Show your expertise in preventing cyber attacks, responding to incidents, and securing the cloud with a CyberOps Professional certification. To earn this certification, you'll need to pass two exams:
- A core exam
- One of two CyberOps Professional concentration exams
Security fundamentals
Understand common cybersecurity incidents, prevention plans, compliance standards, and risk analysis. Compare security in different cloud platforms.
Security techniques
Be able to secure computer systems, analyze security data, troubleshoot security systems, and prevent data loss. Demonstrate your knowledge of common attack tactics.
Security processes
Analyze threats, investigate breaches, identify malware, understand attack events, and be able to recommend vulnerability mitigation techniques.
Security automation
Use tools to automate tasks and employ scripts to improve efficiency. Understand data formats, web services, software deployment, and managing infrastructure using code.
Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites for Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional, but you should have a good understanding of the exam topics before taking the exam.
Candidates often also have three to five years of experience implementing enterprise networking solutions.
Recommended training for this certification
Exams
Required core exam
- 350-201 - Performing CyberOps Using Cisco Security Technologies (CBRCOR v1.2)
Choose one concentration exam
- 300-215 - Conducting Forensic Analysis and Incident Response Using Cisco Technologies for CyberOps (CBRFIR v1.2)
- 300-220 - Conducting Threat Hunting and Defending using Cisco Technologies for CyberOps (CBRTHD v1.0)