Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Exam

ACE ID:

DANT-0053

Organization's ID:

SS013; ST013

Organization:

Prometric Inc, DSST Credit-by-Exam

Location:

Prometric DSST exams are offered at colleges, universities or military bases that are not owned by Prometric.

Length:

2 hours

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	cyber security

Credit is recommended for candidates scoring 400 or above

Description

Objective:

This examination includes content related to major topics in cybersecurity including application and systems security, implementing authentication and authorization technologies, compliance, security pertaining to networks and physical environments, and vulnerability management.

Skills Measured:

The skills measured include application and systems security (15 percent); authentication, authorization and access controls (12 percent); policies, compliance and governance (12 percent); operational security (10 percent); network security (20 percent); vulnerability management (15 percent), physical and environmental security (6 percent); and disaster recovery and business continuity (10 percent).

Instruction & Assessment