AMERICAS: 5-Day NCSP® Boot Camp Certificate

Accredited through APMG International, certified in the United Kingdom by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and listed as qualified cyber training by Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS CISA) in the U.S., the NCSP® training program teaches individuals and organizations how to engineer, operationalize and continually improve a NIST Cyber Security Framework Program.

This NCSP® Boot Camp Certificate provides a fast track to NCSP® Practitioner Certificate status by combining the NCSP® Foundation and NCSP® Practitioner study and benefits from a single combined exam.

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This cost effective, combined course is designed to teach the fundamentals of Digital Transformation, Cyber Security Risk Management and the NIST Cyber Security Framework and how to design, implement, operate and continually improve an organizational NIST Cyber Security Framework program.

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There are no pre-requsites for NCSP® Boot Camp Certificate course attendance.

Day 1 - NCSP® Foundation level study covers the following topics:

• Course Introduction
• Today’s Digital Economy
• Understanding Cyber Risks
• The NIST Cybersecurity Framework Fundamentals
• Core Functions, Categories & Subcategories
• Implementation Tiers
• Developing Framework Profiles
• Cybersecurity Improvement
• Course Summary

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Days 2 - 5 NCSP® Practitioner level study covers the following topics:

• Course Introduction
• Digital Transformation and Cyber Security
• Threat Landscape
• Controls
• Adopt and Adapt
• Adaptive ways of working
• Rapid Adoption (FastTrack)
• Continuous Improvement Practice
• Course Summary

Exam Details

Online, proctored, closed book, 150 minute exam with ninety (90) multiple-choice questions with a single correct answer from 4-choices (A, B, C, D). 

Questions may appear in any of the following forms (sample, not an exhaustive list). 

• Which of the following is true, correct, most correct?
• Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
• Which of the following statements addresses X?
• How would you show Y?
• What is…?
• What is missing from…? 
•  _____ is a correct way to…? 
• How would you describe…? 
• How would you explain…? 
• What is the main idea of…? 
• Which is the best choice…?
•  Which is correct…? 
• Which is the correct approach given…?
• Any of the questions may be combined with: Why…?

Scoring 

Each correct answer is worth 1 point. 

Pass mark is 60% (54 correct out of 90).

NCSP® Pathway Progression

Students who complete and successfully pass the associated NCSP® Boot Camp Certificate exam can progress onto NCSP® Specialist level study and associated exams:

• NCSP® 800-53 Specialist
• NCSP® 800-171 Specialist
• NCSP® ISO 27001 Specialist