• Online, Instructor-Led
Course Description

This course is designed to educate senior leaders about cybercrime and incident response. Learners will review a scenario based on real-world intrusions by a sophisticated attacker, examining tactics and technologies from both the attacker’s and victim’s perspectives. This scenario illustrates the most common method that attackers use to establish a foothold and remain undetected in the victim’s network.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, learners should be able to: • Understand how attackers defeat defenses and compromise networks • Explore the most common network defense posture assumed by victims • Collect electronic evidence • Understand how investigators analyze data and use findings to resolve incidents • Grasp the challenges an organization faces after its computer security defenses are breached

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

  • All-Source Analysis

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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