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NIATEC Core Competencies & Certifications

Certifications

The Federal Cyber Corps program at NIATEC requires all students to achieve the following security certifications (The program has a 100% pass rate): Security+, SSCP, and CISSP certifications

 SecPlusCISSPSSCP

Core Competencies

Policy & Planning 

  • Automated Risk Assessment
  • Certification & Accreditation
  • CNSSI 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016
  • Common Criteria
  • Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans
  • Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
  • Information Assurance Policy Development
  • ISO 17799, BS7799, and COBIT
  • NIST SP800 Series
  • Physical Security
  • Records Classification
  • Records Management and Disposition
  • Resource Acquisition and Allocation
  • Risk Assessment and Management

Information Security

  • Access Control
  • Big Data Analysis
  • Biometrics
  • Computer Emergency Response Teams
  • Computer Forensics Investigations
  • Cryptography
  • EMSEC, Wireless Security, and TEMPEST
  • Firewall Management
  • Systems Forensics
  • Information Operations
  • Infrastructure Support Systems
  • Intrusion Detection Systems
  • NICE Standards
  • Network Forensics
  • Network Security and Operations
  • OS Security Baseline Identification & Creation
  • Remotely Accessible Secure Training Labs
  • Security Testing Labs
  • SCADA Security and Testing
  • Social Engineering Countermeasures
  • Systems Security Auditing

Program Management

  • Budgeting & Resource Allocation
  • Corporate Governance
  • Education, Training and Awareness
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Tracking
  • Professional Business Ethics
  • Project & Workforce Management
  • Security Life-Cycle Management
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