Cybersecurity Fundamentals Training Course

DOMAIN 1: CYBERSECURITY CONCEPTS

• 1.1 Understanding of information assurance (IA) principles applied to manage risks associated with the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information or data.
• 1.2 Comprehension of security management frameworks.
• 1.3 Familiarity with risk management processes, including assessment steps and methodologies.
• 1.4 Awareness of the organisation's enterprise information technology (IT) goals and objectives.
• 1.5 Understanding of various operational threat environments (e.g., first-generation [script kiddies], second-generation [non-nation state-sponsored], and third-generation [nation state-sponsored]).
• 1.6 Knowledge of information assurance (IA) principles and organisational requirements pertinent to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation.
• 1.7 Awareness of common adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) within assigned areas of responsibility (e.g., historical country-specific TTPs, emerging capabilities).
• 1.8 Understanding of different attack classifications (e.g., passive, active, insider, close-in, distribution).
• 1.9 Familiarity with relevant legislation, policies, procedures, and governance requirements.
• 1.10 Knowledge of relevant legal, policy, and governance frameworks concerning work that may impact critical infrastructure.

DOMAIN 2: CYBERSECURITY ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES

• 2.1 Understanding of network design processes, including security objectives, operational goals, and trade-offs.
• 2.2 Familiarity with security system design methods, tools, and techniques.
• 2.3 Knowledge of network access, identity, and access management (e.g., public key infrastructure [PKI]).
• 2.4 Understanding of information technology (IT) security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, encryption).
• 2.5 Familiarity with current industry practices for evaluating, implementing, and distributing IT security assessment, monitoring, detection, and remediation tools, utilising standards-based concepts.
• 2.6 Understanding of network security architecture concepts, including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defence in depth).
• 2.7 Knowledge of malware analysis concepts and methodologies.
• 2.8 Familiarity with intrusion detection methodologies and techniques for identifying host- and network-based intrusions via detection technologies.
• 2.9 Understanding of defence in depth principles and network security architecture.
• 2.10 Knowledge of encryption algorithms (e.g., Internet Protocol Security [IPSec], Advanced Encryption Standard [AES], Generic Routing Encapsulation [GRE]).
• 2.11 Familiarity with cryptology.
• 2.12 Understanding of encryption methodologies.
• 2.13 Knowledge of traffic flow across networks (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol [TCP/IP], Open Systems Interconnection model [OSI]).
• 2.14 Familiarity with network protocols (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol).

DOMAIN 3: SECURITY OF NETWORK, SYSTEM, APPLICATION AND DATA

• 3.1 Understanding of computer network defence (CND) and vulnerability assessment tools, including open-source options, and their capabilities.
• 3.2 Familiarity with basic system administration, network, and operating system hardening techniques.
• 3.3 Awareness of risks associated with virtualisation.
• 3.4 Knowledge of penetration testing principles, tools, and techniques (e.g., Metasploit, NeoSploit).
• 3.5 Understanding of network systems management principles, models, methods (e.g., end-to-end performance monitoring), and tools.
• 3.6 Familiarity with remote access technology concepts.
• 3.7 Knowledge of systems administration concepts.
• 3.8 Familiarity with the Unix command line.
• 3.9 Understanding of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities.
• 3.10 Knowledge of system lifecycle management principles, including software security and usability.
• 3.11 Awareness of local specialised system requirements (e.g., critical infrastructure systems not using standard IT) for safety, performance, and reliability.
• 3.12 Detailed knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL] injections, race conditions, covert channels, replay attacks, return-oriented attacks, malicious code).
• 3.13 Understanding of the social dynamics of computer attackers in a global context.
• 3.14 Familiarity with secure configuration management techniques.
• 3.15 Knowledge of the capabilities and applications of network equipment, including hubs, routers, switches, bridges, servers, transmission media, and related hardware.
• 3.16 Understanding of communication methods, principles, and concepts supporting network infrastructure.
• 3.17 Familiarity with common networking protocols (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol [TCP/IP]) and services (e.g., web, mail, Domain Name System [DNS]), and how they interact to enable network communications.
• 3.18 Understanding of different types of network communication (e.g., Local Area Network [LAN], Wide Area Network [WAN], Metropolitan Area Network [MAN], Wireless Local Area Network [WLAN], Wireless Wide Area Network [WWAN]).
• 3.19 Knowledge of virtualisation technologies, as well as virtual machine development and maintenance.
• 3.20 Familiarity with application vulnerabilities.
• 3.21 Understanding of information assurance (IA) principles and methods applicable to software development.
• 3.22 Knowledge of risk and threat assessment.

DOMAIN 4: INCIDENT RESPONSE

• 4.1 Understanding of incident categories, response protocols, and timelines.
• 4.2 Familiarity with disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• 4.3 Knowledge of data backup, backup types (e.g., full, incremental), and recovery concepts and tools.
• 4.4 Understanding of incident response and handling methodologies.
• 4.5 Familiarity with security event correlation tools.
• 4.6 Awareness of investigative implications arising from hardware, operating systems, and network technologies.
• 4.7 Knowledge of processes for seizing and preserving digital evidence (e.g., chain of custody).
• 4.8 Understanding of types of digital forensics data and methods to recognise them.
• 4.9 Familiarity with basic concepts and practices for processing digital forensic data.
• 4.10 Knowledge of anti-forensics tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• 4.11 Familiarity with common forensic tool configuration and support applications (e.g., VMware, Wireshark).
• 4.12 Understanding of network traffic analysis methods.
• 4.13 Knowledge of which system files (e.g., log files, registry files, configuration files) contain relevant information and their locations.

DOMAIN 5: SECURITY OF EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY

• 5.1 Awareness of new and emerging information technology (IT) and information security technologies.
• 5.2 Understanding of emerging security issues, risks, and vulnerabilities.
• 5.3 Familiarity with risks associated with mobile computing.
• 5.4 Understanding of cloud concepts relating to data and collaboration.
• 5.5 Awareness of risks involved in migrating applications and infrastructure to the cloud.
• 5.6 Understanding of risks associated with outsourcing.
• 5.7 Familiarity with supply chain risk management processes and practices.