Certified Incident Response Professional (CIRP) | Industry-standard certification.

The Certified Incident Response Professional (CIRP) is an industry-standard, scenario-based certification designed to validate real-world incident response skills. Unlike theoretical exams, CIRP tests your ability to analyze, decide, prioritize, and respond during live security incidents.

This certification is built for professionals who operate in SOC environments, DFIR teams, and enterprise incident response roles, where decisions must be made quickly, accurately, and with business impact in mind.

The CIRP exam is a 6-hour, 600-question MCQ-based assessment, focused entirely on practical scenarios drawn from real incident response cases, including ransomware attacks, data breaches, insider threats, and cloud security incidents.

Exam Overview

• Exam Duration: 6 Hours

• Questions: 600 Scenario-Based MCQs

• Format: Individual, Proctored

• Difficulty Level: Intermediate to Advanced

• Certification Type: Vendor-Neutral

• Platform: secbyte.org

Who Should Take CIRP

• SOC Analysts (L2 / L3)

• Incident Responders

• Blue Team Engineers

• DFIR Professionals

• Security Consultants

• Cybersecurity Professionals with 2+ years experience

CIRP Syllabus (30 Modules)

Domain 1: Incident Response Foundations

1. Incident Response Lifecycle & Principles

2. Roles & Responsibilities in IR Teams

3. Incident Classification & Severity Rating

4. Incident Response Policies & Playbooks

Domain 2: Preparation & Readiness

5. SOC Readiness & Tooling

6. Log Management & Visibility Strategy

7. Threat Modeling for Incident Response

8. Tabletop Exercises & IR Drills

Domain 3: Detection & Identification

9. Alert Triage & False Positive Analysis

10. SIEM-Based Incident Detection

11. Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Analysis

12. Network-Based Incident Indicators

Domain 4: Incident Analysis

13. Timeline Creation & Event Correlation

14. Indicator of Compromise (IOC) Analysis

15. Root Cause Analysis Techniques

16. Threat Actor Behavior Mapping

Domain 5: Containment, Eradication & Recovery

17. Short-Term vs Long-Term Containment

18. Malware Removal & System Cleanup

19. System Recovery & Validation

20. Business Continuity During Incidents

Domain 6: Digital Forensics

21. Host-Based Forensics

22. Network Forensics & Traffic Analysis

23. Memory & Volatile Data Analysis

24. Evidence Handling & Chain of Custody

Domain 7: Advanced & Specialized Incidents

25. Ransomware & Extortion Incidents

26. Insider Threat Investigations

27. Cloud & SaaS Incident Response

28. Supply Chain & Third-Party Incidents

Domain 8: Communication & Governance

29. Executive, Legal & Stakeholder Communication

30. Post-Incident Review & Lessons Learned