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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

Understanding the NIST SP 800-86 components

Many organizations implement an Incident Response Plan (IRP) to ensure that when a security incident occurs, the impact is minimal, and the organization is able to recover very quickly. Part of an IRP includes the need for forensics techniques to determine how and when the security incident occurred, who is responsible, what was compromised, and what was taken.

Imagine if each organization created and implemented their own IRP without any external guidance from a trusted organization. In this event, the expected results within each organization may not always be the desired outcome. NIST created a Special Publication (SP) 800-86, containing the recommendations as a Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response. The objective of NIST SP 800-86 is to help organizations with their forensic investigation of security incidents. Overall, the publication provides specific guidelines in terms of how to perform forensic techniques...