Infosec’s CAP Boot Camp teaches you best practices, policies and procedures used to authorize and maintain information systems. You’ll learn how to use the RMF to support your organization’s operations while complying with legal and regulatory requirements.

The CAP certification is sought after by civilian, state and local governments, as well as system integrators supporting these organizations. You’ll leave with the knowlege and skills necessary to earn your (ISC)² CAP certification, which verifies your ability to set up the formal processes used to assess risk and establish security requirements.

• Three days of training with an expert instructor
• Infosec digital courseware (physical textbooks available to purchase)
• CAP exam voucher
• 90-day access to course replays (Flex Pro)
• Curated videos from other top-rated instructors (Flex Pro)
• 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
• Exam Pass Guarantee (Flex Pro)

This boot camp prepares you to pass the (ISC)² CAP exam, which covers seven domain areas required for information system authorization practitioners:

• Information security risk management program
• Categorization of information systems
• Selection of security controls
• Implementation of security controls
• Assessment of security controls
• Authorization of information systems
• Continuous monitoring

• Information system security officers
• Senior system managers
• System administrators
• IT and information security professionals who use the RMF
• Anyone looking to learn more about the NIST-based information systems security authorization process

In order to obtain the CAP certification, you must have at least two years of paid work experience in at least one of the seven domains listed in the (ISC)² CAP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK).

However, you can become an Associate of (ISC)² by passing the exam without the required work experience.

• Understanding the purpose of information systems security authorization
• Defining systems authorization
• Describing and decide when systems authorization is employed
• Defining roles and responsibilities
• Understanding the legal and regulatory requirements for A&A
• Initiating the authorization process
• Establishing authorization boundaries
• Determining security categorization
• Performing initial risk assessment
• Selecting and refining security control
• Documenting security control

• Performing certification phase
• Assessing security control
• Documenting results
• Conducting final risk assessment
• Generating and presenting an authorization report
• Performing continuous monitoring
• Monitoring security controls
• Monitoring and assessing changes that affect the information system
• Performing security impact assessment as needed
• Documenting and monitoring results of impact assessments
• Maintaining system’s documentation (e.g., POA&M, SSP, interconnection agreements)

Introduction
Risk Management Framework

• Understanding the Risk Management Framework
• Categorization of information system
• Selection of security controls
• Security control implementation
• Security control assessment
• Information system authorization
• Monitoring of security controls

RMF steps

• Risk Management Framework processes
• Categorize information system
  • Information system
  • System security plan
  • Categorize a system
  • National security system
  • Privacy activities
  • System boundaries
  • Register system
• Select security controls
  • Establish the security control baseline
  • Common controls and security controls inheritance
  • Risk assessment as part of the Risk Management Framework (RMF)

• Implement security controls
  • Implement selected security controls
  • Tailoring of security controls
  • Document security control implementation
• Assess security controls
  • Prepare for security control assessment
  • Establish security control assessment plan (SAP)
  • Determine security control effectiveness and perform testing
  • Develop initial security assessment report (SAR)
  • Perform initial remediation actions
  • Develop final security assessment report and addendum
• Authorize information system
  • Develop plan of action and milestones (POAM)
  • Assemble security authorization package
  • Determine risk
  • Determine the acceptability of risk
  • Obtain security authorization decision
• Monitor security state
  • Determine security impact of changes to system and environment
  • Perform ongoing security control assessments
  • Conduct ongoing remediation actions
  • Update key documentation
  • Perform periodic security status reporting
  • Perform ongoing risk determination and acceptance
  • Decommission and remove system