Training Programs

Your people are the first line of defense against data breaches and malicious virus infections that can cost your business a lot of money in the aftermath of an attack.  Service outages and loss of confidential and privacy information are just some of the consequences if your people are not motivated, enthusiastic, and aware of the latest malicious attack vectors and scams.  Our programs are custom fit to your organization to ensure your people are motivated - ready to combat information security threats and energized to report suspicious activity.

Personal & Home

Home Cyber Defense Course (HCDC)

Not properly securing your home computer can be tragic, but knowing how hackers and cyber intruders target and exploit your private information can give you a serious advantage in today's digital world.

The threat to home users is growing more and more each day.  Parents and children are challenged with understanding how to protect their private information that is on their home computer systems from cyber criminals.

This course delivers practical results for the home user to learn more about this training event click here.

Corporate & Business

Dynamic Computer Network Defense Course (DCNDC)

The Dynamic Computer Network Defense Course is designed to increase the expertise and performance of your employees to result in outstanding improvement in the management of  computer systems, networks and security, and staff.  Three major components of this course include:

Customized Staff Assessment (CSA) includes a Self-assessment and one-on-one interview. Output results in identifying missing knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA).  With management input and approval, KSAs are used to customize TST.

Targeted Staff Training (TST) results in Motivated, experienced, and trained staff.  Output from CSA and TST help define CMP.

Cybersecurity Mentorship Program (CMP) results in Sustained computer network defense people and business operations.

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Customized Cybersecurity Training & Awareness Programs

If the training programs above do not fit your need we have a customized training and awareness program that can be built for your specific needs and requirements.

Proven Experience in Customized Training

In July 2009 The CND Group was asked by a local LLC in Maryland to develop a Capstone to evaluate a student's ability to conduct a cyber inquiry in response to a computer network incident to confirm or mitigate suspicion of malicious activity.  This capstone course was created with realistic scenarios based on historical events, real cyber threats, and the appropriate investigation response. The goal of this practical cyber investigation is that, as a result of cyber investigation activities conducted, reasonable belief is established which warrants a formal cyber investigation. Below is a brief overview of the course objective:

"The capstone course integrates coursework, knowledge, skills, abilities, and experiential learning to enable the student to demonstrate a broad mastery of learning across the curriculum for a promise of initial employability and further career advancement. In order to achieve this goal, a wide variety of skills might be focused upon which will allow the student to demonstrate the level of achievement reached with regard to key areas of learning. These key areas of learning are called "transferable skills." Transferable skills are the skills a student masters throughout his or her learning and through which he or she communicates attainment of the course goal. The transferable skill this capstone focuses on is critical thinking, creative thinking, problem solving, effective writing, effective oral communication, quantitative analysis, cybersecurity literacy, recognize existing legal authority, apply internet research skills, apply standing investigative authorities, detect digital tradecraft use, conduct technical interview, prepare cyber incident report, apply cyber collections analysis and reporting, detect the insider threat, identify external threats and analyze digital data."

Skills Evaluated in Capstone:

1. Recognize existing legal authority
2. Apply internet research skills
3. Apply standing investigative authorities
4. Detect digital tradecraft use
5. Conduct technical interview
6. Prepare cyber incident report
7. Apply cyber collections analysis, and reporting
8. Detect the insider threat
9. Identify external threats
10. Analyze digital data

Lesson Plan Reference to Skills Evaluated:

1. Legal
2. Investigators use of the Internet
3. Cyber inquiries and investigations
4. Digital tradecraft, insider threat, and external threat
5. Cyber collections, analysis, and reporting
6. Cyber collections, analysis, and reporting
7. Cyber collections, analysis, and reporting
8. Insider threat
9. External threat
10. Analyze Digital Data for CI Purposes, insider threat, and external threat

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