• Describe current security risk and compliance challenges
• Define methods of proactive security
• Describe CCS 12 and how it helps meet security and compliance needs
• Describe general CCS 12 pre-deployment considerations
• Install CCS 12
• Perform initial CCS configuration tasks
• Import assets and common fields
• Describe how to install CCS Agents
• Perform data collection and evaluation
• Describe the components of standards
• Copy and edit standards.
• Evaluate collected data in terms of a standard
• Describe compliance and risk scores
• Manage exceptions
• Create, edit, and map control statements
• Use Controls Studio to eliminate duplication of controls
• Describe mandates, policies, and control statements
• Build queries to gather data quickly from assets
• Add external data integration and configure data connectors
• Use CCS reporting features
• Create, edit, and manage dashboards
• Investigate contingencies using a “what if?” analysis in dynamic dashboards

Module 1: Introduction to CCS 12

• Overview of Security and Compliance
• Proactive Security
• Intro to CCS 12.0
• Implementing Security and Compliance with CCS 12.0

Module 2: Installing the CCS Suite

• General pre-deployment considerations
• Installation requirements
• Installation tasks

Module 3: Initial Configuration

• Getting started tasks
• Preparing for data collection

Module 4: Getting started with CCS 12

• Importing assets
• Installing a Unix Agent
• Collecting and evaluating data

Module 5: Standards Manager/CVSS and

• Risk Score
• Working with standards
• Assessing compliance with standards
• Managing exceptions

Module 6: Controls Studio

• About Controls Studio
• Working with Controls Studio

Module 7: Ad hoc queries

• Query building
• Querying your enterprise

Module 8: External data integration

• Connecting to external data sources
• Overview of third-party connectors

Module 9: Reporting and dashboards

• Reporting overview
• Working with dynamic dashboards