The Certified in Cybersecurity℠ (CC) is for anyone interested in gaining a basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts. This is an entry-level certification and no work experience is required.
This is an entry-level certification, meaning no work experience is required. ISC2 has currently an initiative to help one million people get certified in cybersecurity. You'll get free training and 1 exam attempt. Generally, the course only requires about 10-14 hours to complet. The certification is ANAB accredited with ISO/IEC Standard 17024 which in English terms means the program is following a standard for how it's organized, cool!
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Thanks to cyberfascinate for providing most of this content from his own ISC2-CC-Study-Material repo. I reorganized it to my liking. Let me know if something is wrong or could be done better. Cheers!
Chapter 1: Security Principles
* Understand the Security Concepts of Information Assurance
* Understand the Risk Management Process
* Understand Security Controls
* Understand Governance Elements and Processes
* Understand ISC2 Code of Ethics
Chapter 2: Incident Response, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Concepts
• Understand Incident Response
• Understand Business Continuity
• Understand Disaster Recovery
Chapter 3: Access Controls Concepts
• 1: Understand Access Control Concepts
• 2: Understand Physical Access Controls
• 3: Understand Logical Access Controls
Chapter 4: Network Security
• 1: Understand Computer Networking
• 2: Understand Network (Cyber) Threats and Attacks
• 3: Understand Network Security Infrastructure
Chapter 5: Security Operations
• 1: Understand Data Security
• 2: Understand System Hardening
• 3: Understand Best Practice Security Policies
• 4: Understand Security Awareness Training