FedVTE Course Catalog

This video explains the features of the current ES-3 version of the CDM Agency Dashboard.

Date: 2021

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Basic

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

The next evolution of the CDM Agency Dashboard is being offered in a cloud-based format, which provides agencies with the same functionality but relieves them from having to manage and continue to fund all of the aspects of an “on-prem” security solution. CISA is making this dashboard tool available in a Dashboard as a Service format, or DBaaS. This video will describe DBaaS and its many benefits to federal agencies.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the basic principals of DBaaS and the CDM Agency Dashboard
• How DBaaS can help minimize agency vulnerabilities
• Provide a demonstration of how DBaaS works

Date: October 2022

Length: 7 minutes

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

In this video, Mr. Dave Otto, the Risk expert of the CDM program, explains the Binding Operational Directive 22-01, the CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities) Catalog, and how agencies can better protect their assets.

Date: 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Basic

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

In this video, Mr. Richard Grabowski, acting CDM PMO, explains CDM Enabled Threat Hunting (CETH) and how CETH benefits the federal agencies. He also discusses how the CDM Dashboard supports the implementation of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR).

Date: 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Basic

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course is a recording of a virtual two-hour course which provides participants with the essential knowledge of the ES-4 version of the CDM Agency Dashboard. It explains basic features and navigation within the environment, and includes demonstrations using the new CDM Agency Dashboard to identify and report on vulnerabilities.

Register to join the next live iteration of this course via https://www.cisa.gov/cdm-training.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand CDM Agency Dashboard basic features and functionality
• Instructor demonstrates the CDM Agency Dashboard

Date: July 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Learning Objectives:

• Understand CDM agency dashboard functionalities around asset management
• Learn how to create asset management queries
• Learn how to create reports

Date: October 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This CDM Agency Dashboard video will provide a foundation level of knowledge and background that will help end users of the dashboard better understanding the functionality of ES-5 of the CDM Agency Dashboard.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the Header Section of the CDM Agency Dashboard ES-5
• Utilize the Tool Bar feature the dashboard
• Provide an overview of the Query Bar
• Become familiar with the Time Filter of the dashboard
• Understand the Navigation Panel and Navigation Drawer features of the dashboard

Date: May 2022

Length: 10 minutes

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course is a recording of a virtual two-hour course covering the ES-4 version of the CDM Agency Dashboard. This course introduces participants to the updated version 1.5 of the CDM Agency-Wide Adaptive Risk Enumeration (AWARE) and other vulnerability management topics. With the information provided, dashboard users can identify the most critical vulnerabilities and prioritize mitigation activities at their agency.

Register to join the next live iteration of this course via https://www.cisa.gov/cdm-training.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the CDM Agency-Wide Adaptive Risk Enumeration (AWARE) Score
• Walkthrough how to identify vulnerabilities in the CDM Agency Dashboard

Date: July 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This video explains the new AWARE 1.5 scoring and features.

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

In this video, the AWARE 1.5 risk scoring overview is described and how it can benefit the federal agencies.

Date: May 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This video explains the features of AWARE 1.5 on the current ES-3 version of the CDM Agency Dashboard.

Date: 2021

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Basic

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This 2 hour 15 minute course is a recording of a virtual four-hour course covering the ES-4 and ES-5 version of the CDM Agency Dashboard. This course introduces participants to the four identity management capabilities - PRIV, CRED, TRUST, and BEHAVE - and to the use of the new CDM Agency Dashboard to reduce risks associated with each.

Register to join the next live iteration of this course via https://www.cisa.gov/cdm-training.

Learning Objectives:

• Overview of how the CDM Agency Dashboard addresses user-centric data in addition to hardware and software information
• Strategies for integrating PRIV/CRED/TRUST/BEHAVE capabilities into routine processes workflows to drive increased risk awareness and mitigation.

Date: November 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This 39 minute video is an interview recording of a Mr. Ross Foard, subject matter expert for DHS/CISA, and Identity and Access Management (IAM) . This video provides participants with the essential knowledge of IAM and the CDM Agency Dashboard.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand CDM Agency Dashboard basic features and IAM functionality.

Date: 2021

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This video provides an overview of the configuration settings management (CSM) capability and how CSM helps to reduce cyber-attacks in software and hardware assets within the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program.

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This video discusses the need for standardized benchmarks in the federal government and the use of Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) for integration within the CDM solution. A review of DISA’s role, authority, and DISA STIG compliance levels is provided as well.

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This video explains the CSM features of the current ES-3 version of the CDM Agency Dashboard.

Date: 2021

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Basic

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This 2.5 hour virtual course demonstrates the configuration settings management (CSM) capability within the CDM Agency Dashboard. In this course students are shown the basic concepts associated with CSM, the importance of Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), how CSM scoring is incorporated into the current AWARE calculations, and students will gain an understanding of how the CSM capability of the CDM Agency Dashboard can be used to reduce the misconfiguration of assets in their agency IT inventory.

Learning Objectives:

• Overview of the importance of Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and how CSM scoring is incorporated into the AWARE calculations.
• Walkthrough of how CSM scoring affect the AWARE algorithm and can reduce asset misconfiguration.

Date: December 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This video presents an overview of the System Security Analyst role and the six key responsibilities associated with that role. The importance of these six key responsibilities is covered including adherence to agency policy and assessing metrics and data.

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This video presents cybersecurity concepts associated with continuous monitoring of issues that affect networks. A review of workplan concepts, checks and reviews, and mitigation recommendations is also covered.

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This 2.5 hour course demonstrates the continuous monitoring and analysis capability with version ES-5 of the CDM Agency Dashboard. This is a role-based course for those in the cybersecurity workforce that use the dashboard routinely. In this course students are shown concepts associated with continuous monitoring and analysis of the top issues that affect networks. Topics include an overview of the responsibilities of the Security analyst, continuous monitoring, how the CDM Agency Dashboard can be used to identify vulnerabilities, AWARE scoring, the reporting function, and possible courses of action.

Learning Objectives:

• Overview of the importance of the CDM Agency Dashboard role of system security analyst, which includes monitoring and vulnerability identification.
• Strategies for securing agency assets and creating report functionality using the CDM Agency Dashboard.

Date: December 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This is a two hour recording of the August 2022 class offering and focuses on the CDM-Enabled Threat Hunting (CETH) capability which aggregates endpoint collection of measurements for monitoring and log data in the CDM Agency Dashboard to enhance analysis by allowing disparate data sets to be queried for proactive threat detection and incident response activities. The course reviews the CDM capabilities and focuses on CETH reporting.

Learning Objectives:

• Provide an overview of CDM-Enabled Threat Hunting (CETH)
• Demonstrate continuous monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response using the CDM Dashboard
• Demonstrate how to create visualizations and Saved Searches using the CDM Dashboard
• Discuss agency remediation and reporting practices

Date: August 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Intermediate

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This is a three hour recording of the October 2022 class and focuses on policy origination, provides an historic timeline, describes current directives and will guide the learner on how the CDM Dashboard can be used to address a directive, adhere to policies, and understand how to continuously monitor known exploitable vulnerabilities (KEVs.).

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the federal policy and directive origination process
• Identify the most current / relevant government directives that relate to cybersecurity
• Utilize the CDM Agency Dashboard to identify vulnerabilities in response to federal directives
• Identify characteristics of BOD 22-01 and the response procedures

Date: October 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Intermediate

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This two hour course provides managers with an overview of the CDM Agency Dashboard. In this course students are shown concepts associated with the CDM Agency Dashboard and how to create appropriate reports.

Target Audience: This course is applicable to workforce Executives and Senior-level Managers who need to understand how Information Assurance and cybersecurity principles affect their agencies, how the CDM program helps support those principles, and how their CDM Agency Dashboard can help establish a cybersecurity baseline and identify and reduce their attack surface.

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) roles of: Authorizing Official/Designated Representative, Executive Cyber Leadership, Program Managers, and other senior management roles responsible for cybersecurity within their agency will benefit from this course.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the principles of information assurance
• Discuss Federal laws and required executive and Senior-level management responsibilities
• Discuss the purpose and function of the CDM Program
• Discuss the purpose and benefit of the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboards
• Reviewing the CDM Agency Dashboard information to make risk-based decisions Includes lab exercises

Date: November 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course focuses on building skills to improve the ability to piece together the various components of the digital investigation. The course begins with acquisition planning and preparation, progresses through the investigative process, and concludes with analysis techniques and methods for more manageable investigations.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop an investigative process for the digital forensic investigation.
• Explain methods of focusing investigations through analysis of multiple evidence sources.
• Effectively prepare for incident response of both victim and suspect systems.
• Identify sources of evidentiary value in various evidence sources including network logs, network traffic, volatile data and through disk forensics.
• Identify common areas of malicious software activity and characteristics of various types of malicious software files.
• Confidently perform live response in intrusion investigation scenarios.

Date: 2020

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 3 - Advanced

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course orients analysts to analyzing common protocols, identifying suspicious or malicious traffic and provides an introduction to the Wireshark packet filter syntax.

By the end of this course, you should be able to use network flow data to do the following:

• Evaluate the correct implementation of application traffic on the network.
• Find anomalous traffic on a large network.
• Find malicious activity given additional network and intelligence data sources.
• Identify potential malicious activity on a network.
• Provide input for appropriate techniques in an operational environment.

This course will introduce rules and go over example syntax, protocols, and expressions. It contains several supporting video demonstrations as well as lab exercises writing and testing basic rules.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify poorly written signatures and revise them.
• Write regular expressions.
• Create signatures.
• Identify information in PCAP data to use for creating alerts.

Date: 2011

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course focuses on advanced concepts for writing scripts for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The course covers how to string multiple commands together in traditional BATCH scripts, as well as leverage Visual Basic Scripting (VBS) to perform more complex tasks and includes reinforcing video demonstrations and final assessment.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the fundamentals of Visual Basic Scripting.
• Recognize the concepts of redirection, piping, and how to conduct complex tasks with multiple commands.
• Apply integration of Windows BATCH with Visual Basic Scripting.
• Demonstrate how to access the Windows API from Visual Basic Scripting.

Date: 2015

Training Purpose: Functional Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This three-module course teaches the beginner analyst how to develop the analytical skills and capabilities needed to handle a potential cyber incident— from analysis to reporting findings.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, participants will be familiar with

• How to think about the approach to analysis
• Writing a proper hypothesis and prediction
• The Importance of Organizational Context
• Impact of the Organization Environment
• Gathering the necessary information to analyze an incident
• Analyzing the Functional elements of an incident
• Analyzing the Strategic elements of an incident
• Assembling the elements to solve the cyber puzzle
• Reporting the finding results of the analysis
• Accessing CISA resources for incident and vulnerability cases.

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course is designed for network flow data analysts who use or are considering using Analysis Pipeline (http://tools.netsa.cert.org/analysis-pipeline5/index.html). The course aims to create a better understanding of how to incorporate streaming network flow analysis into their toolkit for identifying and alerting on events of interest. The focus will be on applying Analysis Pipeline to operational use cases.

Learning Objectives
At the completion of this course analysts will be able to:

• Understand Analysis Pipeline and its role in network flow data streaming analytics and alerting.
• Understand the Analysis Pipeline configuration language.
• Develop and implement network flow data use cases with Analysis Pipeline.

Date: 2016

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course provides the foundational practices and ethical principles of artificial intelligence. Diving into each of the ethical principles along with other technical ethics, it is aimed at reducing risk and unwanted bias to create ethical, transparent, and fair artificial intelligence systems.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the harm with bias in artificial intelligence.
• Discuss how to reduce risk and unwanted bias.
• Cite several principles of AI and the goals of each.
• Describe how principles are applied to create ethical, transparent, and fair AI.

Date: 2020

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This self-study course focuses on preparing learners for the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker version 10 certification exam. This course contains materials on advanced network assessment techniques including enumeration, scanning, and reconnaissance. It is designed to use the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in an ethical and lawful manner to examine an organization's network security posture. The course concludes with a practice exam.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how to perform a vulnerability analysis to identify security weakness in an organization's network structure.
• Perform a security assessment of a cloud environment to understand cloud computing threats and attacks.
• Understand risks and defensive strategies for IoT platforms and devices.

Date: 2019

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 3 - Advanced

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This short CDM Agency Dashboard video will provide a foundation level of knowledge and background that will help end users of the dashboard prepare for training demonstrations and hands-on activities, as well as the implementation of the Elastic dashboard.

Learning Objectives:

• Become familiar with the Kibana User Interface of the CDM Agency Dashboard
• Better understand the CDM Agency Dashboard architecture and data flow
• Understand the general architecture, data flow, and data structure and schema
• Become familiar with JSON Documents

Date: 2022

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course is a self-study resource to help prepare for the Cisco CCENT certification, one of the prerequisites for the Cisco CCNA certification. Installing, operating, configuring, and verifying a basic IPv4 and IPv6 network will be discussed. The course focuses on configuring a local area network (LAN) switch, configuring an internet protocol (IP) router, and identifying basic security threats. It includes several reinforcing video demonstrations of concepts discussed, as well as a quiz.

Learning Objectives:

• Review of objectives for the Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician certification
• Supplemental preparation for the Cisco CCENT certification exam

Date: 2016

Training Purpose: Operate and Maintain

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course is the follow-up to Cisco CCENT and is aimed to prepare learners for the Cisco CCNA Security exam. Content covered in this course includes protocol sniffers, analyzers, TCP/IP, desktop utilities, Cisco IOS, the Cisco VPN, a Cisco simulation program called Packet Tracer, and some web-based resources. The course focuses on a theoretical understanding of network security, knowledge, and skills designed to implement it. This course contains several reinforcing video demonstrations and final exam.

Learning Objectives:

• Review of objectives for the Cisco Certified Network Associate certification
• Supplemental preparation for the Cisco CCNA certification exam

Date: 2015

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course explores the guidance from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Security Agency (NSA), and several Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). Objectives cover cloud security risks and threats, basic operations, incident response considerations, along with application, data and infrastructure security concepts. Where applicable, demonstrations of cloud provider tools and capabilities will be used to reinforce key points.

Learning Objectives:

• Define cloud models and components.
• Apply CSA security guidance and other best practices to cloud deployments.
• Understand cybersecurity requirements within the Shared Responsibilities model.
• Prepare for cloud computing governance and compliance challenges.
• Relate traditional cybersecurity controls to popular cloud solutions.
• Recognize and prepare for cloud computing threats.
• Review additional cloud security tools and use cases.

Date: 2020

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

The Cloud Computing Concepts course highlights concepts and best practices for cloud architecture, design, security, and operations. Topics include leveraging cloud environments for critical assets or operations, and the impacts on data and application security, as well as legal, risk, and compliance considerations.

Learning Objectives:

• Compare cloud service and deployment models and each’s impact on customer control and responsibilities
• Identify data security strategies within cloud environments
• Explain secure data center design concepts including example risks and security controls
• Describe the Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and its relation to applications within cloud environments
• Summarize concepts for building, operating, and managing physical and logical infrastructure for cloud environments
• Outline privacy, legal, and audit requirements with cloud environments, and how it relates to evaluating providers

Date: 2021

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course introduces concepts around Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Multiple Cloud Hosting and Hybrid Cloud Hosting.

Date: 2021

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course features National Defense University Professor Robert Richardson who discusses important security and oversight requirements for commercial cloud solutions.

Learning Objectives:

• Overview of the cloud physically, logically, and architecturally.
• Discuss cloud deployment models and characteristics.
• Overview of cloud infrastructure characteristics.
• Cloud Supply Chain Risk Management and considerations of commercial cloud as third-party cloud services; senior leaders should "beware of the gaps and seams."
• Cloud software components - microservices & APIs.
• The driving forces and key technology enablers of commercial cloud services in the Federal Government.
• Must-have security requirements and policies for cloud solutions.
• The top ten cybersecurity cloud risks such as: loss of service, data breaches, human error. As well as non-cybersecurity risks such as: outsourcing risks, personnel security, and supply chain risk management.
• Where Federal Government adoption of commercial cloud is now and predictions for the future.

Date: 2020

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course is designed for managers, staff, and other stakeholders who may be involved in implementation and/or decision making regarding Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM). This course explains how Continuous Monitoring as a Service (CMaaS) relates to the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program.

Date: 2016

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 0 - Introduction

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course is designed for managers, staff, and other stakeholders who may be involved in implementation and/or decision making regarding Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM). The course aims to help the learner better understand how Continuous Monitoring as a Service (CMaaS) will be implemented in DHS Component networks.

Date: 2017

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Basic

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course is part of the CMaaS transitional webinar series conducted via WebEx. Each video focuses on a single tool within the CMaaS solution stack and includes two major Use Cases for each tool.

Date: 2018

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Basic

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course focuses on the basics of computer programming and how to give a machine a set of instructions to produce a desired behavior. This course also provides information on the elements of programming and programming languages, frameworks, and models. The course includes an interactive programming game, interactive knowledge checks, and the chance to write a fully functional code.

Learning Objectives:

• Define programming.
• Describe the structure and purpose of major programming paradigms.
• Explain the difference between high-level and low-level languages.
• Describe the uses of scripting and compiled languages.
• State the elements of programming.
• Explain when to use a variable in programming.
• List basic data types.
• State how operators are used in programming.
• Explain why logic and flow are important in programming.
• State the purpose of programming frameworks.

Date: 2017

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Think about your organization’s most critical functions: what do others depend on you to provide? Your high-value assets (HVAs), also known as critical assets across many industries, are the information or information systems that have serious impact to your organization’s ability to conduct its mission or business operations if lost, corrupted, or inaccessible. Across sectors and industries, data and information systems that underpin core business and operational functions- or those systems that connect to core functionalities- make highly tempting targets for sophisticated criminal, politically motivated, or state-sponsored actors to exploit directly or compromise to undermine public trust.

The HVA program was established by CISA to help organizations gain a comprehensive understanding of the risks that dynamic threat actors pose and identify the high-value information and systems that are likely targets.

This webinar provides an overview of the following key information:

• HVA and critical asset overview: Define high-value assets, and how to assess and prioritize risks.
• Common threats: Understand the most likely threats to HVAs and how to mitigate associated vulnerabilities.
• CISA guidance: Learn the steps and parameters to identify, categorize, prioritize, and secure your HVAs or critical assets.
• Case studies: Explore the impacts of documented critical or high-value asset cyberattacks, and the success of resulting response and recovery efforts.

This course is accessible to a non-technical audience including managers and business leaders and provides an organizational perspective useful to technical specialists.

Date: July 2021

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course discusses the influence, impact, and need for cybersecurity when defending the critical infrastructure and key resources of the United States. This course provides the definition of critical infrastructure, examples of cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure, and information on what is being done to protect critical infrastructure from these cybersecurity threats.

Learning Objectives:

• Define and give examples of critical infrastructure.
• Identify possible cyber threats to critical infrastructure.
• Describe U.S. cybersecurity policies and programs.
• Explain the cybersecurity roles of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Federal agencies.

Date: 2017

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course was developed for organizations and individuals who are at the beginning of their planning and implementation process for creating a computer security incident response team or an incident management capability. This course begins with definitions and context for defining a CSIRT framework, followed by services that may be provided and building an action plan. An attendee workbook is included with questions and exercises to use in conjunction with the training.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the function of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) and the philosophy behind them.
• Understand the role of CSIRT in the incident management process.
• Identify the requirements to establish an effective CSIRT.
• Appreciate the key issues and decisions that must be addressed when creating a CSIRT.
• Learn to strategically plan the development and implementation of your CSIRT.

Date: 2017

Training Purpose: Management Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course covers the history, risks, and legality of cryptocurrency as well as discusses what cryptocurrency items can be seized by law enforcement.

Learning Objectives:

• Define cryptocurrency and compare it to traditional currency.
• Describe the history of cryptocurrency.
• State the elements of a cryptocurrency transaction and their roles.
• Describe safety measures taken to protect cryptocurrency.
• Identify items that serve as wallets for cryptocurrency and could be seized by law enforcement.
• Evaluate apps and websites that could be linked to cryptocurrency.
• Compare degrees of anonymity of various cryptocurrencies.
• Compare legal and illegal uses of cryptocurrency.
• Evaluate the legality of different cryptocurrency scenarios.
• Identify notable cases of illegal uses of cryptocurrency found in recent headlines.

Date: 2019

Training Purpose: Investigate

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course provides an overview of cybersecurity threats and best practices to keep information and information systems secure. Every year, authorized users of certain information systems must complete the Cyber Awareness Challenge to maintain awareness of and stay current on new cybersecurity threats. The training also reinforces best practices to keep personal information and information systems secure and stay abreast of changes in general cybersecurity policies.

Date: 2019

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

This course highlights 'dark' or deceptive activities that are employed by malicious users via the Internet. Several legitimate purpose technologies and techniques and how they are leveraged, or manipulated for fraudulent purposes, is discussed. Threats from topics such as zero-day attacks, dark web, alternate OSs, VPN/TOR, weaponized psychology, and anonymous services will be detailed, as well as methods for concealing one’s identity. These methods are taught in order for cybersecurity experts to defend against such attacks. The course includes reinforcing video demonstrations.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain several techniques for obfuscating online activities.
• List examples of technologies leveraged for deceptive purposes.
• Detail best practices for prevention and protection from malicious cyber activities.

Date: 2018

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course focuses on how leaders can develop actionable items to start implementing organizational cybersecurity practices and introduces the six essential elements of building a culture of cyber readiness.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify actionable items to reduce your organization's cyber risks through a holistic approach.
• Identify the six essential elements of building a culture of cyber readiness.
• Identify the steppingstones to building a culture of cyber readiness.

Date: 2019

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course serves as an introduction and overview of several concepts and technologies that may be encountered as part of an investigation with a digital or cyber component. Starting with the basics of how devices communicate, the course continues with technical concepts and applications that may be used to facilitate or investigate incidents. Content includes lab exercises and practical application takeaways to reinforce concepts, and a course exam.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe essential computing communication concepts.
• Identify digital evidence sources and handling.
• Apply techniques to examine applications for target information.

Date: 2017

Training Purpose: Functional Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

The Cybersecurity Analyst course is designed to help reinforce concepts for cyber work roles that require monitoring and information analysis to respond to suspicious events. This intermediate-level course focuses on defense techniques leveraging data and tools to identify risks to an organization, and apply effective mitigation strategies to detect and respond to threats.

Learning Objectives:

• List common cyber threats and examples of scanning and assessment tools and techniques to identify potential vulnerabilities.
• Analyze data from various sources to identify vulnerabilities and recommend strategies for mitigation.
• Configure and implement threat detection tools to detect incidents, and effectively respond and recover.

Date: 2018

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course discusses the basic concepts of cybersecurity and digital forensics investigation practices. Topics include performing collection and triage of digital evidence in response to an incident, evidence collection methodologies, and forensic best practices. This is an introductory course reviewing the processes, methods, techniques, and tools in support of cyber security investigations.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the process of integrating forensics collection and analysis program into an organization.
• Recognize concepts involved in the Forensic Process.
• Apply necessary preparation to perform collections and incident response according to best practices.
• Understand methods, goals and objectives for digital forensic collection activities.
• Apply techniques and tools for conducting evidence collection, triage, and log analysis.

Date: 2015

Training Purpose: Functional Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course highlights best practices applicable to a wide variety cybersecurity job roles. Topics include risk management, architecture and design, and tools and technologies. This course also covers key concepts for detecting, protecting, and defending from security threats.

Learning Objectives:

• List common cyber threats and how scanning and assessment tools and techniques identify potential vulnerabilities.
• Explain how various tools and technologies are configured or deployed to support an organization's security posture.
• Detail risk management best practices and mitigation strategies.

Date: 2018

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course focuses on cyber supply chain risk management, also known as C-SCRM, and the role it plays within our society today. This course will explain how to securely provision, analyze, oversee and govern, protect and defend a supply chain.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe product supply chains and life cycles.
• Identify the role of adversaries in supply chain risk management.
• Define the risks associated with supply chains.
• State the principles of supply chain management.
• Identify security measures taken to protect a supply chain.
• Apply suggested tools to address supply chain vulnerabilities.
• Explain how knowledge of the 'internet of things' (IoT) is used to evaluate products as IoT devices.
• Recognize potential dangers posed by various devices brought to work.
• Identify the threats outlined for acquisitions personnel through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
• Define how to personally safeguard your organization's cybersecurity.

Date: 2019

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, the CyberStat Program, along with Subject Matter Experts from the OMB Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, General Services Administration(GSA), and CISA’s Office of the Technical Director, hosted the CyberStat Workshop “Zero Trust Pillar 1: Identity (Part 1).” Attending agency representatives had the opportunity to learn more about Zero Trust Implementation Tasks, Multi Factor Authentication, including phishing resistant MFA for Public Facing Systems, the new password policy, and how the new policy can be implemented.

Date: April 20, 2022

Length: 57 minutes

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Improving the management of policy changes required by EO14028.

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework: Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support

On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, the CyberStat Program, along with Subject Matter Experts from CISA and OMB, hosted the CyberStat Workshop “Zero Trust Pillar 1: Identity (Part 2).” Attending agency representatives had the opportunity to learn more about the role of centralized identity management within their agencies’ structures and gain assistance in how to incorporate device-level signals alongside identity information in authentication.

Date: May 4, 2022

Length: 42:53

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Improving the management of policy changes required by EO 14028.

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework: Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support