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Cisco Certified Support Technician Cybersecurity
The entry credential for security support: the triad and the design principles behind every control, risk as vulnerability, reachable threat and impact together, the network controls with detection distinguished from prevention, and the three cryptographic primitives with hashing distinguished from encryption; then endpoint controls led by patching, scans that infer against tests that prove and require authorisation, severity distinguished from risk, the incident lifecycle with containment before eradication, and the governance hierarchy.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Security principles and network security | Not published |
| Endpoint security, assessment, incidents and governance | Not published |
Two sample questions
1. Which software protects endpoints from malware and provides detection?
- Endpoint protection / antivirus with EDR — correct
- A word processor
- A DNS server
- A patch panel
Why: Endpoint protection or antivirus with EDR protects endpoints from malware and provides detection.
2. A control that encrypts every file and requires a hardware token to read it can reduce which part of the triad?
- Availability, if the token is lost or the service is slowed — correct
- Integrity, because encryption changes the stored bytes
- Confidentiality, because the key must be stored somewhere
- None of them, because encryption only ever adds protection
Why: The three goals are traded against one another rather than maximised together, and strong confidentiality controls routinely cost availability. Recognising the trade is what makes a control proportionate.
The real CCST Cybersecurity exam
| Length | 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | 35 to 50 |
| Pass mark | Scaled score; Cisco does not publish the percentage |
| Price | Purchased per attempt through Certiport |
| Recommended before you sit it | None. Basic networking familiarity helps. |
| Valid for | Does not expire |
Exam facts as published by Cisco; always check the vendor’s page before you book.
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