CertNexus Cybersec First Responder
Prepare for the CertNexus Cybersec First Responder (CFR-410) exam! If you're an IT professional seeking to enhance your response to events involving networking, application security, and cloud environments, then this course is for you. Gain insights on zero-day exploit identification, log management, and more.
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Module 1: Course and Exam Overview
Module 2: Identify Cybersecurity Risk
2.2Assessing Risk
2.5Module 2 Quiz
Module 3: The Threat Landscape
Module 4: Reconnaissance Threats
Module 5: Computing and Network Attacks
5.3Malware Impact
5.4Hijacking and Impersonation Attacks
5.5DoS Impact
5.6Threats to Mobile Security
5.7Threats to Cloud Security
5.8Module 5 Quiz
5.9Cybersec First Responder - Study Break!
Module 6: Post-Attack Techniques
6.1Command and Control Techniques
6.2Persistence Techniques
6.4Data Exfiltration Techniques
6.5Anti-Forensics Techniques
6.6Module 6 Quiz
Module 7: Organizational Security Posture
7.1Cybersecurity Auditing Practices
7.2Vulnerability Management Plans
7.5Module 7 Quiz
Module 8: Cybersecurity Intelligence Collection
8.2Collecting Network Intelligence
8.3Collecting Host Intelligence
8.4Module 8 Quiz
Module 9: Analyzing Log Data
9.1Common Log Analysis Tools
9.2SIEM Tools
9.3Module 9 Quiz
Module 10: Network and Asset Analysis
10.1Windows Incident Analysis Tools
10.2 Linux Incident Analysis Tools
10.3Analyzing IoCs
10.4Module 10 Quiz
Module 11: Cybersecurity Incident Response
Module 12: Cybersecurity Incident Investigation
12.1Forensic Investigation Plan
12.2Collection and Analysis of Evidence
12.3Investigation Follow-Up Steps
12.4Module 12 Quiz
12.5CyberSec First Responder Practice Test
Course Overview
The CertNexus Cybersec First Responder (CFR-410) exam preparation course from Cybrary will help you to pass this updated exam and succeed in an incident response role.
You will learn all the updated topics as highlighted by NIST (identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover). The overall scope of learning for this course is tailored towards IT professionals attempting to enhance their abilities in networking, operating systems, application security, and cloud environments.
Gain the knowledge and skills to properly respond to a cybersecurity event. Learn to understand the threat landscape, identify zero-day exploits, implement security best practices, continuously monitor detections and anomalies, manage logs, analyze and disseminate reports, and perform appropriate mitigation/remediation actions.
Prerequisites and Target Audience
- The target audience for this course is intermediate level security or IT professionals. (2-5 years experience in a SOC or CERT). At a minimum, you should able to understand or implement the following:
- Understand the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Identify compliance frameworks and standards
- Familiar with cybersecurity threat landscape
- Evaluate a security posture
- Conduct vulnerability assessments and act on results
- Analysis of network assets and attack through logs
- Applying security policies and procedures
- Communication within an organizational structure.
What Will I Learn?
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Effectively identify, detect, protect, respond, and recover from malicious activities involving computing systems.
- Gain the foundational knowledge to deal with a changing threat landscape
- Assess risk and vulnerabilities, acquire data, perform analysis, continuously communicate, determine scope, recommend remediation actions, and accurately report results.

Owen Dubiel
Security Engineer


Complete this entire course to earn a CertNexus Cybersec First Responder Certificate of Completion
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