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CAP Training Boot Camp Classes for ISC2 Certification Course    

Our 5 Day Certification Boot Camp Classes for The Certified Authorization Professional (CAP) credential is an objective measure of the knowledge, skills and abilities required for personnel involved in the process of authorizing and maintaining information systems. Specifically, this credential applies to those responsible for formalizing processes used to assess risk and establish security requirements and documentation. Their decisions will ensure that information systems possess security commensurate with the level of exposure to potential risk, as well as damage to assets or individuals.
The credential is appropriate for commercial markets, civilian and local governments, and the U.S. Federal government including the State Department and the Department of Defense
(DoD). See the DoD Matrix. Job functions such as authorization officials, system owners, information owners, information system security officers, and certifiers as well as all senior system managers apply. The ideal candidate should have experience, skills or knowledge in any of the following areas:

  • IT Security
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Risk Management
  • Certification
  • Systems Administration
  • One - two years of general technical experience
  • Two years of general systems experience
  • One - two years of database/systems development/network experience
  • Information Security Policy
  • Technical or auditing experience within government, the U.S. Department of Defense, the financial or health care industries, and/or auditing firms
  • Strong familiarity with NIST documentation

During our 5-day Official Certified Authorization Professional  Certification Training Boot Camp, students will live, learn, and take the exams at one of our state-of-the-art education centers. This blended-learning course employs outcome-based (Lecture | Lab | Review)™ delivery that focuses on preparing you with the real-world skills required to pass the certification exam (and to hit the ground running in your career).

Boot Camp Class includes:

  • Intensive Hands-on Training Utilizing our (Lecture | Lab | Review)™ Delivery
  • Comprehensive Study Materials and Pre-Class Mentoring, Program Courseware, and Self-Testing Software
  • Five (5) Days of Deluxe Hotel Accommodation
  • 24-Hour Lab and Instructor Access
  • Examination Vouchers & On-site Certification Testing
  • Most Meals; Unlimited Beverages, Snacks and Freshly-brewed Coffee
  • Examination Passing Policy. Should a student complete this program without having successfully passed all vendor examinations, the student may re-attend that program for a period of one year.  Students will only be responsible for accommodations and vendor exam fees.

Boot Camp Course Outline:
Domain 1  Initiate the Preparation Phase

  • Perform security categorization
  • Perform initial risk assessment
  • Security control selection and refinement
  • Security control documentation
  • Security control assessment (NIST SP 800-53A).

Domain 2  Perform Execution Phase

  • Execution Phase
  • Determine Risk
  • Security Authorization Decisions

Domain 3  Perform Maintenance Phase

  • Monitor Security Controls
  • Monitor Configuration Changes, Monitor Environment
  • Perform a Security Impact Analysis as needed
  • Document Monitoring and Results of Impact Analysis, Reenter Security Authorization Process as needed
  • Perform Maintenance Phase Tasks
  • Security Control Monitoring Objectives.

Domain 4  Understand the Purpose of Security Authorization

  • Understand the Purpose of Security Authorization
  • Initiate the Preparation Phase
  • Perform Execution Phase
  • Perform Maintenance Phase.

Exam

  • Exam CAP certification 
  • ISC2 CAP Reference Material