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CyberSec First Responder Course Agenda

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Lesson 1: Assessing Information Security Risk

1. Topic A: Identify the Importance of Risk Management
2. Topic B: Assess Risk
3. Topic C: Mitigate Risk
4. Topic D: Integrate Documentation into Risk Management

Lesson 2: Creating an Information Assurance Lifecycle Process

1. Topic A: Evaluate Information Assurance Lifecycle Models
2. Topic B: Align Information Security Operations to the Information Assurance Lifecycle
3. Topic C: Align Information Assurance and Compliance Regulations

Lesson 3: Analyzing Threats to Computing and Network Environments

1. Topic A: Identify Threat Analysis Models
2. Topic B: Assess the Impact of Reconnaissance Incidents
3. Topic C: Assess the Impact of Systems Hacking Attacks
4. Topic D: Assess the Impact of Malware
5. Topic E: Assess the Impact of Hijacking and Impersonation Attacks
6. Topic F: Assess the Impact of Denial of Service Incidents
7. Topic G: Assess the Impact of Threats to Mobile Infrastructure
8. Topic H: Assess the Impact of Threats to Cloud Infrastructures

Lesson 4: Designing Secure Computing and Network Environments

1. Topic A: Information Security Architecture Design Principles
2. Topic B: Design Access Control Mechanisms
3. Topic C: Design Cryptographic Security Controls
4. Topic D: Design Application Security
5. Topic E: Design Computing Systems Security
6. Topic F: Design Network Security

Lesson 5: Operating Secure Computing and Network Environments

1. Topic A: Implement Change Management in Security Operations
2. Topic B: Implement Monitoring in Security Operations
3. Topic C: Test and Evaluate Information Assurance Architectures

Lesson 6: Assessing the Security Posture Within a Risk Management Framework

• Topic A: Deploy a Vulnerability Assessment and Management Platform
• Topic B: Conduct Vulnerability Assessments
• Topic C: Conduct Penetration Tests on Network Assets
• Topic D: Analyze and Report Penetration Results

Lesson 7: Collecting Cybersecurity Intelligence Information

1. Topic A: Deploy a Security Intelligence Collection and Analysis Platform
2. Topic B: Collect Data from Security Intelligence Sources
3. Topic C: Establish Baselines and Make Sense of Collected Data

Lesson 8: Analyzing Cybersecurity Intelligence Information

1. Topic A: Analyze Security Intelligence to Address Incidents
2. Topic B: Incorporate Security Intelligence and Event Management

Lesson 9: Responding to Cybersecurity Incidents

1. Topic A: Deploy an Incident Handling and Response Architecture
2. Topic B: Perform Real-Time Incident Handling Tasks
3. Topic C: Prepare for Forensic Investigation

Lesson 10: Investigating Cybersecurity Incidents

1. Topic A: Create a Forensics Investigation Plan
2. Topic B: Securely Collect Electronic Evidence
3. Topic C: Identify Who, Why, and How of an Incident
4. Topic D:Follow upon the Results of an Investigation

Lesson 11: Auditing Secure Computing and Network Environments

1. Topic A: Deploy a Systems and Processes Auditing Architecture
2. Topic B: Maintain a Deployable Audit Toolkit
3. Topic C: Perform Audits Geared Toward the Information Assurance Lifecycle

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