SSCP^® - Systems Security Certified Practitioner

The Go-To-Guy: That’s an Information Security Must-Have

The go-to guy could be you. With as little as one year’s work experience in the information security field, you can become certified as a Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP^®).

The SSCP is ideal for those working towards positions such as Network Security Engineers, Security Systems Analysts, or Security Administrators. This is also the perfect course for personnel in many other non-security disciplines that require an understanding of security but do not have information security as a primary part of their job description. This large and growing group includes information systems auditors; application programmers; system, network and database administrators; business unit representatives, and systems analysts.

For your SSCP credential, your professional experience has to be in one or more of these seven (ISC)² SSCP domains:

• Access Controls
• Cryptography
• Malicious Code and Activity
• Monitoring and Analysis
• Networks and Communications
• Risk, Response and Recovery
• Security Operations and Administration

Objectives

Upon completion of the Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) course, the student will be able to:

• Explain best practices for access control in modern Information Technology environments
• Describe security administration principles
• Implement key audit and monitoring principles in the network environment
• Describe the various methods and uses of cryptography
• Explain the fundamentals of data communications including type of networks and network topologies
• Understand the various types of malicious code and Malware found in networks today
• Explain risk management techniques
• Implement safeguards and countermeasures

Audience

The SSCP credential is ideal for those working toward or who have already attained positions as Senior Network Security Engineers, Senior Security Systems Analysts or Senior Security Administrators. This course is critical for any student attempting this certification exam.

Prerequisites

Students should meet the necessities outlined in the SSCP certification application requirements. This means that candidates should Subscribe to the (ISC)² Code of Ethics and have at least one year of cumulative work experience in one or more of the seven domains in information security. Valid experience includes information systems security-related work performed as a practitioner or that which requires information security knowledge and involves direct application of that knowledge.