FedVTE Course Catalog

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 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 1/2-day course is a joint collaboration of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. The purpose of this training is to help federal civilian agencies meet required actions of BOD 20-01, the Binding Operational Directive to Develop and Publish a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) by covering the knowledge of and providing resources for:

• Vulnerability report receipt and intake
• Developing and publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy
• Developing vulnerability disclosure handling procedures
• Developing a vulnerability disclosure capability development
• Reporting metrics

After completing this course, participants should be able to

• Describe agency requirements for developing and publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP).
• Describe the minimum capacity needed to support your vulnerability disclosure handling process.
• Explain how vulnerability disclosure and handling is dependent on successful human interaction.
• Explain the importance of establishing trust and good relationships with reporters and stakeholders.
• List the key resources that can help your agency build your VDP and supporting processes.
• Meet the requirements to develop and publish a VDP and supporting handling process.
• Understand how and when to work with CISA for assistance and escalation.

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course highlights technical knowledge and skills required for implementing secure solutions in the enterprise. A broad spectrum of disciplines is covered to aid practitioners in applying frameworks and controls to improve the security posture while supporting the business mission.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe risk management's role in the enterprise and mitigation strategies for specific threats.
• Detail implementing network security strategies and controls for connected devices.
• Explain how cloud technologies are leveraged and can support a secure enterprise architecture.
• List sources and methods to help stay current with cybersecurity best practices and threat trends and analyzing potential impact to the enterprise.

Date: 2018

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 2 - Intermediate

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course is designed for managers and other stakeholders who may be involved in decision making that would include considerations for security in a cyber environment but do not have a strong technical background. Discussions focus on cybersecurity concepts and methodologies that are part of building a resilient cyber enterprise. This course explains how people and technology work together to protect mission-critical assets, and the frameworks leveraged to assess and apply security controls. Beginning with governance, laws, and regulations, the course progresses into threats to the environment and identifying corresponding controls and countermeasures, concluding with strategies for business continuity.

Learning Objectives:

• Know key concepts of cybersecurity and its relation to the business mission.
• Recall risk management strategies and related frameworks.
• Identify how cloud services are leveraged and pros and cons of doing so.
• Describe common threats, threat actor types, and mitigation techniques.

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 focused on applying security and systems engineering principles into business functions. This self-study prep course is designed to help learners prepare for the specialized Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) certification exam. The topics in the course cover the five domain areas of the CISSP-ISSEP.

Learning Objectives:

• Incorporate security into business processes and information systems.
• Demonstrate subject matter expertise in security engineering.
• Apply engineering principles into business functions.

Date: 2018

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 3 - Advanced

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This workshop focuses on how to measure the right things in order to make informed management decisions, take the appropriate actions, and change behaviors. But how do managers figure out what those right things are? Public and private organizations today often base cyber risk management decisions on fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD), and the latest attack. The Measuring What Matters: Security Metrics Workshop, the learner will learn how to refine a strategic or business objective that meets that S.M.A.R.T.E.R. criteria: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound, Evaluated, Reviewed, and can be used to initiate the Goal - Question - Indicator - Metric (GQIM) process.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify a core set of business goals, based on the business objective, to which the cybersecurity risk measurement program will be applied.
• Formulate one or more key questions for each business goal, and use them to help determine the extent to which the goal is being achieved.
• Identify one or more indicators for each business goal key question.
• Identify one or more metrics for each indicator that most directly inform the answer to one or more questions.

Date: 2020

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

This course focuses on fundamental concepts for offensive and defensive network operations. It covers how offensive and defensive cyber operations are conducted and details U.S. government doctrine for network operations. Topics include network attack planning, methodologies, and tactics and techniques used to plan for, detect, and defend against network attacks.

Learning Objectives:

• Apply U.S. government network operations background and doctrine.
• Describe offensive and defensive network operations.
• Determine offensive network operation missions, planning, and exploitation phases and methodologies.
• Derive defensive network operation missions, planning, and methods to detect and defend against network attacks and attackers' methods.

Date: 2015

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Ransomware is the fastest growing malware threat targeting home, business, and government networks. Really, anyone with a computer connected to the internet is a target. Ransomware infection is one computer, one person, one click away from penetrating a networks defense. If just one computer becomes infected with ransomware it could quickly spread all over the network, which is why ransomware protection is critical. Ransomware incidents have become increasingly prevalent and pose an enormous risk to you and your organization’s critical infrastructure.

This training course focuses on basic Ransomware concepts and methodology. This course will explain what ransomware is, preventative measures that can be used to prevent a ransomware attack, and ransomware incident response and recovery.

Learning Objectives:

• Present an overview of ransomware attacks
• Identify preventative measures to block ransomware attacks
• Discuss incident response best practices for ransomware attacks
• Detail ways to implement recovery measure after a ransomware attack
• Learn to strategically plan the development and implementation of your CSIRT.

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Ransomware is the fastest growing malware threat targeting home, business, and government networks. Really, anyone with a computer connected to the internet is a target. Ransomware infection is one computer, one person, one click away from penetrating a networks defense. If just one computer becomes infected with ransomware it could quickly spread all over the network, which is why ransomware protection is critical. Ransomware incidents have become increasingly prevalent and pose an enormous risk to you and your organization’s critical infrastructure.

This interactive training module provides mitigation strategies and techniques as it relates to firewall rules. This module will explain what firewalls are, present the importance of implementing firewall rules and provide an opportunity for you to practice applying specific firewall rules in our virtual environment.

This module consists of 3 elements. The Intro Video provides an overview of the topic information. The Block Malicious IPs Demo provides a walkthrough of the tasks you'll need to complete, the Block Malicious IPs Try allows you the opportunity to test out the tasks presented in the Block Malicious IPs Demo. Remember to download the "Try" instructions titled: Lesson Instructions PDF

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the purpose of firewalls
• Present the importance of implementing firewall rules
• Identify specific firewall rules to apply

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Ransomware is the fastest growing malware threat targeting home, business, and government networks. Really, anyone with a computer connected to the internet is a target. Ransomware infection is one computer, one person, one click away from penetrating a networks defense. If just one computer becomes infected with ransomware it could quickly spread all over the network, which is why ransomware protection is critical. Ransomware incidents have become increasingly prevalent and pose an enormous risk to you and your organization’s critical infrastructure.

This interactive training module focuses on sinkholing as a mitigation technique. This module will explain what Domain Name Service (DNS) sinkholes are, present the importance of implementing sinkholes, and provide an opportunity for you to practice applying specific firewall rules in our virtual environment.

This module consists of 3 elements. The Intro Video provides an overview of the topic information. The Sinkhole Demo provides a walkthrough of the tasks you'll need to complete, the Sinkhole Try allows you the opportunity to test out the tasks presented in the Sinkhole Demo. Remember to download the "Try" instructions titled: Lesson Instructions PDF

Learning Objectives:

• Present the definition of a DNS Sinkhole
• Identify key terms related to the Sinkholing process
• Explain the importance of implementing a DNS Sinkhole

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Ransomware is the fastest growing malware threat targeting home, business, and government networks. Really, anyone with a computer connected to the internet is a target. Ransomware infection is one computer, one person, one click away from penetrating a networks defense. If just one computer becomes infected with ransomware it could quickly spread all over the network, which is why ransomware protection is critical. Ransomware incidents have become increasingly prevalent and pose an enormous risk to you and your organization’s critical infrastructure.

This interactive training module provides information on how to disable SMBv1 using the group policy mitigation technique. This module will explain Server Message Block (SMB), provide an overview of the versions of SMB, present the importance of blocking SMBv1, and provide an opportunity for you to practice applying group policies that disable SMBv1 in our virtual environment.

This module consists of 3 elements. The Intro Video provides an overview of the topic information. The SMBv1 Demo provides a walkthrough of the tasks you'll need to complete, the SMBv1 Try allows you the opportunity to test out the tasks presented in the SMBv1 Demo. Remember to download the "Try" instructions titled: Lesson Instructions PDF

Learning Objectives:

• Define Server Message Block
• Identify the three versions of SMB
• Present the importance of disabling SMBv1

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Application Allowlisting is a controlled list of applications and components such as libraries, configuration files, etc. that are authorized to be present or active on a host according to a well-defined baseline. It is a highly effective security strategy that acts as a preventative file execution policy to allow only certain programs to run and prevents others from executing. Every organization must verify and trust each and every application they allow on their network. They do this by adapting allowlisting to help block the execution of malware, unlicensed software, and other unauthorized software.

This interactive training module focuses on basic Application Allowlisting concepts and methodologies. This module will explain what Application Allowlisting is, present the importance of implementing Application Allowlisting, and provide an opportunity for you to practice applying specific Application Allowlisting rules in our virtual environment.

This module consists of 3 elements. The Intro Video provides an overview of the topic information. The Application Allowlisting Demo provides a walkthrough of the tasks you'll need to complete, the Application Allowlisting Try allows you the opportunity to test out the tasks presented in the Application Allowlisting Demo. Remember to download the "Try" instructions titled: Lesson Instructions PDF

Learning Objectives:

• Create Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) allowlisting policies with PowerShell

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Active Directory (AD) is one of the most vital components in a Windows network. Cybercriminals today are targeting AD, performing reconnaissance to discover users, servers, and computers in an enterprise network, and then moving laterally to carry out multi-stage attacks to gain access and abuse organization resources and data. An AD backup and restoration disaster recovery strategy is vital for operation continuity. Backing up AD regularly is important, sometimes the backup is the only way for an organization to recover its data after a cyberattack.

This interactive training module focuses on basic AD concepts and methodologies. This module will explain how to identify the Primary Domain Controller (PDC) of the domain, explain how to make changes to AD without backing up again, and provide an opportunity for you to practice confirming the changes made after the backup are replaced with the information in the backup file.

This module consists of 3 elements. The Intro Video provides an overview of the topic information. The AD Backup Restore Demo provides a walkthrough of the tasks you'll need to complete, the AD Backup Restore Try allows you the opportunity to test out the tasks presented in the AD Backup Restore Demo. Remember to download the "Try" instructions titled: Lesson Instructions PDF

Learning Objectives:

• Backup Active Directory on a Domain Controller
• Restore Active Directory on a Domain Controller

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Kerberos Ticket Granting Ticket (KRBTGT) is a local default account used for Microsoft’s implementation of Kerberos, the default Microsoft Windows authentication protocol for granting access to network applications and services. KRBTGT acts as a service account for the Key Distribution Center (KDC) service. KRBTGT account in Active Directory (AD) plays a key role that encrypts and signs all Kerberos tickets for the domain.

This interactive training module focuses on basic KRBTGT concepts and methodology. This module will explain how to reset the KRBTGT account password using the Active Directory Users and Computers app in the Administrative tools in our virtual environment.

This module consists of 3 elements. The Intro Video provides an overview of the topic information. The Reset KRBTGT Account Password Demo provides a walkthrough of the tasks you'll need to complete, the Reset KRBTGT Try allows you the opportunity to test out the tasks presented in the Reset KRBTGT Demo. Remember to download the "Try" instructions titled: Lesson Instructions PDF

Learning Objectives:

• Reset the KRBTGT Account password

Date: 2022

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

The Domain Name System, commonly known as DNS, is often referred to as the "phone book" of the Internet. Every time we access the Internet to visit our favorite websites, shop and pay bills online, or access online portals for healthcare or banking, we depend on DNS infrastructure to securely route us to our intended destinations. While this shared infrastructure is incredibly powerful and useful, it also presents a rich attack surface for threat actors: allowing them to shut down websites and online services, replace legitimate website content with threats and extortion attempts, or even route traffic to a carbon copy of a legitimate website to steal any information entered by users intending to conduct business as usual. "Understanding DNS Attacks" provides key information you need to know to protect yourself and your organization from DNS infrastructure tampering including common vulnerabilities, how to identify a potential attack, and guidance and best practices to mitigate the likelihood and impact of a successful DNS attack.

This webinar is accessible to non-technical learners including managers and business leaders, and offers an organizational perspective useful to technical specialists.

Learning Objectives:
Enable learners to prevent, flag, and protect themselves and their organizations from DNS infrastructure attacks through awareness of common attack schemes, best practices, CISA guidance, and resources.

• Define DNS Tampering and explain common attack methods
• Identify signs of a DNS attack
• Learn mitigation steps for DNS attacks
• Understand the process to recover from a DNS attack
• Explore impacts of DNS attacks through case studies

Date: 2021

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Web and email servers are the workhorses of the Internet: we couldn't run government, businesses, or our personal lives without them! However, the information exchanged through web and email servers can offer a tempting target for cyber attackers. Participants can request 1 CPE credit for completing this course.

This webinar includes the following information and more:

• Attack methods: Hackers can target and decode victims' web and email traffic, compromise email security to make phishing attempts more likely to succeed, or can even use botnets to shut down access to websites and conduct large-scale campaigns of malicious activity.
• Key Guidance for Organizations: CISA provides resources and best practices to help individuals and organizations secure their web and email infrastructure.
• Case studies: Explore the methods and impacts of real-life cyberattacks, and how the victims responded and recovered.
• Incident Response overview: Key steps to identify a potential attack, mitigate damage through proper preparation and response, and recover after an attack occurs.

Learning Objectives:
Enable learners to prevent, flag, and protect themselves and their organizations from web and email server cyberattacks through awareness of common attack schemes, best practices, CISA guidance, and resources.

• Define web and email server infrastructure, and explain common attack methods
• Identify signs of a potential attack
• Learn mitigation steps for web and email server attacks
• Understand the process to recover from a web or email server attack
• Explore impacts of web and email server attacks through case studies

Date: 2020

Training Proficiency Area: Level 1 - Beginner

Training Purpose: Skill Development

Alignment to the NIST SP 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

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 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