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System Testing and Evaluation Specialist | Work Role ID: 671 (NIST: DD-WRL-007)

  • Number of Courses18 courses
  • Duration20 hours
  • Skill IQ available Skill IQ

A system testing and evaluation specialist conceptualizes, designs, and builds secure information technology (IT) systems for system and network development. A specialist then plans, prepares, and executes tests of systems to evaluate results against specifications and requirements as well as analyze and report test results.

 

This path will get you started on your journey to becoming a system testing and evaluation specialist! Begin with the fundamental concepts of security controls and networking and endpoint security 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!

Path estimated completion time is ~40 hours for total content.

 

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:

System Testing and Evaluation Specialist Work Role 671 or DD-WRL-007

 

For complete coverage of skill paths and tooling for the System Testing and Evaluation Specialist role, please navigate to the Penetration and Vulnerability Tester Channel

Courses in this path

Fundamentals

Begin your learning journey with the fundamental concepts of operating systems, endpoint security and security protocols and controls through some hands-on labs and courses!

Windows Endpoint Security: Networking

  • by Michael Teske
  • 21m Duration
  •  (23)

DevOps Foundations: Security and DevSecOps

  • by David Clinton
  • 44m Duration
  •  (39)

Security Controls: CIS Controls

  • by Bobby Rogers
  • 1h 32m Duration
  •  (19)

Skill Essentials

Now that you know the fundamentals, dive into the essential skills necessary to perform the day-to-day functions of a system testing and evaluation specialist.

Supply Chain Management Overview

  • by Michael Management
  • 1h 27m Duration

Pen Testing: Planning, Scoping, and Recon

  • by Alexander Tushinsky
  • 1h 13m Duration

Pen Testing: Reporting

  • by Gavin Johnson-Lynn
  • 1h 6m Duration

Information and Cyber Security GRC: Compliance Assessment and Reporting

  • by Jacob Ansari
  • 1h 55m Duration

Expanded Skillset

It's time to expand your skill set with tools, more advanced concepts and emerging trends and vulnerabilities!

This section gives you a brief introduction into many, additional skills that you will find helpful as a system testing and evaluation specialist. We have full training paths on all of these skills; see the Supplemental Skill Paths section to learn more.

Specialized Attacks: Hardware Product Testing

  • by Matthew Lloyd Davies
  • 53m Duration

Leverage PowerShell Tools for Pen Testing

  • by Rishalin Pillay
  • 1h 28m Duration

Specialized Testing: Sessions and Tokens

  • by Christian Wenz
  • 55m Duration

Specialized Testing: Deserialization

  • by Peter Mosmans
  • 1h 1m Duration

Supply Chain Risk Management with OWASP Dependency-Check

  • by Matthew Kendall
  • 47m Duration

Specialized Engineering: Enterprise Hybrid Cloud

  • by Michael Brown
  • 1h 9m Duration

Adjacent Roles

Now that you've mastered all the skills for system testing and evaluation specialist, learn about additional cyber roles and their responsibilities.

Information and Cyber Security Literacy: Security Engineering and Architecture

  • by Dr. Lyron H. Andrews
  • 49m Duration
  •  (19)

Application Analysis with SonarQube

  • by George Smith
  • 34m Duration
  •  (104)

Kubernetes Security: Implementing Supply Chain Security

  • by Antonio Jesús Piedra
  • 49m Duration
  •  (11)

OWASP Top 10 with Burp Suite

  • by Mike Woolard
  • 1h 10m Duration

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