Cisco CyberOps Professional Certification & Firebrand Training

Overview

On this accelerated Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional course, gives you knowledge and skills beyond simple firewalls and antivirus software and enables you to become a skilled CyberOps professional. This program is designed for mid-career professionals.

In just 4 days, you’ll learn you’ll also learn how to:

Learn how to prevent, detect, and respond to cybersecurity threats and breaches
Prove your knowledge in cloud computing security, risk management, and threat intelligence analysis
Boost up your confidence with tested and relevant skills

To earn a Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional certification, you pass two exams: one that covers core technologies and one concentration exam. Certify your CyberOps skills and demonstrate the knowledge in cybersecurity.

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the Cisco exam, and achieve your Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional certification.

Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for:

Network Engineer
Network Security Engineers
Cyber security Professionals
Security Analyst.

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Benefits

Gebruik uw Cisco Learning Credits (CLCs)

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Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.

Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.

Firebrand Training provides instruction to meet every learning need:

Intensive group instruction
One-on-one instruction attention
Hands-on labs
Lab partner and group exercises
Question and answer drills
Independent study

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Curriculum

Module 1: Fundamentals 20%

1.1 Interpret the components within a playbook
1.2 Determine the tools needed based on a playbook scenario
1.3 Apply the playbook for a common scenario (for example, unauthorized elevation of privilege, DoS and DDoS, website defacement)
1.4 Infer the industry for various compliance standards (for example, PCI, FISMA, FedRAMP, SOC, SOX, PCI, GDPR, Data Privacy, and ISO 27101)
1.5 Describe the concepts and limitations of cyber risk insurance
1.6 Analyse elements of a risk analysis (combination asset, vulnerability, and threat)
1.7 Apply the incident response workflow
1.8 Describe characteristics and areas of improvement using common incident response metrics
1.9 Describe types of cloud environments (for example, IaaS platform)
1.10 Compare security operations considerations of cloud platforms (for example, IaaS, PaaS)

Module 2: Techniques 30%

2.1 Recommend data analytic techniques to meet specific needs or answer specific questions

2.2 Describe the use of hardening machine images for deployment

2.3 Describe the process of evaluating the security posture of an asset

2.4 Evaluate the security controls of an environment, diagnose gaps, and recommend improvement

2.5 Determine resources for industry standards and recommendations for hardening of systems

2.6 Determine patching recommendations, given a scenario

2.7 Recommend services to disable, given a scenario

2.8 Apply segmentation to a network

2.9 Utilize network controls for network hardening

2.10 Determine SecDevOps recommendations (implications)

2.11 Describe use and concepts related to using a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) to automate intelligence Apply threat intelligence using tools

2.13 Apply the concepts of data loss, data leakage, data in motion, data in use, and data at rest based on common standards

2.14 Describe the different mechanisms to detect and enforce data loss prevention techniques

2.14.a host-based

2.14.b network-based

2.14.c application-based

2.14.d cloud-based

2.15 Recommend tuning or adapting devices and software across rules, filters, and policies

2.16 Describe the concepts of security data management

2.17 Describe use and concepts of tools for security data analytics

2.18 Recommend workflow from the described issue through escalation and the automation needed for resolution

2.19 Apply dashboard data to communicate with technical, leadership, or executive stakeholders 2.20 Analyse anomalous user and entity behaviour (UEBA)

2.21 Determine the next action based on user behaviour alerts

2.22 Describe tools and their limitations for network analysis (for example, packet capture tools, traffic analysis tools, network log analysis tools)

2.23 Evaluate artifacts and streams in a packet capture file

2.24 Troubleshoot existing detection rules

2.25 Determine the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) from an attack

Module 3: Processes 30%

3.1 Prioritize components in a threat model

3.2 Determine the steps to investigate the common types of cases

3.3 Apply the concepts and sequence of steps in the malware analysis process:

3.3.a Extract and identify samples for analysis (for example, from packet capture or packet analysis tools) 3.3.b Perform reverse engineering

3.3.c Perform dynamic malware analysis using a sandbox environment

3.3.d Identify the need for additional static malware analysis

3.3.e Perform static malware analysis

3.3.f Summarize and share results

3.4 Interpret the sequence of events during an attack based on analysis of traffic patterns

3.5 Determine the steps to investigate potential endpoint intrusion across a variety of platform types (for example, desktop, laptop, IoT, mobile devices)

3.6 Determine known Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and Indicators of Attack (IOAs), given a scenario

3.7 Determine IOCs in a sandbox environment (includes generating complex indicators)

3.8 Determine the steps to investigate potential data loss from a variety of vectors of modality (for example, cloud, endpoint, server, databases, application), given a scenario

3.9 Recommend the general mitigation steps to address vulnerability issues

3.10 Recommend the next steps for vulnerability triage and risk analysis using industry scoring systems (for example, CVSS) and other techniques

Module 4: Automation 20%

4.1 Compare concepts, platforms, and mechanisms of orchestration and automation

4.2 Interpret basic scripts (for example, Python)

4.3 Modify a provided script to automate a security operations task

4.4 Recognize common data formats (for example, JSON, HTML, CSV, XML) 4.5 Determine opportunities for automation and orchestration

4.6 Determine the constraints when consuming APIs (for example, rate limited, timeouts, and payload)

4.7 Explain the common HTTP response codes associated with REST APIs

4.8 Evaluate the parts of an HTTP response (response code, headers, body)

4.9 Interpret API authentication mechanisms: basic, custom token, and API keys

4.10 Utilize Bash commands (file management, directory navigation, and environmental variables)

4.11 Describe components of a CI/CD pipeline

4.12 Apply the principles of DevOps practices

4.13 Describe the principles of Infrastructure as Code

Exam Track

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional exam 350-201 & 300-215

Duration: 120-minute

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

Accommodation *
Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
On-site exams **
Exam vouchers **
Practice tests **
Certification Guarantee ***
Courseware
Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
24-hour lab access
Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

Before attending this accelerated course, you should have:

A good understanding of the exam topics before taking the exam.
Three to five years of experience implementing enterprise networking solutions.

Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.

Reviews

Here's the Firebrand Training review section. Since 2001 we've trained exactly 134561 students and asked them all to review our Accelerated Learning. Currently, 96.41% have said Firebrand exceeded their expectations.

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"An extremely good course and very well run but Important to note that you need to be well versed in the subject matter before attending to greatly improve the chance of passing the exam."
Chris Morgan, University of East Anglia. (25/9/2023 (Monday) to 30/9/2023 (Saturday))

"Good training experience in the Netherlands."
Anonymous. (28/10/2018 (Sunday) to 2/11/2018 (Friday))

"It is a very hard training and I don''t think it''s suitable for complete beginners in networking. Our instructor was very competent and the location was excellent."
Christian Dietrich. (4/12/2017 (Monday) to 10/12/2017 (Sunday))

"It was a hard but good course - a lot of information and a good teacher. We did a lot of practical work and it was nice to see the output of all the theoretical knowledge out of the book. "
Anonymous (14/8/2017 (Monday) to 17/8/2017 (Thursday))

"Really enjoyed the course. It was thoroughly taught and in depth. Made sure there was plenty of opportunities to ask questions and then spent time explaining the answers to the questions making sure everyone understood the content both online and in person."
Anonymous. (9/10/2023 (Monday) to 14/10/2023 (Saturday))

Course Dates

Start	Finish	Status	Location
19/2/2024 (Monday)	22/2/2024 (Thursday)	Finished - Leave feedback	-
24/6/2024 (Monday)	27/6/2024 (Thursday)	Wait list	Nationwide
5/8/2024 (Monday)	8/8/2024 (Thursday)	Limited availability	Nationwide
16/9/2024 (Monday)	19/9/2024 (Thursday)	Open	Nationwide
28/10/2024 (Monday)	31/10/2024 (Thursday)	Open	Nationwide
9/12/2024 (Monday)	12/12/2024 (Thursday)	Open	Nationwide

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