EC-Council Certified Cybersecurity Technician (CCT)
The Certified Cybersecurity Technician (CCT) course teaches you essential practical skills needed for cybersecurity operations. You learn how to secure networks, endpoints and systems; detect threats, apply patches and basic defensive measures; and support security operations and incident response.
Description
The Certified Cybersecurity Technician (CCT) course teaches you essential practical skills needed for cybersecurity operations. You learn how to secure networks, endpoints and systems; detect threats, apply patches and basic defensive measures; and support security operations and incident response. The training combines fundamental theory with hands-on exercises to prepare you for entry-level cybersecurity roles or to strengthen your existing IT background with security competencies.
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What You Will Learn
This training builds a broad cybersecurity foundation through theory and extensive hands-on labs. You learn how to secure systems, analyse threats, monitor networks and support security operations.
Part 1: Information security fundamentals, common threats, vulnerabilities and basic attack methods
Part 2: Network security fundamentals, network architecture, protocols and secure network design
Part 3: Identification, authentication and authorization, including access-control concepts and user security
Part 4: Network security controls, firewalls, IDS/IPS, secure configurations and technical defense mechanisms
Part 5: Security assessment tools and techniques, vulnerability scanning, auditing and threat detection
Part 6: Application security basics, common application weaknesses and secure configuration practices
Part 7: Wireless, mobile, IoT and OT security, key risks and protection methods
Part 8: Cloud and virtualization security, shared-responsibility models and secure virtual environments
Part 9: Cryptography and data security, encryption basics, hashing and secure communication
Part 10: Security operations, log monitoring, traffic analysis, incident detection and basic response workflows
Part 11: Digital forensics essentials, evidence handling, simple investigation techniques and reporting
Certification & Exam
After you complete the C|CCT training, you can register for the C|CCT certification exam. The exam evaluates both your theoretical knowledge and your practical cybersecurity skills.
The exam consists of 60 questions and lasts 3 hours. It includes a mix of knowledge-based questions and practical, performance-based tasks in a hands-on environment.
The passing score is not fixed. Each exam version uses a cut-score method, so the required score can vary depending on the difficulty of the specific exam form.
There are no prerequisites for the exam, making it accessible for candidates starting their cybersecurity journey.
When you pass the exam, you receive the C|CCT certificate, confirming your ability to perform foundational cybersecurity tasks, support security operations and apply practical defensive skills in real work environments.
What You Will Achieve
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
understand core security concepts, common threats and basic attack methods
secure networks, systems and applications using essential defensive techniques
apply authentication, authorization and access-control principles in real environments
use security tools to identify vulnerabilities and detect suspicious activity
protect wireless, mobile, cloud, IoT and virtualized environments
apply encryption basics to secure data at rest and in transit
monitor logs, analyse traffic and support incident detection and response
handle digital evidence correctly and document basic forensic findings
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