CyberSec First Responder

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CyberSec First Responder v2 (CFR 210) is coming soon, a group of starts has worked to make this certification ready for you, we did listen to your feedback and updated the CFR to make it even more real life-based exam

CYBERSEC FIRST RESPONDER® IS THE “BLUE TEAM” CERTIFICATION FOR CYBERSECURITY.

Cybersecurity professionals require a well-rounded understanding of the tools, processes, and strategies that can be employed to defend their information systems from constantly evolving threats. CyberSec First Responder® (CFR) is a comprehensive certification designed to validate the knowledge and skills required to protect these critical information systems before, during, and after an incident.

The CFR exam is accredited under the ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 standard and is approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to fulfill Directive 8570/8140 requirements.

The CFR-210 version of the CyberSec First Responder examination retired in September 2019. Certifications will no longer be issued for CyberSec First Responder under the retired CFR-210 scheme. All future candidates and current certificants must take and pass the updated exam, CFR-310, in order to hold a valid CyberSec First Responder certification.

Exam Code	CFR-310
Launch Date	September 2018
Sunset Date	TBD (Typically 3 years from Launch Date)
Target Candidate	Individuals with between 3 and 5 years of experience working in a computing environment as part of a CERT/CSIRT/SOC who protect critical information systems before, during, and after an incident.
Common Job Titles	System Administrator Network Administrator Help Desk Technician Information System Technician Incident Responder Incident Response Analyst Cyber Crime Investigator IT Auditor Information Security and IT Auditor Systems Analyst Network Analyst	Incident Analyst Security Analyst Network Security Engineer Information Assurance Analyst Network Defense Technician Network Administrator Information Systems Security Engineer
Exam Description	The CyberSec First Responder™ exam will certify that the successful candidate has the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to deal with a changing threat landscape and will be able to assess risk and vulnerabilities, acquire data, perform analysis, continuously communicate, determine scope, recommend remediation actions, and accurately report results.
Number of Questions	100 questions
Item Formats	Multiple Choice/Multiple Response
Exam Duration	120 minutes (including 5 minutes for Candidate Agreement and 5 minutes for Pearson VUE tutorial)
Exam Options	In person at Pearson VUE test centers or online via Pearson OnVUE
Passing Score	70% or 71%, depending on exam form

CFR-310 CONTRIBUTORS

Dallas Bishoff, Managing Partner / MANUS360
Paul Janes, Senior Cloud Security Engineer / Fiserv
Erdal Ozkaya, Head of Information and Cyber Security / Standard Chartered Bank
Aaron D. Sanders, IT Risk Analyst / Paychex
Paul Dumbleton, Team Manager, Enterprise Information Security / Gordon Food Service
Brian Copeland, Principal Security Engineer / Centauri

Laurent Boucard, Engineering Manager / AECOM
Leyla Aliyeva, Engineer / Proton Technologies, Inc.
Adam Danieluk, Information Security and Data Privacy Department Director / First Data Polska
Ben Ottoman, Chief Information Security Manager / Avaus
Predrag Tasevski, Information Security Officer / eyeo and Founder / CyberSecurity.mk
Stephen Short, Network and Systems Infrastructure / Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Randall Magiera, Security Operations Manager / Cloud Checkr
Sukru Durmaz, Managing Director / DIFOSE Digital Forensics Services LLC
William Smith Jr., Insider Threat Analyst / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
William McBorrough, Chief Security Advisor / MCGlobalTech
Petr McAllister, Lead Customer Success Architect / VMware and Independent IT Consultant / CrispyFog