-----OFFICIAL INFORMATION DISPATCH FOLLOWS----- RAAUZYUW RULYFOO0100 1181841- UUUU--RULYSUU. ZNR UUUUU R 072300Z MAY 12 ZYB FM COMNAVCYBERFOR VIRGINIA BEACH VA TO ALCOM INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC COMUSFLTFORCOM NORFOLK VA COMPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI COMNAVSURFPAC SAN DIEGO CA COMNAVAIRPAC SAN DIEGO CA COMSUBLANT NORFOLK VA COMFLTCYBERCOM FT GEORGE G MEADE MD COMSC WASHINGTON DC COMNECC LITTLE CREEK VA COMNAVAIRLANT NORFOLK VA COMNAVSURFLANT NORFOLK VA COMSUBPAC PEARL HARBOR HI COMNAVCYBERFOR VIRGINIA BEACH VA BT UNCLAS ALCOM 070/12 SECINFO/U/-// MSGID/GENADMIN/NCF/-/MAY// SUBJ/UPDATE TO SECURITY PLUS TRAINING// POC/KENNETH ROMO/LCDR/UNIT:NAVCYBERFOR/NAME:VIRGINIA BEACH VA/TEL:757-417-6795 EXT 0// POC/DAN HARRINGTON/CIV/UNIT:NAVCYBERFOR/NAME:VIRGINIA BEACH VA /TEL:757-417-7930 EXT 2// POC/JENNIFER PATE/ITC/UNIT:NAVCYBERFOR/NAME:VIRGINIA BEACH VA/TEL:757-417-7929 EXT 6//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/ 1. THIS IS AN ADVISORY MESSAGE TO ALERT SAILORS TO NEW CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY PLUS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REQUIRED CERTS FOR NEC CONVERSION FROM 2735 TO 2791. THE CERTIFICATION EXAM HAS BEEN UPDATED BY THE VENDOR TO SECURITY PLUS 2011 (VERSION 301). ORIG HAS MADE VERSION 301 TRAINING AVAILABLE VIA THE SKILLPORT WEBSITE: HTTPS://NAVYIACERTPREP.SKILLPORT.COM
CYBERFOR HAS CONDUCTED A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF VERSION 201 AND VERSION 301 TO EVALUATE CONTENT COMMONALITY. OF NOTE, THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE FOLLOWING CORE SUBJECTS WITHIN VERSION 301: NETWORK SECURITY, COMPLIANCE AND OPERATIONAL SECURITY (MODULE DID NOT EXIST IN VERSION 201) AND THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES. IN ADDITION TO POSTING 301 TRAINING ON SKILLPORT, CYBERFOR WILL BE DISTRIBUTING APPLICABLE SKILLPORT SECURITY PLUS 301 TRAINING DVDS TO PLATFORM TYCOMS NLT 15 MAY. TYCOMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL COPIES, AS NEEDED, FOR FURTHER DISTRIBUTION TO SUBORDINATE COMMANDS.
2. SECURITY PLUS 2008 (VERSION 201) TRAINING IS STILL AVAILABLE TO SAILORS WHO HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE PREVIOUSLY OFFERED TRAINING, BUT IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT SAILORS COMPLETE THE ADDITIONAL MODULES IDENTIFIED IN PARA 1, PRIOR TO TAKING CERTIFICATION EXAM (VERSION 301). THE VERSION 201 CERT EXAM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. EXAM PREPARATION SHOULD INCLUDE COMPLETION OF COURSE PRE-TESTS FOR EACH MODULE IN VERSION 301 TO FULLY ASSESS KNOWLEDGE LEVEL PRIOR TO TAKING THE 301 CERTIFICATION EXAM. REMEDIATE ANY KNOWLEDGE GAPS BY COMPLETING RESPECTIVE TRAINING MODULES IN SECURITY PLUS 2011 (VERSION 301), TO ENSURE ADEQUATE COVERAGE OF 301 EXAM CRITERIA. SAILORS WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY STARTED SECURITY PLUS TRAINING SHOULD COMPLETE SECURITY PLUS 2011 (VERSION 301) PRIOR TO TAKING THE 301 EXAM.
3. SECURITY PLUS 2011 (VERSION 301) TRAINING IS ALSO AVAILABLE VIA THE DISA SPONSORED VIRTUAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENT (VTE) WEBSITE HOSTED BY CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY. TRAINING CAN BE ACCESSED AT HTTPS://WWW.VTE.CERT.ORG. FROM THE HOME PAGE FOLLOW THE QUOTE GET A VTE ACCOUNT UNQUOTE HYPERLINK AND SUBMIT A SPONSORED ACCOUNT ACCESS REQUEST FORM. ACCOUNTS ARE APPROVED IN APPROXIMATELY 24 BUSINESS HOURS. ACCESS FROM AFLOAT OR BANDWIDTH LIMITED SITES HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED. SAILORS WHO USE DISA'S VTE MUST MANUALLY UPDATE TWMS. CYBERFOR IS OBTAINING DVD VERSIONS OF THE DISA SPONSORED TRAINING AND WILL DISTRIBUTE COPIES TO THE PLATFORM TYCOMS BY 15 MAY. ADDITIONAL REPRODUCTIONS ARE AUTHORIZED.
4. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE SENT VIA EMAIL TO [email protected].// BT #0100 NNNN