
An Intensive 5-day Training Course
CyberSec First Responder® (CFR)

UPCOMING SESSIONS
Date | Venue | Fee | |
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15-19 Dec 2025 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
20-24 Apr 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
20-24 Jul 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
14-18 Dec 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
Training Course Overview
This CyberSec First Responder® (CFR) training course focuses on network defense and incident response strategies aligned with industry standards such as NIST 800-61r2, US-CERT's NCIRP, PPD-41 on Cyber Incident Coordination, and NIST 800.171r2. It is tailored for individuals tasked with monitoring and detecting security incidents in information systems and networks, and executing standardized responses. Participants will learn about tools, tactics, and procedures to manage cybersecurity risks, defend assets, identify threats, assess security posture, gather and analyze cybersecurity intelligence, and handle incident remediation and reporting. This course offers a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity defense for organizational stakeholders.
Moreover, this training course is designed to prepare students for the CertNexus CyberSec First Responder (Exam CFR-410) certification exam, incorporating essential knowledge and skills necessary for exam success.
To ensure your success in this course, specific prerequisites are mandatory to take. The program prerequisites can be accessed and viewed by visiting the following hyperlinked file: CFR Prerequisites, and CertNexus Exam Blueprints.
Training Course Objectives
In this training course, you will identify, assess, respond to, and protect against security threats and operate a system and network security analysis platform. You will:
- Assess cybersecurity risks to the organization.
- Analyze the threat landscape.
- Analyze various reconnaissance threats to computing and network environments.
- Analyze various attacks on computing and network environments.
- Analyze various post-attack techniques.
- Assess the organization's security posture through auditing, vulnerability management, and penetration testing.
- Collect cybersecurity intelligence from various network-based and host-based sources.
- Analyze log data to reveal evidence of threats and incidents.
- Perform active asset and network analysis to detect incidents.
- Respond to cybersecurity incidents using containment, mitigation, and recovery tactics.
- Investigate cybersecurity incidents using forensic analysis techniques.
Designed for
This Anderson training course is designed primarily for cybersecurity practitioners preparing for or who currently perform job functions related to protecting information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. It is ideal for those roles within federal contracting companies and private sector firms whose mission or strategic objectives require the execution of Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) or DoD Information Network (DoDIN) operation and incident handling. This training course focuses on the knowledge, ability, and skills necessary to provide for the defense of those information systems in a cybersecurity context, including protection, detection, analysis, investigation, and response processes.
In addition, the training course ensures that all members of an IT team—regardless of size, rank, or budget— understand their role in the cyber defense, incident response, and incident handling process.
This training course and subsequent certification (CFR-410) meet all requirements for personnel requiring DoD directive 8570.01-M position certification baselines:
- CSSP Analyst
- CSSP Infrastructure Support
- CSSP Incident Responder
- CSSP Auditor
The Course Outline
- Classify Threats
- Analyze Trends Affecting Security Posture
- Assess the Impact of System Hacking Attacks
- Assess the Impact of Web-Based Attacks
- Assess the Impact of Malware
- Assess the Impact of Hijacking and Impersonation Attacks
- Assess the Impact of DoS Incidents
- Assess the Impact of Threats to Mobile Security
- Assess the Impact of Threats to Cloud Security
- Implement Cybersecurity Auditing
- Implement a Vulnerability Management Plan
- Assess Vulnerabilities
- Conduct Penetration Testing
- Analyze Incidents with Windows-Based Tools
- Analyze Incidents with Linux-Based Tools
- Analyze Indicators of Compromise
- Apply a Forensic Investigation Plan
- Securely Collect and Analyze Electronic Evidence
- Follow Up on the Results of an Investigation
Accreditation
The Certificate
- Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
- CertNexus Certificate will be issued to those delegates who successfully pass Exam CFR-410
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