Cyber attacks continue to evolve, with cybercriminals creating new sophisticated methods to attain data, making it crucial for enterprises to defend and protect the cyberspace. Enterprises are on the hunt for solutions that can curb the problem using their IT security staff or third-party consultants. Either way, businesses need a Licensed Penetration Tester (Master) who can investigate vulnerabilities with the latest pentesting tools, techniques, and methodologies. The penetration tester assesses, scans, and secures information technology segments based on the threats, risks, and trends that the systems present.
Penetration testers are highly-trained professionals who can employ creative ways beyond the use of automated tools to identify vulnerabilities in a system. The human involvement is essential to stimulate an attack and uncover vulnerabilities. “White hat” hackers need additional training to add penetration testing to their arsenal of skills as ethical hacking is only a part of the pentesting process. They either go through intensive training or learn on the job. But to grow in the industry, you must acquire skills that are often in-demand by employers. This can be done through a series of credentialing programs.
Vulnerability Assessment Vs. Penetration Testing
Often the terms vulnerability testing and penetration testing are used interchangeably, although there is a considerable difference between them.
Vulnerability assessments are the identification and reporting of vulnerabilities that exist in the system, whereas a penetration test is an authorized attack on the system to verify its security. The pen test attempts to exploit the vulnerabilities to understand whether there is any possibility of unauthorized access.
Career Path to becoming a Great Pentester
EC-Council’s VAPT Track has three levels and includes these credentialing and training programs:
DoD workforce now has new updated and current certifications to enhance skills in network and enclave management as well as Executive Cyber Leadership through the C|CISO program. EC-Council’s C|HFI program provides specialized skills in Incident Handling and Systems Auditing.
EC-Council announces the official approval of both the Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO) and the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (C|HFI) programs as new baseline skill certification options for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) cyber workforce in several categories. Specifically, the C|CISO program is a recognized certification for the DoD IAM Level II, IAM Level III, and CSSP Manager, all specialized cyber management personnel classifications within the DoD’s information assurance workforce. C|HFI is now recognized as a baseline certification for Cybersecurity Service Provider Infrastructure Support (CSSP-IS) and Cybersecurity Service Provider Auditor (CSSP-A).
The C|CISO and C|HFI recognitions fall under the auspices of DoD Directive 8140 (formerly 8570) Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program. Directive 8140 provides clear guidance to information assurance training, certification, and workforce management across all affected components of the DoD. The 8140 directive applies to OSD (Office of the Secretary of Defense), All Military Departments, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), Combatant Commands, Office of the Inspector General of the DoD (IG DoD), Defense Agencies, DoD Field Activities, and all organizational Entities within the DoD (Collectively “DoD Components”).
The directive divides the total cyber security workforce into four primary categories: Information Assurance Technician, Information Assurance Manager (IAM), Information Assurance Architect and Engineering (IAAE), and Cyber Security Service Providers (CSSP). C|CISO has been added to the list of certifications for IAM and CSSP professionals, while C|HFI has been added to the CSSP Auditor and Incident Responder categories.
Military service members, contractors, and foreign employees across all job descriptions in the IA workforce must show 100-percent compliance with this directive, and now C|CISO and C|HFI are options to achieve and maintain compliance. This shows the DoD’s focus on increasing training and preparation of the U.S. military workforce in cybersecurity. The C|CISO program has been selected due to its focus on executive-level cybersecurity skills as well as its hands-on approach to training. The C|HFI program was chosen due to its rigorous focus on incident response and forensics, electronic evidence collections, and digital forensic acquisitions.
“C|CISO and C|HFI are valuable additions to Department of Defense Directive 8140. C|CISO and its five domains, governance, risk management, project management, core competencies, and strategic management, complement the learning objectives of the cybersecurity workforce of the US government. C|HFI brings a forensically sound approach to systems auditing, investigation, and incident response. These are critical skills across the DoD IA workforce, and we are proud to support the military workforce upskilling with our programs.” said Jay Bavisi, CEO, EC-Council Group and Chairman of the Board, EC-Council University.
Bavisi added: “We are proud to have completed the rigorous process of evaluation required by the various components of the Department of Defense required before an acceptance of this level is granted. The selected certifications had to achieve ANSI 17024 accreditation, unanimous support and sponsorship from each of the military services, as well as pass an external 3rd party review commissioned by the Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program at DoD before being considered for this prestigious honor.”
KEY FACTS:
C|CISO and C|HFI are now officially recognized as Baseline Certification programs in the DoD 8140.
C|CISO is now recognized as a baseline certification option for Information Assurance Manager Level 2 (IAM II), Information Assurance Manager Level 3 (IAM III) and Cybersecurity Service Provider Manager (CSSPM)
C|HFI is now recognized as a baseline certification for Cybersecurity Service Provider Infrastructure Support (CSSP-IS) and Cybersecurity Service Provider Auditor (CSSP-A)
C|CISO and C|HFI certifications were officially approved in December of 2018 and added to the DISA Baseline Certifications chart in February of 2019.
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