CCNA Cyber Ops SECOPS (210-255)

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Prepare for the Cisco 210-255 SECOPS certification exam with the CCNA Cyber Ops SECOPS (210-255) course and lab. Lab simulates real-world, hardware, software, and command-line interface environments and can be mapped to any text-book, course, or training. Interactive chapters comprehensively cover CCNA Cyber Ops certification exam objectives and provide knowledge in areas such as endpoint threat analysis, computer forensics, network intrusion analysis, incident response, data and event analysis, incident handling, and so on.

Here's what you will get

The Cisco CCNA Cyber Ops certification provides candidates the opportunity to start a career inside a Security Operations Center (SOC), working with cybersecurity Analysts at the associate level. The CCNA SECOPS 210-255 exam validates a candidate's abilities to effectively handle the tasks, commitments, and duties of an associate-level Security Analyst. The CCNA Cyber Ops certification exam proves that the candidate has the skills related to security concepts, security monitoring, and network intrusion analysis.

Lessons

11+ Lessons | 6+ Exercises | 173+ Quizzes | 59+ Flashcards | 59+ Glossary of terms

TestPrep

60+ Pre Assessment Questions | 2+ Full Length Tests | 60+ Post Assessment Questions | 120+ Practice Test Questions

Hand on lab

41+ LiveLab | 00+ Minutes

Video Lessons

62+ Videos | 04:55+ Hours

Here's what you will learn

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Lessons 1: Introduction

  • About the 210-255 CCNA Cyber Ops SECOPS Exam
  • About the CCNA Cyber Ops SECOPS #210-255 Official Cert Guide

Lessons 2: Threat Analysis

  • What Is the CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability?
  • Threat Modeling
  • Defining and Analyzing the Attack Vector
  • Understanding the Attack Complexity
  • Privileges and User Interaction
  • The Attack Scope
  • Review All Key Topics

Lessons 3: Forensics

  • Introduction to Cybersecurity Forensics
  • The Role of Attribution in a Cybersecurity Investigation
  • The Use of Digital Evidence
  • Fundamentals of Microsoft Windows Forensics
  • Fundamentals of Linux Forensics
  • Review All Key Topics

Lessons 4: Fundamentals of Intrusion Analysis

  • Common Artifact Elements and Sources of Security Events
  • Understanding Regular Expressions
  • Protocols, Protocol Headers, and Intrusion Analysis
  • Using Packet Captures for Intrusion Analysis
  • Review All Key Topics

Lessons 5: NetFlow for Cybersecurity

  • Introduction to NetFlow
  • NetFlow Versions
  • IPFIX
  • NetFlow for Cybersecurity and Incident Response
  • NetFlow Analysis Tools
  • Review All Key Topics

Lessons 6: Introduction to Incident Response and the Incident Handling Process

  • Introduction to Incident Response
  • The Incident Response Plan
  • The Incident Response Process
  • Information Sharing and Coordination
  • Incident Response Team Structure
  • The Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing (VERIS)
  • Review All Key Topics

Lessons 7: Incident Response Teams

  • Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs)
  • Product Security Incident Response Teams (PSIRTs)
  • National CSIRTs and Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs)
  • Coordination Centers
  • Incident Response Providers and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs)
  • Review All Key Topics

Lessons 8: Compliance Frameworks

  • Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
  • Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
  • Summary
  • References
  • Review All Key Topics

Lessons 9: Network and Host Profiling

  • Network Profiling
  • Host Profiling
  • Summary
  • References
  • Review All Key Topics

Lessons 10: The Art of Data and Event Analysis

  • Normalizing Data
  • Using the 5-Tuple Correlation to Respond to Security Incidents
  • Retrospective Analysis and Identifying Malicious Files
  • Mapping Threat Intelligence with DNS and Other Artifacts
  • Deterministic Versus Probabilistic Analysis
  • Review All Key Topics

Lessons 11: Intrusion Event Categories

  • Diamond Model of Intrusion
  • Cyber Kill Chain Model
  • Summary
  • References
  • Review All Key Topics

Hands-on LAB Activities

Threat Analysis

  • Scanning the Rootkit
  • Performing the Initial Scan
  • Understanding attack complexity

Forensics

  • Understanding cybersecurity investigations
  • Understanding disk imaging
  • Understanding Windows file system
  • Understanding file system structure
  • Understanding Linux Boot Process

Fundamentals of Intrusion Analysis

  • Understanding fundamentals of intrusion analysis
  • Understanding security threat intelligence
  • Understanding evasion techniques
  • Understanding header protocol
  • Working with Wireshark's Interface
  • Analyzing the Capture File to Find the Attack(s)
  • Generating Network Traffic and Using Filters
  • Examining the traffic between client and server
  • Confirming the Spoofing Attack in Wireshark
  • Observing Traffic Patterns Using Wireshark
  • Analyzing Protocols with Wireshark

NetFlow for Cybersecurity

  • Understanding NetFlow cache
  • Understanding NetFlow for cybersecurity
  • Examining the DDOS_Attack.pcap File
  • Exporting your Windows logs
  • Making Syslog Entries Readable
  • Identifying a suspicious account on the System User Groups
  • Enabling logging for audited objects
  • Examining the Audited Events

Introduction to Incident Response and the Incident Handling Process

  • Understanding response plan
  • Understanding VERIS schema

Incident Response Teams

  • Establishing a CSIRT
  • Consulting a Vulnerability Database

Compliance Frameworks

  • Uploading the Trojan horse simulator to VirusTotal
  • Uploading the Trojan horse simulator to Malware
  • Assessing the impact of malware

Network and Host Profiling

  • Understanding network profiling

The Art of Data and Event Analysis

  • Understanding SIEM
  • Using 5-Tuple correlation
  • Understanding threat intelligence
  • Understanding event analysis

Intrusion Event Categories

  • Performing Reconnaissance on a Network
  • Understanding Kill Chain Model

Exam FAQs

There are no official prerequisites for the certification exam.

USD 300

Single choice, multiple choice, drag and drop, fill in the blanks, router simulation, testlet questions, and simlet.

The exam contains 60-70 questions.

90 minutes

The policies for retaking exams are as follows:

  • Candidates who fail an Associate, Professional, or Specialist exam must wait a period of five (5) calendar days, beginning the day after the failed attempt, before they may retest for the same exam.
  • Candidates who fail any CCIE or CCDE written exam must wait for a period of 15 calendar days, beginning the day after the failed attempt, before retaking the same exam.
  • Once passed, a candidate must wait a minimum of 180 days before taking the same exam with an identical exam number.
  • Candidates who violate these policies are in violation of the agreement. Such conduct is strictly prohibited as described in the Cisco certification and confidentiality agreement.

Three years

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