Course

Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
ISCT-0013
Version:
1
Organization:
International Information System Security Certification Consortium ISC2
Location:
Hybrid
Length:
1) 180-day access (self-paced online); 2) 180-day access / 4 days and 15 hours (live online instructor-led)
Minimum Passing Score:
70
ACE Credit Recommendation Period:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Introduction to Cyber Security Fundamentals
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide foundational knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for an entry- or junior-level cybersecurity role. It will signal learners’ understanding of fundamental security best practices, policies and procedures, as well as willingness and ability to learn more and grow on the job. Led by an ISC2 authorized instructor, this course provides a comprehensive review of information systems security concepts and industry best practices included in the Official ISC2 CC Textbook.

At the end of these session learners will have obtained awareness of topics covered in the Entry Level Cybersecurity Detailed Content Outline (DCO).

Learning Outcomes:

  • 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

General Topics:

  • Security Principles (26%)
  • Business Continuity (BC), Disaster Recovery (DR) & Incident Response Concepts (10%)
  • Access Controls Concepts (22%)
  • Network Security (24%)
  • Security Operations (18%)
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises
  • Self-Paced Online learning contains AV materials, case studies, practical exercises and is in an adaptive learning platform, providing learners with a data-driven analytics dashboard, course content search function, and interactive content. Live Online Instructor-Led Courses do not have the adaptive platform functions and are solely addressed with the checkmarks selected above.

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Other
  • Quizzes
  • Domain quizzes/assessments and a final quiz/assessment
Supplemental Materials
Equivalencies

Other offerings from International Information System Security Certification Consortium ISC2

View All Courses
College Credit Opportunities