EC-Council Certified Cybersecurity Technician (C|CT)

Information security fundamentals.

•  Key issues plaguing the cybersecurity industry (information security and network security)


• Information security threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks


• Different types of malware


• Network security fundamentals


• Identification, authentication, and authorization concepts


• Network security controls

•  Administrative controls (frameworks, laws, acts, governance and compliance program, and security policies)


• Physical controls (physical security controls, workplace security, and environmental controls)


• Technical controls (network security protocols, network segmentation, firewall, IDS/IPS, honeypot, proxy server, VPN, UBA, NAC, UTM, SIEM, SOAR, load balancer, and anti-malware tools)

• Network security assessment techniques and tools (threat hunting, threat intelligence, vulnerability assessment, ethical hacking, penetration testing, and configuration and asset management)


• Application security design and testing techniques


• Fundamentals of virtualization, cloud computing, and cloud security


• Wireless network fundamentals, wireless encryption, and security measures


• Fundamentals of mobile, IoT, and OT devices and their security measures


• Cryptography and public key infrastructure concepts


• Data security controls, data backup and retention methods, and data loss prevention techniques


• Network troubleshooting, traffic monitoring, log monitoring, and analysis for suspicious traffic


• Incident handling and response process


• Computer forensics fundaments, digital evidence, and forensic investigation phases