Certified in Cybersecurity Certification Exam Outline

Domains

1.1 - Understand the security concepts of information assurance

  • Confidentiality
  • Integrity
  • Availability
  • Authentication (e.g., methods of authentication, multi-factor authentication (MFA))
  • Non-repudiation
  • Privacy

1.2 - Understand the risk management process

  • Risk management (e.g., risk priorities, risk tolerance)
  • Risk identification, assessment and treatment

1.3 - Understand security controls

  • Technical controls
  • Administrative controls
  • Physical controls

1.4 - Understand ISC2 Code of Ethics

  • Professional code of conduct

1.5 - Understand governance processes

  • Policies
  • Procedures
  • Standards
  • Regulations and laws

2.1 - Understand business continuity (BC)

  • Purpose
  • Importance
  • Components

2.2 - Understand disaster recovery (DR)

  • Purpose
  • Importance
  • Components

2.3 - Understand incident response

  • Purpose
  • Importance
  • Components

3.1 - Understand physical access controls

  • Physical security controls (e.g., badge systems, gate entry, environmental design)
  • Monitoring (e.g., security guards, closed-circuit television (CCTV), alarm systems, logs)
  • Authorized versus unauthorized personnel

3.2 - Understand logical access controls

  • Principle of least privilege
  • Segregation of duties
  • Discretionary access control (DAC)
  • Mandatory access control (MAC)
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)

4.1 - Understand computer networking

  • Networks (e.g., Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) model, Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), WiFi)
  • Ports
  • Applications

4.2 - Understand network threats and attacks

  • Types of threats (e.g., distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), virus, worm, Trojan, man-in-the-middle (MITM), side-channel)
  • Identification (e.g., intrusion detection system (IDS), host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS), network intrusion detection system (NIDS))
  • Prevention (e.g., antivirus, scans, firewalls, intrusion prevention system (IPS))

4.3 - Understand network security infrastructure

  • On-premises (e.g., power, data center/closets, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), environmental, fire suppression, redundancy, memorandum of understanding (MOU)/memorandum of agreement (MOA))
  • Design (e.g., network segmentation (demilitarized zone (DMZ), virtual local area network (VLAN), virtual private network (VPN), micro-segmentation), defense in depth, Network Access Control (NAC) (segmentation for embedded systems, Internet of Things (IoT))
  • Cloud (e.g., service-level agreement (SLA), managed service provider (MSP), Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), hybrid)

5.1 - Understand data security

  • Encryption (e.g., symmetric, asymmetric, hashing)
  • Data handling (e.g., destruction, retention, classification, labeling)
  • Logging and monitoring security events

5.2 - Understand system hardening

  • Configuration management (e.g., baselines, updates, patches)

5.3 - Understand best practice security policies

  • Data handling policy
  • Password policy
  • Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
  • Bring your own device (BYOD) policy
  • Change management policy (e.g., documentation, approval, rollback)
  • Privacy policy

5.4 - Understand security awareness training

  • Purpose/concepts (e.g., social engineering, password protection)
  • Importance