Certified Software Supply Chain Security Expert (CSSE)

The CSSE Course offers a deep dive into the security risks associated with software supply chains, providing you with the knowledge and skills to identify, validate, and mitigate these risks.

Through hands-on exercises in our browser-based labs, you will gain real-world experience dealing with supply chain attack scenarios. Once you have compromised a system, you will also fix issues to gain a comprehensive understanding of supply chain issues.

We will begin the course with an overview of the risks involved in using commercial, open-source, and proprietary third-party code. You will then explore security threats involving container and orchestration systems like Kubernetes. Finally, we will showcase the attack scenarios involving the cloud and its managed services.

In the last sections of the course, you will map risks against MITRE ATT&CK and NIST SSDF frameworks to manage supply chain security effectively. You will also learn about the latest technologies and solutions for securing your software supply chain, as well as the role of industry standards and regulations.

By the end of this course, you will have a comprehensive understanding of supply chain attacks in code, containers, clusters, and the cloud.

Course Overview

Overall Proficiency Level

2 - Intermediate

Course Prerequisites

1. Course participants should have knowledge of running basic Linux commands like ls, cd, mkdir, etc.

2. Basic knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and Cloud Platforms.

3. A good understanding of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.

4. Familiarity with any scripting language like Python, Golang, or ruby helps. However, it's not a necessity.

Training Purpose

Skill Development

Specific Audience

All

Delivery Method

Online, Self-Paced

Online, Self-Paced

Learning Objectives

1. Understanding the role of supply chain security in protecting organizations from attacks.

2. Identifying various supply chain attacks and how they can be exploited via code, container, clusters, and cloud

3. Developing strategies for assessing and mitigating supply chain risks.
Develop an understanding of best practices for supply chain management and security, including guidance from the SDF, CIS, SLSA, and SCVS frameworks.

4. Understand how supply chain security affects enterprise risk management frameworks.

5. Enforcing security best practices in external service providers/contractors.

Framework Connections

Design and Development

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Competency Areas

Work Roles

Feedback

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Last Published Date: September 30, 2024