CSSP Analyst

CSSP Infrastructure Support

CSSP Incident Responder

CSSP Auditor

Learning Objectives

In this course, you will identify, assess, respond to, and protect against security threats and operate a system and network security analysis platform. You will:

• Assess cybersecurity risks to the organization.

• Analyze the threat landscape.

• Analyze various reconnaissance threats to computing and network environments.

• Analyze various attacks on computing and network environments.

• Analyze various post-attack techniques.

• Assess the organization's security posture through auditing, vulnerability management, and penetration testing.

• Collect cybersecurity intelligence from various network-based and host-based sources.

• Analyze log data to reveal evidence of threats and incidents.

• Perform active asset and network analysis to detect incidents.

• Respond to cybersecurity incidents using containment, mitigation, and recovery tactics.

• Investigate cybersecurity incidents using forensic analysis techniques.

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):