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Cybersecurity Syllabus
Learn to protect systems and networks through security principles, threats, defenses, cryptography, and operational security practice. The full Cybersecurity syllabus: 7 subjects, 42 chapters and 158 topics, with 391 flashcards written against it.
Cybersecurity subjects
Cybersecurity has 7 subjects. Each one is listed below with its chapters in syllabus order; open a subject for every topic and sub-topic inside them.
Security Fundamentals and Governance
- Core Security Concepts · 5 topics
- Security Controls · 3 topics
- Risk Management · 4 topics
- Governance, Compliance, and Frameworks · 4 topics
- Identity and Access Management · 4 topics
- Security Awareness and Professional Ethics · 3 topics
Cryptography
- Cryptography Foundations · 4 topics
- Symmetric Cryptography · 4 topics
- Asymmetric Cryptography · 4 topics
- Hashing and Integrity · 4 topics
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) · 4 topics
- Applied Cryptography and Attacks · 4 topics
Network Security
- Networking Fundamentals for Security · 4 topics
- Network Architecture and Segmentation · 4 topics
- Perimeter Defenses · 3 topics
- Secure Remote Access · 3 topics
- Wireless Security · 4 topics
- Network Attacks · 4 topics
Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Attacks
- Threat Actors and Landscape · 3 topics
- Malware · 5 topics
- Social Engineering · 4 topics
- Application Attacks · 4 topics
- Vulnerability Management · 4 topics
- OWASP Top 10 · 5 topics
Offensive Security and Penetration Testing
- Penetration Testing Methodology · 3 topics
- Reconnaissance and Footprinting · 3 topics
- Scanning and Enumeration · 3 topics
- Exploitation · 3 topics
- Post-Exploitation · 4 topics
- Reporting and Tooling · 3 topics
Security Operations and Defensive Security
- Security Operations Center (SOC) · 4 topics
- Monitoring and Detection · 4 topics
- Threat Intelligence · 3 topics
- Incident Response · 3 topics
- Digital Forensics · 4 topics
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery · 4 topics
Systems, Cloud, and Application Security
- Endpoint and Host Hardening · 4 topics
- Secure Software Development · 4 topics
- Cloud Security · 4 topics
- Virtualization and Container Security · 3 topics
- Mobile and IoT Security · 4 topics
- Data Protection and Privacy · 4 topics
Cybersecurity flashcards
391 question-and-answer cards across 7 subject decks, each shown in full on its subject page.
- Security Fundamentals and Governance — 51 cards
- Cryptography — 51 cards
- Network Security — 61 cards
- Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Attacks — 51 cards
- Offensive Security and Penetration Testing — 76 cards
- Security Operations and Defensive Security — 51 cards
- Systems, Cloud, and Application Security — 50 cards
Cybersecurity syllabus FAQ
What subjects are in the Cybersecurity syllabus?
Cybersecurity covers 7 subjects: Security Fundamentals and Governance, Cryptography, Network Security, Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Attacks, Offensive Security and Penetration Testing, Security Operations and Defensive Security and Systems, Cloud, and Application Security.
How many chapters and topics are in the Cybersecurity syllabus?
42 chapters and 158 topics, across 7 subjects. Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Attacks is the largest subject, with 25 topics in 6 chapters.
Are there Cybersecurity flashcards?
Yes — 391 question-and-answer flashcards in 7 subject decks. Each deck is printed in full on its subject page here, and the same cards are in the Examius app with spaced repetition. The free plan covers one exam of your choice, including its flashcards; Examius Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks every other exam and deck.
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