CERT Program: Training

Training CERT Training Courses Incident Handling Certification
Remote Training & Resources CERT-Developed Curricula CERT^® STEPfwd

Historical Documents

Computer users are frequently cited as the weak link in an organization’s computer and network security strategy. The CERT Program works to create an international workforce skilled in information assurance and survivability by developing curricula on information assurance and security incident response for executives, managers, educators, software engineers, and network administrators and front-line system operators. The program disseminates these curricula through its own training courses, academic institutions, and through innovative approaches, such as CERT^® STEPfwd and the CERT^® Exercise Network (XNET).

Upcoming Courses

2013

June 24-28 (ARL)
Advanced Incident Handling

July 8-12 (ARL)
Information Security for Technical Staff

August 5-9 (ARL)
Fundmentals of Incident Handling

September 9-13 (ARL)
Malware Analysis Apprenticeship

September 17-18 (ARL)
Insider Threat Workshop

Incident Handling Certification

The CERT^®-Certified Computer Security Incident Handler certification program complements our existing incident handling training curriculum. Learn about the requirements and benefits of earning certification, who should apply, and how to renew your certification.

Curricula

The CERT Program has developed curricula that educational institutions can incorporate into their own programs.

Software Assurance Curriculum
In collaboration with educators from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Monmouth University, and Stevens Institute of Technology, the CERT Program has developed the first curriculum that focuses on assuring the functionality, dependability, and security of software and systems.

Survivability and Information Assurance (SIA) Curriculum
This curriculum offers a problem-solving methodology built on key SIA principles that are independent of specific technologies.

Software Assurance (SwA) Competency Model

The Software Assurance (SwA) Competency Model helps organizations and individuals determine the competency of SwA professionals. It also provides a framework for adapting the model’s features to a particular organization’s domain, culture, and structure.

CERT^® STEPfwd

Access a rich library of cybersecurity and information assurance training. Put yourself in the classroom to attend lectures, watch demonstrations, and conduct hands-on labs. View and manage your organization's workforce as they progress toward their training objectives. Click here to learn more.

CERT^® Exercise Network (XNET)

The CERT^® Exercise Network (XNET) extends the capabilities of VTE by providing real-world experience building and readiness evaluation via synchronous, team-based, scenario-driven cyber exercises. Experience through routine practice is known to be the decisive factor in how effectively individuals and organizations respond during combat operations and emergency situations. XNET is designed to make this routine practice web-accessible for globally distributed teams.

Collaboration

CERT staff members are collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College School of Public Policy and Management, teaching courses in the Information Security Management specialization of the Master of Information Systems Management program and in the CIO Institute. CERT staff members are also teaching information security courses in graduate programs in the Carnegie Mellon University Information Networking Institute.