Cybersecurity First Responder

This intermediate-level course is designed for technical personnel who are first responders to any type of cyber-based attack against our nation’s critical cyber infrastructure. This National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC) training course is developed by the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Arkansas System.

Course Description
‍This course uses blended learning methods that include a balance of classroom lectures, hands-on laboratory exercises, and the use of cyberterrorism response tools against real-world simulated cyber-attacks. Students learn the proper steps of an incident response, including incident assessment, detection and analysis, and the containing, eradicating, and recovering process from a system or network-based attack. At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

• Define steps for handling cybersecurity attacks, including incident assessment, detection and analysis for security incidents, and containing, eradicating, and recovering from a system or network-based attack;
• Identify, define and practice the tools and resources required in the cybersecurity incident response process to accurately and successfully detect, analyze, and mitigate a cyberattack and
• define the proper techniques used to properly review, critique, and build upon the CFR process through a series of review meetings and lessons learned methods; and more.
  

Target Audience
‍Technical personnel and technical managers within the public or private sectors affiliated with an agency or organization considered as part of our nation’s critical infrastructure

Preferred Prerequisites
‍Any experience with handling cyber-incidents, plus a minimum of three years experience as a system or network administrator or a minimum of four years experience as a cybersecurity professional.

Required Materials
‍This course is delivered using a mobile computer training lab with laptops preconfigured for hands-on exercises that immerse participants in real-world cybersecurity examples.

More information about this training can be found at cybersecuritydefenseinitiative.org or contact Steven Washkowiak at scwashkowiak@cji.edu.