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Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 Certification Guide

By : Glen D. Singh
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Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 Certification Guide

By: Glen D. Singh

Overview of this book

Achieving the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 certification helps you to kickstart your career in cybersecurity operations. This book offers up-to-date coverage of 200-201 exam resources to fully equip you to pass on your first attempt. The book covers the essentials of network security concepts and shows you how to perform security threat monitoring. You'll begin by gaining an in-depth understanding of cryptography and exploring the methodology for performing both host and network-based intrusion analysis. Next, you'll learn about the importance of implementing security management and incident response strategies in an enterprise organization. As you advance, you'll see why implementing defenses is necessary by taking an in-depth approach, and then perform security monitoring and packet analysis on a network. You'll also discover the need for computer forensics and get to grips with the components used to identify network intrusions. Finally, the book will not only help you to learn the theory but also enable you to gain much-needed practical experience for the cybersecurity industry. By the end of this Cisco cybersecurity book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 certification exam, and have a handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Section 1: Network and Security Concepts
5
Section 2: Principles of Security Monitoring
9
Section 3: Host and Network-Based Analysis
14
Section 4: Security Policies and Procedures
21
Chapter 17: Mock Exam 1
22
Chapter 18: Mock Exam 2

Using open source breach and attack simulation tools

In this section, you will learn how to automate breach and attack simulations on an enterprise network. In the field of cybersecurity, there are many tools and techniques that professionals use to discover and exploit vulnerabilities. While some tools are manual, there are automated tools, such as Infection Monkey, that allow a cybersecurity professional to automate discovery, exploitation, and establish Command and Control (C2) sessions with victim devices.

Important note

Do not run Infection Monkey on systems or networks that are not owned by you. Ensure you have acquired legal permission to use this tool on organizations' networks.

The objective of this lab is to provide you with the skills to automate the assessment of vulnerabilities within an enterprise environment using a tool that maps its actions to the MITRE ATT&CK® framework. Using MITRE ATT&CK®, cybersecurity professionals can better understand...