This is an intermediate-level course designed for technical personnel who are first responders to any type of cyber-based attack against our nation’s critical cyber infrastructure. Blended learning methods are utilized, to include a balance of classroom lecture, hands-on laboratory exercises, and the use of cyberterrorism response tools against real world simulated cyber-attacks. Students learn the proper steps of an incident response to include incident assessment, detection and analysis, and the containing, eradicating, and recovering process from a system or network-based attack.
Objectives
- Define steps for handling cybersecurity attacks, including incident assessment, detection and analysis for security incidents, and containing, eradicating and recovering from a system or network-based attack
- Identify, define and practice with tools and resources required in the cybersecurity incident response process in order to accurately and successfully detect, analyze and mitigate a cyberattack
- Describe the CFR process to include emergency assessment, containment, eradication, restoration and the post-emergency response
- Describe secondary incident response techniques and the proper integration of these activities into the CFR process
- Define the proper techniques used to properly review, critique and build upon the CFR process through a series of review meetings and lessons learned methods
Target Audience
Technical personnel and technical managers within the public or private sectors affiliated with an agency or organization considered as part of our nation’s critical infrastructure.
Preferred Prerequisites
Any experience with handling cyber-incidents; plus, a minimum three years’ experience as a system or network administrator, or a minimum of four years’ experience as a cybersecurity professional.
Registration
You will be taken to the course description page on the First Responder Training website. On the right column there is a dropdown to choose your state. This will reveal the person(s) to contact to register in your state.
