Certified in Cybersecurity

Domain 1: Security Principles

1.1 - Understand the security concepts of information assurance

• Confidentiality
• Integrity
• Availability
• Authentication (e.g., methods of authentication, multi-factor authentication (MFA))
• Non-repudiation
• Privacy

1.2 - Understand the risk management process

• Risk management (e.g., risk priorities, risk tolerance)
• Risk identification, assessment and treatment

1.3 - Understand security controls

• Technical controls
• Administrative controls
• Physical controls

1.4 - Understand ISC2 Code of Ethics

• Professional code of conduct

1.5 - Understand governance processes

• Policies
• Procedures
• Standards
• Regulations and laws

Domain 2: Business Continuity (BC), Disaster Recovery (DR) & Incident Response Concepts

2.1 - Understand business continuity (BC)

• Purpose
• Importance
• Components

2.2 - Understand disaster recovery (DR)

• Purpose
• Importance
• Components

2.3 - Understand incident response

• Purpose
• Importance
• Components

Domain 3: Access Controls Concepts

3.1 - Understand physical access controls

• Physical security controls (e.g., badge systems, gate entry, environmental design)
• Monitoring (e.g., security guards, closed-circuit television (CCTV), alarm systems, logs)
• Authorized versus unauthorized personnel

3.2 - Understand logical access controls

• Principle of least privilege
• Segregation of duties
• Discretionary access control (DAC)
• Mandatory access control (MAC)
• Role-based access control (RBAC)

Domain 4: Network Security

4.1 - Understand computer networking

• Networks (e.g., Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) model, Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), WiFi)
• Ports
• Applications

4.2 - Understand network threats and attacks

• Types of threats (e.g., distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), virus, worm, Trojan, man-in-the-middle (MITM), side-channel)
• Identification (e.g., intrusion detection system (IDS), host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS), network intrusion detection system (NIDS))
• Prevention (e.g., antivirus, scans, firewalls, intrusion prevention system (IPS))

4.3 - Understand network security infrastructure

• On-premises (e.g., power, data center/closets, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), environmental, fire suppression, redundancy, memorandum of understanding (MOU)/memorandum of agreement (MOA))
• Design (e.g., network segmentation (demilitarized zone (DMZ), virtual local area network (VLAN), virtual private network (VPN), micro-segmentation), defense in depth, Network Access Control (NAC) (segmentation for embedded systems, Internet of Things (IoT))
• Cloud (e.g., service-level agreement (SLA), managed service provider (MSP), Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), hybrid)

Domain 5: Security Operations

5.1 - Understand data security

• Encryption (e.g., symmetric, asymmetric, hashing)
• Data handling (e.g., destruction, retention, classification, labeling)
• Logging and monitoring security events

5.2 - Understand system hardening

• Configuration management (e.g., baselines, updates, patches)

5.3 - Understand best practice security policies

• Data handling policy
• Password policy
• Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
• Bring your own device (BYOD) policy
• Change management policy (e.g., documentation, approval, rollback)
• Privacy policy

5.4 - Understand security awareness training

• Purpose/concepts (e.g., social engineering, password protection)
• Importance