Overview
As cyberthreats continue to escalate worldwide, the need for security experts is at an all-time high. Yet talent is scarce. Research shows the cybersecurity workforce needs an influx of 3.4 million professionals to meet global demand.
That’s where the ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) certification comes in. From the global leader in information security credentials, this new certification creates a clear pathway to an exciting and rewarding career in cybersecurity. It breaks down traditional barriers to entry, enabling you to build confidence and enter your first cybersecurity role ready for what’s next.
Skills Covered
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Discuss the foundational concepts of cybersecurity principles.
- Recognize foundational security concepts of information assurance.
- Define risk management terminology and summarize the process.
- Relate risk management to personal or professional practices.
- Classify types of security controls.
- Distinguish between policies, procedures, standards, regulations and laws.
- Demonstrate the relationship among governance elements.
- Analyze appropriate outcomes according to the canons of the ISC2 Code of Ethics when given examples.
- Practice the terminology of and review security policies.
- Explain how organizations respond to, recover from and continue to operate during unplanned disruptions.
- Recall the terms and components of incident response.
- Summarize the components of a business continuity plan.
- Identify the components of disaster recovery.
- Practice the terminology and review concepts of business continuity, disaster recovery and incident response.
- Select access controls that are appropriate in a given scenario.
- Relate access control concepts and processes to given scenarios.
- Compare various physical access controls.
- Describe logical access controls.
- Practice the terminology and review concepts of access controls.
- Explain the concepts of network security.
- Recognize common networking terms and models.
- Identify common protocols and port and their secure counterparts.
- Identify types of network (cyber) threats and attacks.
- Discuss common tools used to identify and prevent threats.
- Identify common data center terminology.
- Recognize common cloud service terminology.
- Identify secure network design terminology.
- Practice the terminology and review concepts of network security.
- Explain concepts of security operations.
- Discuss data handling best practices.
- Identify key concepts of logging and monitoring.
- Summarize the different types of encryption and their common uses.
- Describe the concepts of configuration management.
- Explain the application of common security policies.
- Discuss the importance of security awareness training.
- Practice the terminology and review concepts of network operations?
Who Should Attend
CC training is for:
- IT professionals
- career changers
- college students
- recent college graduates
- advanced high school students
- recent high school graduates
Course Curriculum
Course Modules
Exam & Certification
The CC exam evaluates expertise across five security domains:
- Business Continuity (BC), Disaster Recovery (DR) & Incident Response Concepts: 10%
- Security Operations: 18%
- Access Controls Concepts: 22%
- Security Principles: 26%
- Network Security: 24%
