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ISC2 · ISC2 CC

Security operations and incident response

ISC2 CC · Lesson 15 of 16 · 1:58:09

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Prepare for the ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) exam, on the 2026 outline. In this lesson: logging and monitoring with a SIEM, triage of events, threat actors, threat intelligence and frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, and the incident response process. Includes three original practice questions, with Maplewood Schools, a fictional school district, as the example.

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  • The SIEM combines thirty failed sign-ins, one successful sign-in, and a large download from the same account into a single alert. What is it doing?
  • Analysts want a knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques, built from real attacks, to check their detections. Which one should they choose?
  • Leaders and IT staff meet in a room and walk through a ransomware scenario, step by step, without touching any system. What kind of activity is this?