Audience Profile

The C|CT course can be taken by students, IT professionals, IT managers, career changers, and any individual seeking a career in cybersecurity, or aspiring to advance their existing role. This course is ideal for those entering the cybersecurity workforce, providing foundational technician level, hands-on skills to solve the most common security issues organizations face today.

Prerequisites

There are no specific prerequisites to take the C|CT course and attempt the C|CT certification exam. Although this is an entry-level course, a working knowledge of IT networking and basic cybersecurity concepts will be an advantage to anyone taking this course.

At Course Completion

1. Key issues plaguing the cybersecurity industry (information security and network security)
2. Information security threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks
3. Different types of malware
4. Network security fundamentals
5. Identification, authentication, and authorization concepts
6. Cryptography and public key infrastructure concepts
7. Network security controls

• Administrative controls (frameworks, laws, acts, governance and compliance program, and security policies)
• Physical controls (physical security controls, workplace security, and environmental controls)
• Technical controls (network security protocols, network segmentation, firewall, IDS/IPS, honeypot, proxy server, VPN, UBA, NAC, UTM, SIEM, SOAR, load balancer, and anti-malware tools)

7. Network security assessment techniques and tools (threat hunting, threat intelligence, vulnerability assessment, ethical hacking, penetration testing, and configuration and asset management)
8. Application security design and testing techniques
9. Fundamentals of virtualization, cloud computing, and cloud security
10. Wireless network fundamentals, wireless encryption, and security measures
11. Fundamentals of mobile, IoT, and OT devices and their security measures
12. Cryptography and public key infrastructure concepts
13. Data security controls, data backup and retention methods, and data loss prevention techniques
14. Network troubleshooting, traffic monitoring, log monitoring, and analysis for suspicious traffic
15. Incident handling and response process
16. Computer forensics fundaments, digital evidence, and forensic investigation phases