Top 20 Security Controls

This course covers proven tools and methodologies needed to execute and analyze the Top Twenty Most Critical Security Controls. Nearly all organizations containing sensitive information are adopting these Security Controls, listed below, as the highest priority list of what must be substantiated before anything else.

These controls were chosen by leading government and private organizations who are experts on how attacks work and what can be done to prevent them from happening. The controls were selected as the best way to block known attacks as well as help search for and alleviate any damage from the attacks that are successful. This course allows the security professional to see how to implement controls in your existing network though highly effective and economical automation. For management, this training is the best way to distinguish how you will assess whether these security controls are effectively being administered.

I. Course Introduction
II. Critical Control 1: Inventory of Authorized and Unauthorized Devices
III. Critical Control 2: Inventory of Authorized and Unauthorized Software
IV. Critical Control 3: Secure Configurations for Hardware and Software on Laptops, Workstations, and Servers
V. Critical Control 4: Secure Configurations for Network Devices such as Firewalls, Routers, and Switches
VI. Critical Control 5: Boundary Defense
VII. Critical Control 6: Maintenance, Monitoring, and Analysis of Audit Logs
VIII. Critical Control 7: Application Software Security
IX. Critical Control 8: Controlled Use of Administrative Privileges
X. Critical Control 9: Controlled Access Based on Need to Know
XI. Critical Control 10: Continuous Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation
XII. Critical Control 11: Account Monitoring and Control
XIII. Critical Control 12: Malware Defenses
XIV. Critical Control 13: Limitation and Control of Network Ports, Protocols, and Services
XV. Critical Control 14: Wireless Device Control
XVI. Critical Control 15: Data Loss Prevention
XVII. Critical Control 16: Secure Network Engineering
XVIII. Critical Control 17: Penetration Tests and Red Team Exercises
XIX. Critical Control 18: Incident Response Capability
XX. Critical Control 19: Data Recovery Capability
XXI. Critical Control 20: Security Skills Assessment and Appropriate Training to Fill Gaps