Cyber Security Foundation Professional (CSFP)

Module 0: Cybersecurity for Small Businesses – NIST Approach

• Importance of security in small business environments
• Principles of confidentiality, integrity and availability
• Common threats: phishing, ransomware, hacking and fraud
• Incident impact assessment
• Asset identification and prioritization
• Introduction to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• Core functions: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover

Module 1: CyBOK Foundations

• Definition of cybersecurity
• CyBOK knowledge areas
• Practical application of cybersecurity knowledge
• Basic security management principles

Module 2: Risk Management

• Concepts of risk and cyber risk
• Risk assessment and risk treatment
• Security culture and awareness
• Security metrics
• Business continuity
• ISO standards related to incident management

Module 3: Legal and Regulatory Aspects

• Legal principles in cybersecurity
• Data protection and privacy
• Cybercrime and digital crimes
• Digital jurisdiction
• Legal and contractual responsibility
• Intellectual property and reverse engineering

Module 4: Human Factors

• The role of the user in security
• Human-centered design
• Human errors and their impact
• Awareness, training and usability in secure systems

Module 5: Privacy and Digital Rights

• Privacy concepts
• Confidentiality and transparency
• Privacy protection technologies
• Privacy engineering
• Personal data impact assessment

Module 6: Malware and Attack Techniques

• Types and classification of malware
• Cyber Kill Chain model
• Static and dynamic analysis
• Modern evasion techniques
• Machine Learning-based detection

Module 7: Adversary Behavior Analysis

• Types of adversaries
• Attack motivations and behavior patterns
• Cyber attack models
• Incident attribution

Module 8: Security Operations and Incident Response

• Introduction to SOC and SIEM
• Detection of anomalies and intrusions
• Incident management lifecycle
• Alert and event analysis
• Incident response and recovery

Module 9: Certification Exam

• Final assessment
• Digital badge delivery
• Certification process conditions