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Information Systems Security Developer | Work Role ID: 631 (NIST: DD-WRL-004)

  • Number of Courses23 courses
  • Duration29 hours

An information systems security developer designs, develops, tests, and evaluates information system security throughout the systems development lifecycle.

 

This path will get you started on your journey to becoming an information systems security developer! Begin with the fundamental concepts of networking and secure design through hands-on labs, dive into the essential skills necessary to perform the day-to-day functions and then expand your skill set with tools, more advanced concepts and knowledge from adjacent roles!

 

This path aligns to the Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Tasks (KSAs) within the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (CSWF) and the DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF) for the work role of:

Information Systems Security Developer Work Role 631 or DD-WRL-004

Courses in this path

Fundamentals

Begin your learning journey with the fundamental concepts of network infrastructure, architecture and endpoint security through some hands-on labs and courses!

Enterprise Security: Executive Briefing

  • by Aaron Rosenmund
  • 39m Duration
  •  (101)

Network Security Basics

  • by Ross Bagurdes
  • 2h 58m Duration
  •  (50)

Network Protocols for Security: TCP and UDP

  • by Brandon DeVault
  • 20m Duration
  •  (18)

Network Protocols for Security: IPv4 and ARP

  • by Brandon DeVault
  • 18m Duration
  •  (17)

Network Protocols for Security: DNS

  • by Brandon DeVault
  • 17m Duration

Identity and Access Management (IAM) for CISSP®

  • by Kevin Henry
  • 1h 31m Duration

Role Essentials

Now that you know the fundamentals, dive into the essential skills necessary to perform the day-to-day functions of an information systems security developer.

Windows 11 Troubleshooting: Hardware and Peripherals

  • by Mike Halsey
  • 23m Duration

Windows 11 Troubleshooting: Networking and Internet

  • by Mike Halsey
  • 18m Duration

Wide Area Networking and VPN Operation

  • by Ross Bagurdes
  • 1h 17m Duration
  •  (36)

Security Engineering: Asset Evaluation and Execution Plan

  • by Chris Jackson
  • 1h 10m Duration

IT Security Champion: Network Security Monitoring

  • by Christopher Rees
  • 17m Duration

Incident Response: Detection and Analysis

  • by Aaron Rosenmund
  • 2h 19m Duration
  •  (39)

Incident Response: Host Analysis

  • by Aaron Rosenmund
  • 1h 37m Duration
  •  (14)

Expanded Skill Set

It's time to expand your skill set with tools, and more advanced concepts! This section gives you a brief introduction into many, additional skills that you will find helpful as an information systems security developer. We have full training paths on all of these skills; see the Supplemental Skill Paths section to learn more.

Identify Common Cyber Network Attacks with Wireshark

  • by Chris Greer
  • 2h 34m Duration
  •  (53)

Security Engineering: Secure Networks

  • by Chris Jackson
  • 1h 43m Duration

Specialized Engineering: Enterprise Hybrid Cloud

  • by Michael Brown
  • 1h 9m Duration

Specialized Attacks: Hardware Product Testing

  • by Matthew Lloyd Davies
  • 53m Duration

Adjacent Skill Knowledge

Now that you've mastered all the skills for an information systems security developer, learn about additional cyber roles and their responsibilities.

Information and Cyber Security GRC: Governance

  • by Pluralsight
  • 1h 28s Duration

Information and Cyber Security GRC: Risk Management

  • by Po Yau
  • 1h 36m Duration

Security and Risk Management: Principles of Risk for CISSP®

  • by Kevin Henry
  • 1h 51m Duration

Information and Cyber Security GRC: Risk Management Frameworks and Structures

  • by Dr. Lyron H. Andrews
  • 1h 5s Duration

Information Security Program for CISM®

  • by Kevin Henry
  • 2h 48m Duration
  •  (12)

Information and Cyber Security GRC: Commission and Manage Penetration Tests

  • by Mike Woolard
  • 1h 11m Duration

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Aaron Rosenmund
Aaron Rosenmund
Aaron M. Rosenmund is a cyber security operations subject matter expert, with a background in federal and business defensive and offensive cyber operations and system automation. Leveraging his administration and automation experience, Aaron actively contributes to multiple open and closed source security operation platform projects and continues to create tools and content to benefit the community. As an educator & cyber security researcher at Pluralsight, he is focused on advancing cyber secur... more
Ross Bagurdes
Ross Bagurdes
Ross has had a diverse career. He has a Structural Engineering degree from Milwaukee School of Engineering, but gave up the career shortly after graduating from college. Beginning in 1997, Ross began officially working in IT, implementing and supporting a paperless work order system for a Natural Gas Utility in Illinois. Since then, Ross has spent his years teaching and managing data networks. Ross spent 7 years at University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, supporting and managing the large ... more
Brandon DeVault
Brandon DeVault
Brandon DeVault is a Security Researcher focused on threat hunting at CrowdStrike. He is also a member of the Florida Air National Guard with a variety of offensive and defensive experience. Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Brandon worked full-time as an author with Pluralsight and at Elastic, creating and delivering security content. He also worked with Special Operations Command, where he had two deployments to Afghanistan on deployable communications teams. His experience spans incident response... more
Kevin Henry
Kevin Henry
Kevin Henry is a well-known and respected educator and lecturer in the fields of information security and audit. Kevin uses his more than 30 years of practical experience as a network technician, computer programmer, and information systems auditor to deliver outstanding presentations that make each topic interesting, relevant, and useful. Often described by students as "The best instructor I have ever had," Kevin has the ability to provide quality instruction that engages the audience and provi... more
Mike Halsey
Mike Halsey
Mike is a current Microsoft MVP awardee, and was first awarded in 2011. He is a recognized technical expert in the Windows desktop and troubleshooting with more than twenty books published, including Windows 10 Troubleshooting (second edition), Troubleshooting and Supporting Windows 11, and The Green IT Guide. Can be contacted on Twitter/X @MikeHalsey, BlueSky @MikeHalsey.bsky.social and Mastodon @[email protected]
Chris Jackson
Chris Jackson
Chris Jackson is a cybersecurity professional with years of experience in identifying security incidents, securing applications and security training. Over the years, he has tested web applications for vulnerabilities, helped deploy SIEM platforms and more. He is passionate about teaching cybersecurity and committed to learning new technologies.
Christopher Rees
Christopher Rees
Chris is a professional information technologist, author, trainer, manager and a lifelong learner. He is married with 3 beautiful children and interested in working out, spending time with family and friends and being creative whenever possible. He has been an author for over 25 years and has created over 60 IT Certification training courses. Chris really enjoys helping people advance in their careers through training and personal development.
Chris Greer
Chris Greer
Chris Greer is a network analyst for Packet Pioneer, delivering training and packet analysis consulting services to customers all over the world. He specializes in using Wireshark to combat network and application performance problems on networks of all sizes. Chris leverages his 20 years of practical experience in network monitoring, analysis, and troubleshooting to heighten the experience of any attendee to his interactive and energetic courses. When he is not digging deep into packets or te... more
Michael Brown
Michael Brown
I have worked in IT for 25 years, for 22 of those years I have delivered IT Training. I have delivered Microsoft, CISCO and Amazon Web Services courses across Europe. For the last 4 years I have focused on Cloud technologies delivering cloud training to some of Europe’s biggest organisations. I have been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 1997 and currently hold certifications from Microsoft, CompTIA and AWS. When not working on training material or delivering courses I spend time in the nort... more
Matthew Lloyd Davies
Matthew Lloyd Davies
Matt is a cyber security author and researcher here at Pluralsight. A certified penetration tester and incident handler, he created Pluralsight's CompTIA Pentest+ Specialized Attacks courses as well our courses on wireless, ICS/OT and hardware hacking. Matt has also helped to build our security labs portfolio; labs that help you get hands-on to understand the threats and vulnerabilities your organization faces today. With a background in Chemical Engineering, Matt's focus is on the security ... more
Po Yau
Po Yau
Po was born and educated in Wales, UK before going to Royal Holloway, University of London. It was during his year-in-industry placement, when responding to an incident to recover from a cyber attack, that started a journey of over 20 years in information security. Currently broadening to multiple types of technology and operational risk in the Financial sector, looking for ways to improve risk management, governance and communication to promote innovation and work with the ever changing ways ... more
Dr. Lyron H. Andrews
Dr. Lyron H. Andrews
Dr. Andrews’ technology career spans three decades. His roles included network manager New York City Department of Education, BMG Direct senior director of IT, and BNY Mellon dean of technology. His doctoral research at Teachers College Columbia found that critical thinking skills thrive in environments that are supportive of five essential elements in the mind of a critical thinker. He teaches cyber security. He has integrated technology management with teaching at Columbia University and other... more
Mike Woolard
Mike Woolard
Mike is an information security manager who has worked in the IT and Information Security fields for 22+ years. A broad background from helpdesk to sysadmin, system engineer, networking, DB and development work. Most of Mike's work now centers around pentests and risk assessments, but an integral part will always be awareness training. An active member in various local security groups, Mike volunteers, speaks, or attends various information security cons.

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