About the Book

Modern organizations rely on Security Operations Center (SOC) teams to vigilantly watch security systems, rapidly detect breaches, and respond quickly and effectively. To succeed in these crucial tasks, SOCs desperately need more qualified cybersecurity professionals. Cisco's new CCNA Cyber Ops certification prepares candidates to begin a career working with associate-level cybersecurity analysts within SOCs. To earn this valuable certification, candidates must pass two exams. CCNA Cyber Ops SECFND #210-250 Official Cert Guide is Cisco's official, comprehensive self-study resource for the first of these two exams.

Designed for all CCNA Cyber Ops candidates, it covers every SECFND #210-250 objective concisely and logically, with extensive teaching features designed to promote retention and understanding. You'll find:

• Pre-chapter quizzes to assess knowledge upfront and focus your study more efficiently
• Foundation topics sections that explain concepts and configurations, and link theory to practice
• Key topics sections calling attention to every figure, table, and list you must know
• Exam Preparation sections with additional chapter review features
• Final preparation chapter providing tools and a complete final study plan
• A customizable practice test library

This guide offers comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of all SECFND #210-250 topics related to:

• Network concepts
• Security concepts
• Cryptography
• Host based analysis
• Security monitoring
• Attack methods

About the Author: Omar Santos is an active member of the cyber security community, where he leads several industry-wide initiatives and standards bodies. His active role helps businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to increasing the security of their critical infrastructures.

Omar is the author of over a dozen books and video courses, as well as numerous white papers, articles, and security configuration guidelines and best practices. Omar is a principal engineer of the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), where he mentors and leads engineers and incident managers during the investigation and resolution of cyber security vulnerabilities. Additional information about Omar's current projects can be found at omarsantos.io, and you can follow Omar on Twitter @santosomar.

Joseph Muniz is an architect at Cisco Systems and security researcher. He has extensive experience in designing security solutions and architectures for the top Fortune 500 corporations and the U.S. government. Joseph's current role gives him visibility into the latest trends in cyber security, from both leading vendors and customers. Examples of Joseph's research include his RSA talk titled "Social Media Deception," which has been quoted by many sources (search for "Emily Williams Social Engineering"), as well as his articles in PenTest Magazine regarding various security topics.

Joseph runs The Security Blogger website, a popular resource for security, hacking, and product implementation. He is the author and contributor of several publications covering various penetration testing and security topics.

You can follow Joseph at www. thesecurityblogger.com and @SecureBlogger.

Stefano De Crescenzo is a senior incident manager with the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), where he focuses on product vulnerability management and Cisco products forensics. He is the author of several blog posts and white papers about security best practices and forensics. He is an active member of the security community and has been a speaker at several security conferences.

Stefano specializes in malware detection and integrity assurance in critical infrastructure devices, and he is the author of integrity assurance guidelines for Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, and ASA.

Stefano holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in telecommunication engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and an M.Sc. in telecommunication from Danish Technical University, Denmark. He is currently pursuing an Executive MBA at Vlerick Business School in Belgium. He also holds a CCIE in Security #26025 and is CISSP and CISM certified.