CCST Cybersecurity Practice Exams

The Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) Cybersecurity certification validates the foundational knowledge and skills needed to begin a cybersecurity career in entry-level roles such as security support technician or junior SOC analyst. The single exam covers five domains: Essential Security Principles (the CIA triad, common threats and vulnerabilities, access control, and security ethics), Basic Network Security Concepts (TCP/IP, firewalls, VPNs, and secure network protocols), Endpoint Security Concepts (operating-system security, malware, hardening, and endpoint protection), Vulnerability Assessment and Risk Management (identifying vulnerabilities, scanning, CVSS, and risk), and Incident Handling (monitoring, the incident-response lifecycle, digital evidence, and compliance). The exam runs about 50 minutes and is designed for students and early-career professionals with no formal prerequisites.

• 1An affordable, entry-level entry point into cybersecurity with no formal prerequisites
• 2Validates the foundational skills employers expect for security support and junior SOC roles
• 3A recognized stepping stone toward the Cisco CyberOps Associate certification
• 4Builds the vocabulary and concepts used every day in security operations and IT support

• ✓Apply essential security principles: the CIA triad, defense in depth, and access-control models
• ✓Identify common threats, vulnerabilities, attacks, and social-engineering techniques
• ✓Explain cryptography basics: hashing, symmetric/asymmetric encryption, and certificates
• ✓Describe basic network security: firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and secure vs insecure protocols
• ✓Understand TCP/IP fundamentals and how attacks map to network layers
• ✓Harden and protect endpoints: OS security, malware types, patching, and endpoint protection
• ✓Perform vulnerability assessment: scanning, CVSS scoring, and prioritizing remediation
• ✓Apply risk management concepts: threats, likelihood, impact, and risk treatment
• ✓Follow the incident-response lifecycle and handle digital evidence with chain of custody
• ✓Recognize security compliance, logging, and monitoring practices used in a SOC