GIAC

GIAC Cloud Forensics Responder

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Exam cost
$979 USD (historical estimate)
Questions · time · passing score
1 proctored exam, 82 Questions, 3 hours, Minimum passing score of 62%
Prerequisites
| Strong understanding of cloud fundamentals and experience with incident response concepts. Prior experience with forensic analysis tools and techniques is beneficial but not required. Practical work experience or college-level courses may also meet the needs for mastery. | | Renewal Period | Every 4 years | | Renewal Fee | $499 | | CPE Requirements | 36 credits over four years | | Study Hours | 36 hours (Self-Paced) | |
Estimated salary premium
15–15% (historical estimate)
Renewal requirements
4-year cycle · 36 CPE/CEU credits per year
Difficulty
Not rated

Domains covered

  • ** Investigating Google Workspace incidents
  • Analyzing audit logs
  • Detecting suspicious activity
  • Investigating AWS compute
  • storage
  • and networking resources
  • Managing and evaluating access in Google Cloud
  • Analyzing bucket permissions
  • audit logs
  • VPC flows
  • and firewall rules
  • Investigating Google Cloud compute and storage resources

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