The Cyber Ops certification prepares candidates to begin a career working with associate-level cybersecurity analysts within security operations centers. The Cyber Ops certification program provides practical, relevant, and job-ready certification curricula aligned closely with the specific tasks expected of these in-demand professionals. The Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst increasingly must focus on design, configuration, and support responsibilities as the technical consultant and device specialist or expert on a security team. Therefore, the curriculum is specific to the best practices of network security administrators, engineers, and experts.
Learning Objectives
Students be able to: 1) demonstrate the skills to begin a career in the rapidly growing area of cybersecurity operations at the Associate level, working in or with a security operations center (SOC). 2) Gain the foundational knowledge and skills to prepare for more advanced job roles in Cybersecurity Operations, working with Security Operations team. 3) Gain a basic understanding of how a SOC team detects and responds to security incidents, and how they protect their organization’s information from modern threats. 4) Understand further how modern organizations are dealing with detecting and responding to cybercrime, cyberespionage, insider threats, advanced persistent threats, regulatory requirements, and other cybersecurity issues facing their organizations and their customers.
Framework Connections
Specialty Areas
- Cyber Operations
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