Sy-SSCP-2020
Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
Prepare for the (ISC)² SSCP certification exam with the SSCP course and lab. The lab can be mapped to any course, textbook, or training, therefore, adding value and a hands-on component to training. The course and lab will help you understand exam objectives completely with their various interactive learning resources, including Lessons, TestPrep and Flashcards. With this SSCP course, you will learn everything you need to know to ace the SSCP certification exam.
Become a (ISC)² certified professional by passing the SSCP certification exam. The SSCP exam objectives cover accessing controls, security operations and administration; risk identification, monitoring, and analysis; incident response and recovery; cryptography, network and communications security; and systems and application security.
Self-paced · 1 year access
41 Hands-On LiveLabs
Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.
- Real environments
- Auto-graded
- No installation
01 / About
About This Course
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Target Career Roles
- Security Analyst
- Systems Engineer
- Security Administrator
- Systems Administrator
- Database Administrator
- Systems/Network Analyst
- Network Security Engineer
- Security Consultant/Specialist
02 / Lessons & labs
See exactly what you will learn and practice
Lessons
13 Interactive Lessons · 101 topics01 Introduction 5 topics +
- About This Course
- What Is an SSCP?
- Using This Course
- Objective Map
- Earning Your Certification
02 The Business Case for Decision Assurance and Information Security 4 topics +
- Information: The Lifeblood of Business
- Policy, Procedure, and Process: How Business Gets Business Done
- Who Runs the Business?
- Summary
03 Information Security Fundamentals 5 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- The Common Needs for Privacy, Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
- Training and Educating Everybody
- SSCPs and Professional Ethics
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 Integrated Risk Management and Mitigation 8 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- It’s a Dangerous World
- The Four Faces of Risk
- Getting Integrated and Proactive with Information Defense
- Risk Management: Concepts and Frameworks
- Risk Assessment
- Four Choices for Limiting or Containing Damage
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
05 Operationalizing Risk Mitigation 7 topics +
- From Tactical Planning to Information Security Operations
- Operationalizing Risk Mitigation: Step by Step
- The Ongoing Job of Keeping Your Baseline Secure
- Ongoing, Continuous Monitoring
- Reporting to and Engaging with Management
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
06 Communications and Network Security 9 topics · 30 LiveLab +
- Trusting Our Communications in a Converged World
- Internet Systems Concepts
- Two Protocol Stacks, One Internet
- IP Addresses, DHCP, and Subnets
- IPv4 vs. IPv6: Key Differences and Options
- CIANA Layer by Layer
- Securing Networks as Systems
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
30 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
07 Identity and Access Control 8 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Identity and Access: Two Sides of the Same CIANA Coin
- Identity Management Concepts
- Access Control Concepts
- Network Access Control
- Implementing and Scaling IAM
- Zero Trust Architectures
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
08 Cryptography 13 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- Cryptography: What and Why
- Building Blocks of Digital Cryptographic Systems
- Keys and Key Management
- Modern Cryptography: Beyond the “Secret Decoder Ring”
- “Why Isn’t All of This Stuff Secret?”
- Cryptography and CIANA
- Public Key Infrastructures
- Other Protocols: Applying Cryptography to Meet Different Needs
- Measures of Merit for Cryptographic Solutions
- Attacks and Countermeasures
- On the Near Horizon
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
09 Hardware and Systems Security 9 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Infrastructure Security Is Baseline Management
- Infrastructures 101 and Threat Modeling
- Malware: Exploiting the Infrastructure’s Vulnerabilities
- Privacy and Secure Browsing
- “The Sin of Aggregation”
- Updating the Threat Model
- Managing Your Systems’ Security
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
10 Applications, Data, and Cloud Security 13 topics +
- It’s a Data-Driven World…At the Endpoint
- Software as Appliances
- Applications Lifecycles and Security
- CIANA and Applications Software Requirements
- Application Vulnerabilities
- “Shadow IT:” The Dilemma of the User as Builder
- Information Quality and Information Assurance
- Protecting Data in Motion, in Use, and at Rest
- Into the Clouds: Endpoint App and Data Security Considerations
- Legal and Regulatory Issues
- Countermeasures: Keeping Your Apps and Data Safe and Secure
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
11 Incident Response and Recovery 9 topics +
- Defeating the Kill Chain One Skirmish at a Time
- Incident Response Framework
- Preparation
- Detection and Analysis
- Containment and Eradication
- Recovery: Getting Back to Business
- Post-Incident Activities
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
12 Business Continuity via Information Security and People Power 6 topics +
- A Spectrum of Disruption
- Surviving to Operate: Plan for It!
- Cloud-Based “Do-Over” Buttons for Continuity, Security, and Resilience
- CIANA at Layer 8 and Above
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
13 Risks, Issues, and Opportunities, Starting Tomorrow 5 topics +
- On Our Way to the Future
- CIA, CIANA, or CIANAPS?
- Enduring Lessons
- Your Next Steps
- At the Close
Hands-On Labs Our edge
41 LiveLabs- Encrypting Files with EFS
- Conducting Vulnerability Scanning Using Nessus
- Installing Antivirus Software
- Using Social Engineering Techniques to Plan an Attack
- Configuring a VPN
- Performing ARP Spoofing
- Obtaining Hardware Information of a Network Adapter
- Obtaining the ARP Cache
- Obtaining Information about Different IP versions
- Obtaining the IP Version of a Network Adapter
- Getting the TCP Settings
- Getting Information about the Current Connection Statistics of TCP
- Getting the UDP Settings
- Getting Information about the Current Connection Statistics of UDP
- Getting Information about DNS
- Finding the Host Name of a Machine
- Finding the Physical Address of a LAN Adapter
- Finding the Logical Address of a LAN Adapter
- Tracing Route Using Tracert
- Intercepting Packets
- Configuring a Router
- Configuring SSH in a Router
- Configuring Static Routing
- Configuring Default Routing
- Configuring VLANs
- Configuring Network Address Translation
- Assigning Different Classes of IP Addresses
- Adding an IPv6 Address
- Spoofing MAC Address
- Performing Session Hijacking Using Burp Suite
- Attacking a Website Using XSS Injection
- Exploiting a Website Using SQL Injection
- Performing a Man-in-the-Middle Attack
- Using nmap for Scanning
- Performing a DoS Attack with the SYN Flood
- Creating an ACL in a Router
- Observing an MD5-Generated Hash Value
- Observe an SHA-Generated Hash Value
- Applying Symmetric Key Encryption
- Using OpenSSL to Create a Public/Private Key Pair
- Creating a Virtual Machine
Labs run in your browser — nothing to install.
03 / Exam details
Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) Details
Prepare for the (ISC)² SSCP certification exam with the SSCP course and lab. The lab can be mapped to any course, textbook, or training, therefore, adding value and a hands-on component to training. The course and lab will help you understand exam objectives completely with their various interactive learning resources, including Lessons, TestPrep and Flashcards. With this SSCP course, you will learn everything you need to know to ace the SSCP certification exam.
Questions
125
(per exam)
Duration
180 minutes
(per exam)
Passing Score
700
(on a scale of 1000)
Exam Fee
USD 249
(per exam)
Delivered by
Pearson VUE
(in-person or online)
Question Format
Multiple choice questions
single/multiple choice, performance-based
Practice Tests
511 Practice Questions
(mapped to official exam objectives)
Certification
Sy-SSCP-2020
(ISC)² credential
04 / FAQs
Questions before you start
What are the prerequisites for this exam?+
To qualify for this cybersecurity certification, you must pass the exam and have at least one year of cumulative, paid work experience in one or more of the seven domains of the (ISC) SSCP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK).
What is the exam registration fee?+
USD 249
Where do I take the exam?+
What is the format of the exam?+
Multiple choice questions
How many questions are asked in the exam?+
The exam contains 125 questions.
What is the duration of the exam?+
180 minutes
What is the passing score?+
700
What is the exam's retake policy?+
Here is the retake policy:
- You can sit for ISC2 exams up to three times within a 12-month period.
- For the CISSP-CAT, CISSP, SSCP, CAP, CSSLP, ISSAP, ISSEP and ISSMP:
- If you don’t pass the exam the first time, you can retest after 30 days.
- If you don’t pass a second time, you can retest after an additional 90 days.
- If you don’t pass a third time, you can retest after 180 days from your most recent exam attempt.
What is the validity of the certification?+
Three years
Where can I find more information about this exam?+
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