Course Overview
Operational Excellence in Information Security
Without the right people, no organization is secure. Attacks on organizations’ information assets continue to escalate while attackers refine and improve their tactics. Employers know the best way to combat these assaults star ts with qualified information security staff armed with appropriate practices and controls. That’s where the SSCP comes in.
The SSCP cer tification is the ideal credential for those with proven technical skills and practical, hands-on security knowledge in operational IT roles. It provides industr y-leading confirmation of a practitioner’s ability to implement, monitor and administer IT infrastructure in accordance with information security policies and procedures that ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The SSCP indicates a practitioner’s technical ability to tackle the operational demands and responsibilities of today’s information security practitioners, including authentication, security testing, intrusion detection/prevention, incident response and recover y, attacks and countermeasures, cr yptography, and much more.
In shor t, SSCPs represent exactly the kind of operational excellence in information security that organizations need to protect their critical data.
Who should attend
SSCPs are instrumental to a variety of job functions and organizations.
- Network Security Engineer
- Security Administrator
- Security Analyst
- Systems Engineer
- Network Administrator
- Systems Administrator
- Security Specialist
- Systems/Network Analyst
- Security Consultant
- Database Administrator
Course Objectives
The SSCP Helps You:
- Demonstrate proven technical ability gained through hands-on operational experience or technical roles.
- Confirm your breadth and depth of hands-on technical knowledge expected by employers, including authentication, security testing, intrusion detection/prevention, incident response and recover y, attacks and countermeasures,cryptography, and much more.
- Bolster your standing and provide a career differentiator, enhancing your credibility and marketability for desirable oppor tunities.
- Affirm your commitment to the field and ongoing relevancy through continuing professional education and understanding of the most current best practices.
- As a member of ISC2®, gain access to valuable career resources, such as networking and ideas exchange with peers.
The SSCP Helps Your Employer:
- Strengthen the organization’s security posture with qualified practitioners who have proven hands-on technical ability to handle day-to-day responsibilities to secure the organization’s data.
- Increase organizational understanding andimplementation of information security best practices, as indicated by the ISC2 CBK, the premier resource for information security professionals worldwide.
- Improve information security coherence across the organization with practitioners who speak the same security language across disciplines with cross-depar tment perspective.
- Increase organizational integrity in the eyes of clients and other stakeholders.
- Ensure practitioners stay current on emerging and changing technologies as well as security issues related to these technologies through the continuing professional education requirements.