• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

Acting as high-value targets; Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) have seen a significant increase in the number of cyber incidents forcing organizations to evaluate how they protect these networks and industrial controllers. This course provides learners with an understanding of the role they play in defending Critical infrastructures.




Learning Objectives


On successful completion of this course, learners should have the knowledge and skills required to:


  • Understand industrial control system components; purposes; deployments; and constraints

  • Employ control system approaches to system and network defense architectures and techniques

  • Apply Incident-response in a control system environment


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 Defense Infrastructure Support

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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