CyberOps Associate v1
Overview
The CyberOps Associate labs help prepare learners to earn the Cisco Certified Cyberops Associate Certification. Learners will gain hands-on practice in how to monitor, detect, and respond to cybersecurity threats. Topics include security concepts, security monitoring, host-based analysis, network intrusion analysis, and security policies procedures. All NETLAB+ supported CyberOps Associate labs are supported by the CyberOps Associate Pod.
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What You Will Learn
- Monitor and analyze network traffic using Wireshark and Security Onion
- Perform host-based security analysis on Windows and Linux systems
- Apply cryptographic techniques including hashing, encryption, and certificate validation
- Investigate malware exploits and isolate compromised hosts using 5-tuple analysis
- Create and apply Snort IDS rules and firewall policies
Lab Exercises (37 labs)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 3.0.3 | Identify Running Processes |
| 3.2.11 | Exploring Processes, Threads, Handles, and Windows Registry |
| 3.3.10 | Create User Accounts |
| 3.3.11 | Using WIndows PowerShell |
| 3.3.12 | Windows Task Manager |
| 3.3.13 | Monitor and Manage System Resources in Windows |
| 4.2.6 | Working with Text Files in the CLI |
| 4.2.7 | Getting Familiar with the Linux Shell |
| 4.3.4 | Linux Servers |
| 4.4.4 | Locating Log Files |
| 4.5.4 | Navigating the Linux Filesystem and Permission Settings |
| 5.1.5 | Tracing a Route |
| 5.3.7 | Introduction to Wireshark |
| 8.2.8 | Using Wireshark to Examine Ethernet Frames |
| 9.2.6 | Using Wireshark to Observe the TCP 3-Way Handshake |
| 9.3.8 | Exploring Nmap |
| 10.2.7 | Using Wireshark to Examine a UDP DNS Capture |
| 10.4.3 | Using Wireshark to Examine TCP and UDP Captures |
| 10.6.7 | Using Wireshark to Examine HTTP and HTTPS Traffic |
| 17.1.7 | Exploring DNS Traffic |
| 17.2.6 | Attacking a mySQL Database |
| 17.2.7 | Reading Server Logs |
| 21.0.3 | Creating Codes |
| 21.1.6 | Hashing Things Out |
| 21.2.10 | Encrypting and Decrypting Data Using OpenSSL |
| 21.2.11 | Encrypting and Decrypting Data Using a Hacker Tool |
| 21.2.12 | Examining Telnet and SSH in Wireshark |
| 21.4.7 | Certificate Authority Stores |
| 26.1.7 | Snort and Firewall Rules |
| 27.1.5 | Convert Data into a Universal Format |
| 27.2.9 | Regular Expression Tutorial |
| 27.2.10 | Extract an Executable from a PCAP |
| 27.2.12 | Interpret HTTP and DNS Data to Isolate Threat |
| 27.2.14 | Isolate Compromised Host Using 5-Tuple |
| 27.2.15 | Investigating a Malware Exploit |
| 27.2.16 | Investigating an Attack on a Windows Host |
| SBA | Skills-based Assessment |
Pod Topology CyberOps Associate Pod
Virtual Machines
Storage requirements
42.6 GB per master pod instance
Documentation & Resources
- CyberOps Associate Pod Installation Guide (Proxmox) (external)
- CyberOps Associate Pod Installation Guide (VMware, PDF)
- Release Notes (external)
Setup: Install Cisco CyberOps Associate - v1 via the Course Manager. See the Admin Guide →
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