GIAC Forensics, Management, Information, IT Security Certifications

Top Cyber Security Certifications for Cyber Defense

"I am proud to be on the cyber defense line with such a competent industry partner that understands the needs of the Defense Department. GIAC is willing to work with us to help accomplish this difficult task." - Mike Knight, Naval NetWar Command

Whether an attacker is successful penetrating an organization's network depends on the strength and intelligence of that organization's cyber defense professionals. Defending against attacks is an ongoing challenge, with new threats emerging daily and APT (advanced persistent threat) on everyone's mind. Well prepared organizations understand what has worked and will always work is taking a risk based approach to cyber defense.

Ensuring the highest level of cyber security means having the expertise and knowledge to focus on the right areas of cyber defense.

Cyber Defense

	Certification	Register
Security Essentials	Prevention of attacks and detection of adversaries Networking Concepts, Defense in Depth, Secure Communications Foundational Windows and Linux Security Affiliated Training: SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Certified Intrusion Analyst	Fundamentals of Traffic Analysis and Application Protocols Open Source IDS: Snort and Bro Network Traffic Forensics and Monitoring Affiliated Training: SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth
Information Security Fundamentals	Information Security Foundations Cryptography Network Protection Strategies and Host Protection Affiliated Training: SEC301: Introduction to Cyber Security
Certified Enterprise Defender	Defensive Network Infrastructure and Packet Analysis Pen Testing and Vulnerability Analysis and Mitigation Incident Response, Malware and Data Loss Prevention Affiliated Training: SEC501: Advanced Security Essentials - Enterprise Defender
Continuous Monitoring Certification	Security Architecture and Security Operations Centers (SOCs) Network Security Architecture and Monitoring Endpoint Security Architecture, Automation and Continuous Monitoring Affiliated Training: SEC511: Continuous Monitoring and Security Operations
Certified Windows Security Administrator	Windows OS and Application Hardening PowerShell Scripting and Managing Cryptography Server Hardening, IPSec, Dynamic Access Control and DNS Affiliated Training: SEC505: Securing Windows and PowerShell Automation
Critical Controls Certification	Overview of the Critical Controls and Asset Inventories Vulnerability Assessments and Remediation, Privileges, Logging Email and Browser Protections, Malware, Control of Network Access and Protocols, Data Protection and Recovery and Secure Configurations Wireless Device Control, Application Security, Incident Response, and Penetration Testing Affiliated Training: SEC566: Implementing and Auditing the Critical Security Controls - In-Depth
Certified Perimeter Protection Analyst	Network Security, IP and Packet Decoding Endpoint-Host Security Logging Wireless, Encryption, VPNs and Cloud
Certified UNIX Security Administrator	Hardening Linux/Unix Application Security in Depth Digital Forensics in the Linux/Unix Environment Affiliated Training: SEC506: Securing Linux/Unix
Defending Advanced Threats	Affiliated Training: SEC599: Defeating Advanced Adversaries - Purple Team Tactics & Kill Chain Defenses
Certified Detection Analyst	SIEM Architecture and SOF-ELK Service Profiling, Advanced Endpoint Analytics, Baselining and User Behavior Monitoring Tactical SIEM Detection and Post-Mortem Analysis Affiliated Training: SEC555: SIEM with Tactical Analytics
Defensible Security Architecture	Affiliated Training: SEC530: Defensible Security Architecture and Engineering
Open Source Intelligence	Affiliated Training: SEC487: Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Gathering and Analysis

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GIAC Certifications: Cyber Defense

Top Cyber Security Certifications for Cyber Defense

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