ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity Exam Syllabus

1.1 - Understand the security concepts of information assurance
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Authentication (e.g., methods of authentication, multi-factor authentication (MFA))
Non-repudiation
Privacy
1.2 - Understand the risk management process
Risk management (e.g., risk priorities, risk tolerance)
Risk identification, assessment and treatment
1.3 - Understand security controls
Technical controls
Administrative controls
Physical controls
1.4 - Understand ISC2 Code of Ethics
Professional code of conduct
1.5 - Understand governance processes
Policies
Procedures
Standards
Regulations and laws

2.1 - Understand business continuity (BC)
Purpose
Importance
Components
2.2 - Understand disaster recovery (DR)
Purpose
Importance
Components
2.3 - Understand incident response
Purpose
Importance
Components

3.1 - Understand physical access controls
Physical security controls (e.g., badge systems, gate entry, environmental design)
Monitoring (e.g., security guards, closed-circuit television (CCTV), alarm systems, logs)
Authorized versus unauthorized personnel
3.2 - Understand logical access controls
Principle of least privilege
Segregation of duties
Discretionary access control (DAC)
Mandatory access control (MAC)
Role-based access control (RBAC)

4.1 - Understand computer networking
Networks (e.g., Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) model, Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), WiFi) Ports.
Applications
4.2 - Understand network threats and attacks
Types of threats (e.g., distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), virus, worm, Trojan, man-in-the-middle (MITM), side-channel)
Identification (e.g., intrusion detection system (IDS), host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS), network intrusion detection system (NIDS))
Prevention (e.g., antivirus, scans, firewalls, intrusion prevention system (IPS))
4.3 - Understand network security infrastructure
On-premises (e.g., power, data center/closets, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), environmental, fire suppression, redundancy, memorandum of understanding (MOU)/memorandum of agreement (MOA))
Design (e.g., network segmentation (demilitarized zone (DMZ), virtual local area network (VLAN), virtual private network (VPN), micro-segmentation), defense in depth, Network Access Control (NAC) (segmentation for embedded systems, Internet of Things (IoT))
Cloud (e.g., service-level agreement (SLA), managed service provider (MSP), Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), hybrid)

5.1 - Understand data security
Encryption (e.g., symmetric, asymmetric, hashing)
Data handling (e.g., destruction, retention, classification, labeling)
Logging and monitoring security events
5.2 - Understand system hardening
Configuration management (e.g., baselines, updates, patches)
5.3 - Understand best practice security policies
Data handling policy
Password policy
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Bring your own device (BYOD) policy
Change management policy (e.g., documentation, approval, rollback)
Privacy policy
5.4 - Understand security awareness training
Purpose/concepts (e.g., social engineering, password protection)
Importance

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