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CCNA Cyber Ops SECOPS – Certification Guide 210-255

By : Andrew Chu
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CCNA Cyber Ops SECOPS – Certification Guide 210-255

5 (1)
By: Andrew Chu

Overview of this book

Cybersecurity roles have grown exponentially in the IT industry and an increasing number of organizations have set up security operations centers (SOCs) to monitor and respond to security threats. The 210-255 SECOPS exam is the second of two exams required for the Cisco CCNA Cyber Ops certification. By providing you with fundamental knowledge of SOC events, this certification validates your skills in managing cybersecurity processes such as analyzing threats and malicious activities, conducting security investigations, and using incident playbooks. You'll start by understanding threat analysis and computer forensics, which will help you build the foundation for learning intrusion analysis and incident response principles. The book will then guide you through vocabulary and techniques for analyzing data from the network and previous events. In later chapters, you'll discover how to identify, analyze, correlate, and respond to incidents, including how to communicate technical and inaccessible (non-technical) examples. You'll be able to build on your knowledge as you learn through examples and practice questions, and finally test your knowledge with two mock exams that allow you to put what you’ve learned to the test. By the end of this book, you'll have the skills to confidently pass the SECOPS 210-255 exam and achieve CCNA Cyber Ops certification.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
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Section 1: Endpoint Threat Analysis and Forensics
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Section 2: Intrusion Analysis
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Section 3: Incident Response
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Section 4: Data and Event Analysis
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Section 5: Incident Handling
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Section 6: Mock Exams
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Mock Exam 1
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Mock Exam 2

Evaluating alerts

Having identified an alert, it is important for a cybersecurity operator to prioritize the alert, particularly in terms of the impact it might have on the organization. Remember that in CVSS v3.0 there were three elements: exploitability, impact, and scope. If an alert has been generated, the exploitability element has really passed and the exploit is likely to be in process. It, therefore, has an impact, which is of most importance at this time.

Cisco Firepower provides a collection of network security and traffic management products either as a software solution or onto Cisco hardware. A typical deployed system has a series of managed devices, which sense and monitor traffic for analysis and a manager. This section will look at the impact flag generated by Firepower Management Center.

This guide will not unlock the full potential of the Firepower Management...