Overview
This EC-Council training e-learning course, which includes the exam voucher, will prepare you for the Certified Cybersecurity Technician certification (C|CT). It is an entry-level cybersecurity program created by EC-Council, the creator of the Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) certification, to address the global demand for a qualified cybersecurity workforce.
EC-Council developed the C|CT to provide individuals starting their careers in IT and cybersecurity with a certification that validates their hands-on technical skills.To equip individuals with the skills they need to pursue and develop their careers as cybersecurity specialists, consultants, network engineers, IT administrators, and more.
EC-Council’s C|CT certification immerses students in well-constructed knowledge transfer. Training is accompanied by critical thinking challenges and immersive lab experiences that allow candidates to apply their knowledge and move into the skill development phase in the class itself. Upon completing the program, C|CT-certified professionals will have a strong foundation in cybersecurity principles and techniques as well as hands-on exposure to the tasks required in real-world jobs.
Prerequisites
No Prerequisites
The C|CT is ideal for anyone looking to start their career in cybersecurity or add a strong foundational understanding of the cybersecurity concepts and techniques required to be effective on the job.
The course is especially well suited to:
- Early-career IT professionals, IT managers, career changers, and career advancers
- Students and recent graduates
Objectives
- Key concepts in cybersecurity, including information security and network security
- Information security threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks
- The different types of malware
- Identification, authentication, and authorization
- Network security controls
- Administrative controls (frameworks, laws, acts, governance and compliance programs, security policies)
- Physical controls (physical and workplace security policies, environmental controls
- Technical controls (network security protocols; network segmentation; firewalls; intrusion detection and prevention systems; honeypots; proxy servers; VPNs; user behavior analytics; network access control; unified threat management; security information and event management; security orchestration, automation, and response; load baancers; anti-malware
- Network security assessment techniques and tools (threat hunting, threat intelligence, vulnerability assessment, ethical hacking, penetration testing, configuration and asset management)
- Application security design and testing techniques
- Fundamentals of virtualization, cloud computing, and cloud security
- Wireless network fundamentals, wireless encryption, and related security measures
- Fundamentals of mobile, IoT, and OT devices and related security measures
- Cryptography and public-key infrastructure
- Data security controls, data backup and retention methods, and data loss prevention techniques
- Network troubleshooting, traffic and log monitoring, and analysis of suspicious traffic
- The incident handling and response process
- Computer forensics and digital evidence fundamentals, including the phases of a forensic investigation
- Concepts in business continuity and disaster recovery
- Risk management concepts, phases, and frameworks
Outline
- IT networking specialist
- Cybersecurity technician
- Network administrator
- Security operations center (SOC) analyst
- Network engineer
- IT manager
What's included
- Exam included
- Online exam voucher
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