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War Games Capstone
Students will participate in team-based, controlled war games within Champlain College's virtual system infrastructure. This will provide students a clear understanding of how to improve defenses. They will be expected to write incident reports, lessons learned, after action reviews and improvement proposals as part of this class.
Course Overview
Complete 27 credits in OPSC
Learning Objectives
- Recommend a strategy to improve existing network and system protection schemes based on observed attack patterns.
- Select and apply exploits based on known or observed vulnerabilities in order to better protect systems.
- Assess attack strategies through the use of analysis techniques and recommend defenses to those attacks.
- Analyze common intrusion patterns to identify potential attack vectors in order to strategically enhance defenses.
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
- Systems Requirements Planning
- Systems Architecture
- Cyber Defense Analysis
- Incident Response
- Cyber Operational Planning
Feedback
If you would like to provide feedback on this course, please e-mail the NICCS team at NICCS@mail.cisa.dhs.gov. Please keep in mind that NICCS does not own this course or accept payment for course entry. If you have questions related to the details of this course, such as cost, prerequisites, how to register, etc., please contact the course training provider directly. You can find course training provider contact information by following the link that says “Visit course page for more information...” on this page.