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Cybersec First Responder (CFR-410)
(CFR-410.AK1)/ISBN:978-1-64459-417-9
The course Cybersec First Responder (CFR-410) is designed to assist students in preparing for the CertNexus CyberSec First Responder (Exam CFR-410) certification examination. This course is designed primarily for cybersecurity practitioners preparing for or who currently perform job functions related to protecting information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. This course focuses on the knowledge, ability, and skills necessary to provide for the defense of those information systems in a cybersecurity context, including protection, detection, analysis, investigation, and response processes.
Here's what you will get
A CyberSec First Responder® has expertise in networking, operating systems, application security, or cloud environments, and their role is to identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover from cybersecurity incidents for their organizations. The CyberSec First Responder® exam (CFR-410) validates the candidate's knowledge to deal with a changing threat landscape and ability to assess risk and vulnerabilities, acquire data, perform analysis, continuously communicate, determine scope, recommend remediation actions, and accurately report results.
Lessons
13+ Lessons | 259+ Exercises | 120+ Quizzes | 354+ Flashcards | 354+ Glossary of terms
TestPrep
50+ Pre Assessment Questions | 1+ Full Length Tests | 100+ Post Assessment Questions | 100+ Practice Test Questions
Hands-On Labs
42+ LiveLab | 42+ Video tutorials | 01:04+ Hours
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Here's what you will learn
Download Course OutlineLessons 1: About This Course
- Course Description
Lessons 2: Assessing Cybersecurity Risk
- Topic A: Identify the Importance of Risk Management
- Topic B: Assess Risk
- Topic C: Mitigate Risk
- Topic D: Integrate Documentation into Risk Management
Lessons 3: Analyzing the Threat Landscape
- Topic A: Classify Threats
- Topic B: Analyze Trends Affecting Security Posture
Lessons 4: Analyzing Reconnaissance Threats to Computing and Network Environments
- Topic A: Implement Threat Modeling
- Topic B: Assess the Impact of Reconnaissance
- Topic C: Assess the Impact of Social Engineering
Lessons 5: Analyzing Attacks on Computing and Network Environments
- Topic A: Assess the Impact of System Hacking Attacks
- Topic B: Assess the Impact of Web-Based Attacks
- Topic C: Assess the Impact of Malware
- Topic D: Assess the Impact of Hijacking and Impersonation Attacks
- Topic E: Assess the Impact of DoS Incidents
- Topic F: Assess the Impact of Threats to Mobile Security
- Topic G: Assess the Impact of Threats to Cloud Security
Lessons 6: Analyzing Post-Attack Techniques
- Topic A: Assess Command and Control Techniques
- Topic B: Assess Persistence Techniques
- Topic C: Assess Lateral Movement and Pivoting Techniques
- Topic D: Assess Data Exfiltration Techniques
- Topic E: Assess Anti-Forensics Techniques
Lessons 7: Assessing the Organization's Security Posture
- Topic A: Implement Cybersecurity Auditing
- Topic B: Implement a Vulnerability Management Plan
- Topic C: Assess Vulnerabilities
- Topic D: Conduct Penetration Testing
Lessons 8: Collecting Cybersecurity Intelligence
- Topic A: Deploy a Security Intelligence Collection and Analysis Platform
- Topic B: Collect Data from Network-Based Intelligence Sources
- Topic C: Collect Data from Host-Based Intelligence Sources
Lessons 9: Analyzing Log Data
- Topic A: Use Common Tools to Analyze Logs
- Topic B: Use SIEM Tools for Analysis
Lessons 10: Performing Active Asset and Network Analysis
- Topic A: Analyze Incidents with Windows-Based Tools
- Topic B: Analyze Incidents with Linux-Based Tools
- Topic C: Analyze Indicators of Compromise
Lessons 11: Responding to Cybersecurity Incidents
- Topic A: Deploy an Incident Handling and Response Architecture
- Topic B: Mitigate Incidents
- Topic C: Hand Over Incident Information to a Forensic Investigation
Lessons 12: Investigating Cybersecurity Incidents
- Topic A: Apply a Forensic Investigation Plan
- Topic B: Securely Collect and Analyze Electronic Evidence
- Topic C: Follow Up on the Results of an Investigation
Appendix A: Regular Expressions
- Topic A: Parse Log Files with Regular Expressions
Hands-on LAB Activities
Analyzing Reconnaissance Threats to Computing and Network Environments
- Exploiting a Website Using SQL Injection
- Conducting Vulnerability Scanning Using Nessus
- Performing Vulnerability Scanning Using OpenVAS
- Scanning the Local Network
- Getting TCP Settings
- Getting UDP Settings
- Displaying Metadata Information
- Using the tracert Command
- Getting Information about the Current Connection Statistics of UDP
- Getting Information about the Current Connection Statistics of TCP
- Getting Information about TCP Ports
- Getting Information about UDP Ports
- Finding the MAC Address of a System
Analyzing Attacks on Computing and Network Environments
- Using TCPdump
- Capturing Packets Using Wireshark
- Analyzing Traffic Captured from Site Survey Software (kismet)
- Exploiting LDAP-Based Authentication
- Using OWASP ZAP
- Using a Numeric IP Address to Locate a Web Server
- Using NetWitness Investigator
- Performing a Memory-Based Attack
- Using the hping Program
- Confirming the Spoofing Attack in Wireshark
- Performing Session Hijacking Using Burp Suite
- Getting Information about DNS
Analyzing Post-Attack Techniques
- Using the Event Viewer
- Using the dd Utility
- Using Global Regular Expressions Print (grep)
- Enabling the peek performance option
Assessing the Organization's Security Posture
- Obtaining IP Route Information from the IP Routing Table
- Using MBSA
Collecting Cybersecurity Intelligence
- Obtaining the IP version supported by a network adapter
- Obtaining Information about Different IP versions
- Obtaining Information about the Net Firewall Profile
Analyzing Log Data
- Analyzing Linux Logs for Security Intelligence
Performing Active Asset and Network Analysis
- Using FTK Imager
- Exploring Windows File Registry
- Using the Disk Defragmenter Microsoft Drive Optimizer
- Using a Hex Editor
Investigating Cybersecurity Incidents
- Converting a FAT32 Partition to NTFS Using Disk Management
- Converting an NTFS Partition to FAT32 Using Disk Management
- Converting the FAT32 Partition to NTFS Using cmd
Exam FAQs
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Pearson VUE
Multiple Choice/Multiple Response
The exam contains 80 questions.
120 minutes
70% or 73%, depending on exam form
- Any candidates who do not pass a CertNexus certification exam on their first attempt are eligible for a second attempt immediately, at no additional cost and with no waiting period before the retake.
- All CertNexus certification exam vouchers include one free retake.
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- For any attempts after the free retake (i.e. before the third attempt or any subsequent attempt, or after the expiration date), candidates must purchase another voucher.
- While there are no time restrictions on the third attempt or any subsequent attempts thereafter, CertNexus strongly recommends a 30-day preparation period before taking the exam again.
TBD (Typically 3 years from Launch Date)