CYBER DEFENSE FORENSICS ANALYST

K0353

Knowledge of possible circumstances that would result in changing collection management authorities.

K0584

Knowledge of the organizational policies/procedures for temporary transfer of collection authority.

K0021

Knowledge of data backup and recovery.

K0210

Knowledge of data backup and restoration concepts.

K0026

Knowledge of business continuity and disaster recovery continuity of operations plans.

K0032

Knowledge of resiliency and redundancy.

K0449

Knowledge of how to extract, analyze, and use metadata.

K0118

Knowledge of processes for seizing and preserving digital evidence.

K0128

Knowledge of types and collection of persistent data.

K0122

Knowledge of investigative implications of hardware, Operating Systems, and network technologies.

K0132

Knowledge of which system files (e.g., log files, registry files, configuration files) contain relevant information and where to find those system files.

K0133

Knowledge of types of digital forensics data and how to recognize them.

K0134

Knowledge of deployable forensics.

K0182

Knowledge of data carving tools and techniques (e.g., Foremost).

K0184

Knowledge of anti-forensics tactics, techniques, and procedures.

K0185

Knowledge of forensics lab design configuration and support applications (e.g., VMWare, Wireshark).

K0304

Knowledge of concepts and practices of processing digital forensic data.

K0447

Knowledge of how to collect, view, and identify essential information on targets of interest from metadata (e.g., email, http).

K0017

Knowledge of concepts and practices of processing digital forensic data.

K0433

Knowledge of forensic implications of operating system structure and operations.

K0573

Knowledge of the fundamentals of digital forensics to extract actionable intelligence.

K0405

Knowledge of current computer-based intrusion sets.

K0412

Knowledge of cyber lexicon/terminology

K0440

Knowledge of host-based security products and how those products affect exploitation and reduce vulnerability.

K0587

Knowledge of the POC’s, databases, tools and applications necessary to establish environment preparation and surveillance products.

K0408

Knowledge of cyber actions (i.e. cyber defense, information gathering, environment preparation, cyber-attack) principles, capabilities, limitations, and effects.

K0507

Knowledge of organization or partner exploitation of digital networks.

K0234

Knowledge of full spectrum cyber capabilities (e.g., defense, attack, exploitation).

K0046

Knowledge of intrusion detection methodologies and techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusions.

K0110

Knowledge of adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures.

K0098

Knowledge of the cyber defense Service Provider reporting structure and processes within one’s own organization.

K0157

Knowledge of cyber defense and information security policies, procedures, and regulations.

K0160

Knowledge of the common attack vectors on the network layer.

K0191

Signature implementation impact for viruses, malware, and attacks.

K0324

Knowledge of Intrusion Detection System (IDS)/Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) tools and applications.

K0473

Knowledge of intrusion sets.

K0530

Knowledge of security hardware and software options, including the network artifacts they induce and their effects on exploitation.

K0493

Knowledge of obfuscation techniques (e.g., TOR/Onion/anonymizers, VPN/VPS, encryption).

K0109

Knowledge of physical computer components and architectures, including the functions of various components and peripherals (e.g., CPUs, Network Interface Cards, data storage).

K0030

Knowledge of electrical engineering as applied to computer architecture (e.g., circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware).

K0055

Knowledge of microprocessors.

K0019

Knowledge of cryptography and cryptographic key management concepts

K0308

Knowledge of cryptology.

K0403

Knowledge of cryptologic capabilities, limitations, and contributions to cyber operations.

K0427

Knowledge of encryption algorithms and cyber capabilities/tools (e.g., SSL, PGP).

K0018

Knowledge of encryption algorithms

K0285

Knowledge of implementing enterprise key escrow systems to support data-at-rest encryption.

K0025

Knowledge of digital rights management.

K0277

Knowledge of current and emerging data encryption (e.g., Column and Tablespace Encryption, file and disk encryption) security features in databases (e.g. built-in cryptographic key management features).

K0104

Knowledge of Virtual Private Network (VPN) security.

K0190

Knowledge of encryption methodologies.

K0305

Knowledge of encryption algorithms, stenography, and other forms of data concealment.

K0428

Knowledge of encryption algorithms and tools for wireless local area networks (WLANs).

K0201

Knowledge of symmetric key rotation techniques and concepts.

K0101

Knowledge of the organization’s enterprise information technology (IT) goals and objectives.

K0199

Knowledge of security architecture concepts and enterprise architecture reference models (e.g., Zachman, Federal Enterprise Architecture [FEA]).

K0031

Knowledge of enterprise messaging systems and associated software.

K0063

Knowledge of parallel and distributed computing concepts.

K0200

Knowledge of service management concepts for networks and related standards (e.g., Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]).

K0291

Knowledge of the enterprise information technology (IT) architectural concepts and patterns (e.g., baseline, validated design, and target architectures.)

K0293

Knowledge of integrating the organization’s goals and objectives into the architecture.

K0255

Knowledge of network architecture concepts including topology, protocols, and components.

K0067

Knowledge of process engineering concepts.

K0047

Knowledge of information technology (IT) architectural concepts and frameworks.

K0399

Knowledge of crisis action planning and time sensitive planning procedures.

K0519

Knowledge of planning timelines adaptive, crisis action, and time-sensitive planning.

K0586

Knowledge of the outputs of course of action and exercise analysis.

K0042

Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies.

K0231

Knowledge of crisis management protocols, processes, and techniques.

K0041

Knowledge of incident categories, incident responses, and timelines for responses.

K0150

Knowledge of enterprise incident response program, roles, and responsibilities.

K0004

Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles.

K0435

Knowledge of fundamental cyber concepts, principles, limitations, and effects.

K0561

Knowledge of the basics of network security (e.g., encryption, firewalls, authentication, honey pots, perimeter protection).

K0461

Knowledge of intelligence production processes.

K0049

Knowledge of information technology (IT) security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, encryption).

K0179

Knowledge of network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth).

K0075

Knowledge of security system design tools, methods, and techniques.

K0326

Knowledge of demilitarized zones.

K0487

Knowledge of network security (e.g., encryption, firewalls, authentication, honey pots, perimeter protection).

K0033

Knowledge of host/network access control mechanisms (e.g., access control list, capabilities lists).

K0112

Knowledge of defense-in-depth principles and network security architecture.

K0145

Knowledge of security event correlation tools.

K0045

Knowledge of information security systems engineering principles (NIST SP 800-160).

K0276

Knowledge of security management.

K0488

Knowledge of network security implementations (e.g., host-based IDS, IPS, access control lists), including their function and placement in a network.

K0001

Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.

K0395

Knowledge of computer networking fundamentals (i.e., basic computer components of a network, types of networks, etc.).

K0417

Knowledge of data communications terminology (e.g., networking protocols, Ethernet, IP, encryption, optical devices, removable media).

K0471

Knowledge of Internet network addressing (IP addresses, classless inter-domain routing, TCP/UDP port numbering).

K0516

Knowledge of physical and logical network devices and infrastructure to include hubs, switches, routers, firewalls, etc.

K0565

Knowledge of the common networking and routing protocols (e.g. TCP/IP), services (e.g., web, mail, DNS), and how they interact to provide network communications.

K0552

Knowledge of tasking mechanisms.

K0221

Knowledge of OSI model and underlying network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP).

K0437

Knowledge of general Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system components.

K0170

Knowledge of critical infrastructure systems with information communication technology that were designed without system security considerations.

K0322

Knowledge of embedded systems.

K0061

Knowledge of how traffic flows across the network (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol [TCP] and Internet Protocol [IP], Open System Interconnection Model [OSI], Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]).

K0332

Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), and directory services.

K0333

Knowledge of network design processes, to include understanding of security objectives, operational objectives, and trade-offs.

K0114

Knowledge of electronic devices (e.g., computer systems/components, access control devices, digital cameras, digital scanners, electronic organizers, hard drives, memory cards, modems, network components, networked appliances, networked home control devices, printers, removable storage devices, telephones, copiers, facsimile machines, etc.).

K0113

Knowledge of different types of network communication (e.g., LAN, WAN, MAN, WLAN, WWAN).

K0300

Knowledge of network mapping and recreating network topologies.

K0303

Knowledge of the use of sub-netting tools.

K0034

Knowledge of network services and protocols interactions that provide network communications.

K0230

Knowledge of cloud service models and how those models can limit incident response.

K0296

Knowledge of capabilities, applications, and potential vulnerabilities of network equipment including hubs, routers, switches, bridges, servers, transmission media, and related hardware.

K0443

Knowledge of how hubs, switches, routers work together in the design of a network.

K0470

Knowledge of Internet and routing protocols.

K0489

Knowledge of network topology.

K0050

Knowledge of local area and wide area networking principles and concepts including bandwidth management.

K0486

Knowledge of network construction and topology.

K0011

Knowledge of capabilities and applications of network equipment including routers, switches, bridges, servers, transmission media, and related hardware.

K0029

Knowledge of organization's Local and Wide Area Network connections.

K0137

Knowledge of the range of existing networks (e.g., PBX, LANs, WANs, WIFI, SCADA).

K0491

Knowledge of networking and Internet communications fundamentals (i.e. devices, device configuration, hardware, software, applications, ports/protocols, addressing, network architecture and infrastructure, routing, operating systems, etc.).

K0003

Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy.

K0410

Knowledge of cyber laws and their effect on Cyber planning.

K0168

Knowledge of applicable laws, statutes (e.g., in Titles 10, 18, 32, 50 in U.S. Code), Presidential Directives, executive branch guidelines, and/or administrative/criminal legal guidelines and procedures.

K0267

Knowledge of laws, policies, procedures, or governance relevant to cybersecurity for critical infrastructures.

K0411

Knowledge of cyber laws and legal considerations and their effect on cyber planning.

K0127

Knowledge of the nature and function of the relevant information structure (e.g., National Information Infrastructure).

K0123

Knowledge of legal governance related to admissibility (e.g. Rules of Evidence).

K0125

Knowledge of processes for collecting, packaging, transporting, and storing electronic evidence while maintaining chain of custody.

K0155

Knowledge of electronic evidence law.

K0156

Knowledge of legal rules of evidence and court procedure.

K0251

Knowledge of the judicial process, including the presentation of facts and evidence.

K0351

Knowledge of applicable statutes, laws, regulations and policies governing cyber targeting and exploitation.

K0222

Knowledge of relevant laws, legal authorities, restrictions, and regulations pertaining to cyber defense activities.

K0341

Knowledge of foreign disclosure policies and import/export control regulations as related to cybersecurity.

K0196

Knowledge of Import/Export Regulations related to cryptography and other security technologies.

K0524

Knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and policies.

K0060

Knowledge of operating systems.

K0129

Knowledge of command-line tools (e.g., mkdir, mv, ls, passwd, grep).

K0116

Knowledge of file extensions (e.g., .dll, .bat, .zip, .pcap, .gzip).

K0192

Knowledge of Windows/Unix ports and services.

K0318

Knowledge of operating system command-line tools.

K0077

Knowledge of server and client operating systems.

K0117

Knowledge of file system implementations (e.g., New Technology File System [NTFS], File Allocation Table [FAT], File Extension [EXT]).

K0397

Knowledge of concepts for operating systems (e.g., Linux, Unix.)

K0608

Knowledge of Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems structures and internals (e.g., process management, directory structure, installed applications).

K0452

Knowledge of implementing Unix and Windows systems that provide radius authentication and logging, DNS, mail, web service, FTP server, DHCP, firewall, and SNMP.

K0002

Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).

K0527

Knowledge of risk management and mitigation strategies.

K0048

Knowledge of Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements.

K0084

Knowledge of structured analysis principles and methods.

K0169

Knowledge of information technology (IT) supply chain security and supply chain risk management policies, requirements, and procedures.

K0379

Knowledge of client organizations, including information needs, objectives, structure, capabilities, etc.

K0455

Knowledge of information security concepts, facilitating technologies and methods.

K0214

Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework Assessment Methodology.

K0264

Knowledge of program protection planning (e.g. information technology (IT) supply chain security/risk management policies, anti-tampering techniques, and requirements).

K0376

Knowledge of internal and external customers and partner organizations, including information needs, objectives, structure, capabilities, etc.

K0149

Knowledge of organization's risk tolerance and/or risk management approach.

K0154

Knowledge of supply chain risk management standards, processes, and practices.

K0165

Knowledge of risk threat assessment.

K0082

Knowledge of software engineering.

K0286

Knowledge of N-tiered typologies (e.g. including server and client operating systems).

K0039

Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles and methods that apply to software development.

K0079

Knowledge of software debugging principles.

K0080

Knowledge of software design tools, methods, and techniques.

K0081

Knowledge of software development models (e.g., Waterfall Model, Spiral Model).

K0153

Knowledge of software quality assurance process.

K0186

Knowledge of debugging procedures and tools.

K0559

Knowledge of the basic structure, architecture, and design of converged applications.

K0396

Knowledge of computer programming concepts, including computer languages, programming, testing, debugging, and file types.

K0610

Knowledge of virtualization products (VMware, Virtual PC).

K0229

Knowledge of applications that can log errors, exceptions, and application faults and logging.

K0227

Knowledge of various types of computer architectures.

K0275

Knowledge of configuration management techniques.

K0299

Knowledge in determining how a security system should work (including its resilience and dependability capabilities) and how changes in conditions, operations, or the environment will affect these outcomes.

K0323

Knowledge of system fault tolerance methodologies.

K0167

Knowledge of system administration, network, and operating system hardening techniques.

K0078

Knowledge of server diagnostic tools and fault identification techniques.

K0224

Knowledge of system administration concepts for operating systems such as but not limited to Unix/Linux, IOS, Android, and Windows operating systems.

K0205

Knowledge of basic system, network, and OS hardening techniques.

K0130

Knowledge of virtualization technologies and virtual machine development and maintenance.

K0073

Knowledge of secure configuration management techniques.

K0363

Knowledge of auditing and logging procedures (including server-based logging).

K0406

Knowledge of current software and methodologies for active defense and system hardening.

K0609

Knowledge of virtual machine technologies.

K0036

Knowledge of human-computer interaction principles.

K0090

Knowledge of system life cycle management principles, including software security and usability.

K0347

Knowledge and understanding of operational design.

K0035

Knowledge of installation, integration, and optimization of system components.

K0102

Knowledge of the systems engineering process.

K0086

Knowledge of system design tools, methods, and techniques, including automated systems analysis and design tools.

K0087

Knowledge of system software and organizational design standards, policies, and authorized approaches (e.g., International Organization for Standardization [ISO] guidelines) relating to system design.

K0076

Knowledge of server administration and systems engineering theories, concepts, and methods.

K0092

Knowledge of technology integration processes.

K0177

Knowledge of cyber attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).

K0453

Knowledge of indications and warning.

K0474

Knowledge of key cyber threat actors and their equities.

K0475

Knowledge of key factors of the operational environment and threat.

K0480

Knowledge of malware.

K0570

Knowledge of the factors of threat that could impact collection operations.

K0612

Knowledge of what constitutes a âthreat to a network.

K0362

Knowledge of attack methods and techniques (DDoS, brute force, spoofing, etc.).

K0469

Knowledge of internal tactics to anticipate and/or emulate threat capabilities and actions.

K0603

Knowledge of the ways in which targets or threats use the Internet.

K0604

Knowledge of threat and/or target systems.

K0107

Knowledge of Insider Threat investigations, reporting, investigative tools and laws/regulations.

K0144

Knowledge of social dynamics of computer attackers in a global context.

K0244

Knowledge of physical and physiological behaviors that may indicate suspicious or abnormal activity.

K0161

Knowledge of different classes of attacks (e.g., passive, active, insider, close-in, distribution attacks).

K0162

Knowledge of cyber attackers (e.g., script kiddies, insider threat, non-nation state sponsored, and nation sponsored).

K0297

Knowledge of countermeasure design for identified security risks.

K0183

Knowledge of reverse engineering concepts.

K0188

Knowledge of malware analysis tools (e.g., Oily Debug, Ida Pro).

K0189

Knowledge of malware with virtual machine detection (e.g. virtual aware malware, debugger aware malware, and unpacked malware that looks for VM-related strings in your computer’s display device).

K0254

Knowledge of binary analysis.

K0259

Knowledge of malware analysis concepts and methodologies.

K0368

Knowledge of implants that enable cyber collection and/or preparation activities.

K0430

Knowledge of evasion strategies and techniques.

K0151

Knowledge of current and emerging threats/threat vectors.

K0536

Knowledge of structure, approach, and strategy of exploitation tools (e.g., sniffers, keyloggers) and techniques (e.g., gaining backdoor access, collecting/exfiltrating data, conducting vulnerability analysis of other systems in the network).

K0548

Knowledge of target or threat cyber actors and procedures.

K0607

Knowledge of translation processes and techniques.

K0005

Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.

K0006

Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.

K0392

Knowledge of common computer/network infections (virus, Trojan, etc.) and methods of infection (ports, attachments, etc.).

K0013

Knowledge of cyber defense and vulnerability assessment tools and their capabilities.

K0040

Knowledge of vulnerability information dissemination sources (e.g., alerts, advisories, errata, and bulletins).

K0070

Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL] and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, malicious code).

K0342

Knowledge of penetration testing principles, tools, and techniques.

K0624

Knowledge of Application Security Risks (e.g. Open Web Application Security Project Top 10 list)

K0538

Knowledge of target and threat organization structures, critical capabilities, and critical vulnerabilities

K0147

Knowledge of emerging security issues, risks, and vulnerabilities.

K0106

Knowledge of what constitutes a network attack and a network attack’s relationship to both threats and vulnerabilities.

K0301

Knowledge of packet-level analysis using appropriate tools (e.g., Wireshark, tcpdump).

K0339

Knowledge of how to use network analysis tools to identify vulnerabilities.

K0119

Knowledge of hacking methodologies.

K0187

Knowledge of file type abuse by adversaries for anomalous behavior.

K0062

Knowledge of packet-level analysis.

K0009

Knowledge of application vulnerabilities.

K0314

Knowledge of industry technologies’ potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

K0481

Knowledge of methods and techniques used to detect various exploitation activities.

K0531

Knowledge of security implications of software configurations.

K0574

Knowledge of the impact of language analysis on on-net operator functions.

K0444

Knowledge of how Internet applications work (SMTP email, web-based email, chat clients, VOIP).

K0349

Knowledge of website types, administration, functions, and content management system (CMS).

K0131

Knowledge of web mail collection, searching/analyzing techniques, tools, and cookies.

K0135

Knowledge of web filtering technologies.

K0388

Knowledge of collection searching/analyzing techniques and tools for chat/buddy list, emerging technologies, VOIP, Media Over IP, VPN, VSAT/wireless, web mail and cookies.

K0398

Knowledge of concepts related to websites (e.g., web servers/pages, hosting, DNS, registration, web languages such as HTML).