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Emerging Technologies
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Course Outline
Lesson 1
1.0 Threat Management
1.1 Given a scenario, apply environmental reconnaissance techniques using appropriate tools and processes.
- Procedures/common tasks
- Variables
- Tools
Lesson 2
1.2 Given a scenario, analyze the results of a network reconnaissance.
- Point-in-time data analysis
- Data correlation and analytics
- Data output
- Tools
Lesson 3
1.3 Given a network-based threat, implement or recommend the appropriate response and countermeasure.
- Network segmentation
- Honeypot
- Endpoint security
- Group policies
- ACLs
- Hardening
- Network Access Control (NAC)
Lesson 5
2.0 Vulnerability Management
2.1 Given a scenario, implement an information
security vulnerability management process.
- Identification of requirements
- Establish scanning frequency
- Configure tools to perform scans according to specification
- Execute scanning
- Generate reports
- Remediation
- Ongoing scanning and continuous monitoring
Lesson 7
2.3 Compare and contrast common vulnerabilities found in the following targets within an organization.
- Servers
- Endpoints
- Network infrastructure
- Network appliances
- Virtual infrastructure
- Mobile devices
- Interconnected networks
- Virtual private networks (VPNs)
- Industrial Control Systems (ICSs)
- SCADA devices
Lesson 9
3.2 Given a scenario, prepare a toolkit and use appropriate forensics tools during an investigation.
- Forensics kit
- Forensic investigation suite
Lesson 11
3.4 Given a scenario, analyze common symptoms to select the best course of action to support incident response.
- Common network-related symptoms
- Common host-related symptoms
- Common application-related symptoms
Lesson 13
4.0 Security Architecture and Tool Sets
4.1 Explain the relationship between frameworks, common policies, controls, and procedures.
- Regulatory compliance
- Frameworks
- Policies
- Controls
- Procedures
- Verifications and quality control
Lesson 15
4.4 Given a scenario, use application security best practices while
participating in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Best practices during software development frameworks
- Secure coding best practices
Lesson 4
1.4 Explain the purpose of practices used to secure a corporate environment.
- Penetration testing
- Reverse engineering
- Software/malware
- Training and exercises
- Risk evaluation
Lesson 6
2.2 Given a scenario, analyze the output resulting from a vulnerability scan.
- Analyze reports from a vulnerability scan
- Validate results and correlate other data points
Lesson 8
3.0 Cyber Incident Response
3.1 Given a scenario, distinguish threat data or behaviour to determine the impact of an incident.
- Threat classification
- Factors contributing to incident severity and prioritization
Lesson 10
3.3 Explain the importance of communication during the
incident response process.
- Stakeholders
- Purpose of communication processes
- Role-based responsibilities
Lesson 12
3.5 Summarize the incident recovery and post-incident response process.
- Containment techniques
- Eradication techniques
- Validation
- Corrective actions
- Incident summary report
Lesson 14
4.2 Given a scenario, use data to recommend remediation of security issues related to identity and access management.
- Security issues associated with context-based
authentication - Security issues associated with identities
- Security issues associated with identity repositories
- Security issues associated with the federation and single sign-on
- Exploits
Lesson 16
4.3 Given a scenario, review security architecture and make recommendations to implement compensating controls.
- Security data analytics
- Manual review
Lesson 17
4.5 Compare and contrast the general purpose and reasons for using various cybersecurity tools and technologies. (**The intent of this objective is NOT to test specific vendor feature sets.)
- Preventative
- Collective
- Vulnerability scanning
- Analytical
- Exploit
- Forensics
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