CYBRScore® Skills Assessments
Measure the knowledge, skills and abilities of your cyber defenders in a performance-based cyber range.
Measure the knowledge, skills and abilities of your cyber defenders in a performance-based cyber range.
Certifications are one way to hire qualified job applicants for your SOC, but do they truly measure what your cyber defenders can do? What hands-on skills do users have to defend your network and how do you measure them? CyberStronger has created the ultimate tool to help you understand your cyber team’s knowledge, skills, and abilities: the CYBRScore® Skills Assessments.
Mapped to NIST-NICE framework, our practical, hands-on scenarios are a valuable tool designed to measure the skills of your team members, optimize their training pathways, and increase the resiliency of your organization. CYBRScore® Skills Assessments:
Adherence to specific tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) is vital in the cyber security realm. A CYBRScore® Skills Assessment scores a user’s actual approach to completing any task. This fine-grain task scoring provides detailed insight into the student’s operating skill level. We can tell if a user is on the right track or vastly underperforming against approved TTPs.
The CYBRScore® Cyber Defense Analyst assessments are designed to assess an individual’s knowledge, skills and abilities related to using data collected from cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs) to analyze events that occur within their environments for the purpose of mitigating threats.
The CYBRScore® PR100 Cyber Defense Analyst is comprised of the following assessments:
The CYBRScore® Vulnerability Assessment Analyst assessments are designed to assess an individual’s knowledge, skills and abilities related to performing assessments of systems and networks within the network environment or enclave and identifying where those systems/networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. Measuring effectiveness of defense-in-depth architecture against known vulnerabilities.
The CYBRScore® PR400 Vulnerability Assessment Analyst is comprised of the following assessments:
The CYBRScore® Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst assessments are designed to assess an individual’s knowledge, skills and abilities related to analyzing digital evidence and investigating computer security incidents to derive useful information in support of system/network vulnerability mitigation.
The CYBRScore® IN300 Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst is comprised of the following assessments:
The CYBRScore® Cyber Defense Incident Responder assessments are designed to assess an individual’s knowledge, skills and abilities related to investigating, analyzing, and responding to cyber incidents within the network environment or enclave.
The CYBRScore® PR300 Cyber Defense Incident Responder is comprised of the following assessments:
The CYBRScore® Secure Software Developer assessments are designed to assess an individual’s knowledge, skills and abilities related to developing, creating, maintaining, and writing/coding new (or modifying existing) computer applications, software, or specialized utility programs.
The CYBRScore® Secure Software Developer assessments are available for the following programming languages: C#, C++, Java, Python, and PHP.
The CYBRScore® Technical Support Specialist assessment is designed to assess an individual’s knowledge, skills and abilities related to providing technical support to customers who need assistance utilizing client-level hardware and software in accordance with established or approved organizational process components (i.e., Primary Incident Management Plan, when applicable).
The CYBRScore® Network Operations Specialist assessment is designed to assess an individual’s knowledge, skills and abilities related to planning, implementing, and operating network services/systems, to include hardware and virtual environments.
The CYBRScore® System Administrator assessment is designed to assess an individual’s knowledge, skills and abilities related to setting up and maintaining a system or specific components of a system (e.g. for example, installing, configuring, and updating hardware and software; establishing and managing user accounts; overseeing or conducting backup and recovery tasks; implementing operational and technical security controls; and adhering to organizational security policies and procedures).
CYBRScore Skills Assessments use our patented PerformanScore technology and consists of three main parts:
There is an immediate need to close the skills gap in the cyber security field as quickly and efficiently as possible. Traditional multiple choice, knowledge-based examinations and certifications have developed a first phase of measurement, but today’s workforce requires measurements in hands-on skills. In the cyber security realm, performance and results matter most. Students become more proficient and provide better results through performance-based learning and demonstration. When measuring cyber security aptitude, evaluating candidates based solely on their knowledge of cyber theory yields an incomplete picture.
PerformanScore® is a performance-based scoring platform that uniquely and adaptively measures skills across a range of credible responses to a defined set of tasks, allowing for a consistent and immediate evaluation. More than an emulated testing environment, PerformanScore® tracks commands, file changes, configuration changes, and network changes on live systems in real time. Furthermore PerformanScore® assesses a user’s actions against grading criteria via an adaptive scoring rubric. PerformanScore® maps key knowledge, skills, and abilities into a set of gradable tasks based on a scenario that runs within a virtual environment. The rubric evaluates the user’s approach and proficiency within the environment.
