Breach and Attack Simulation Engineering
RCCE students will learn how breach and attack simulation programs continuously validate preventive and detective controls using safe, repeatable attack scenarios. RCCE students will learn to select simulations, map results to defensive gaps, tune controls, measure control drift, and establish ongoing validation workflows that strengthen security operations maturity. The course covers practical scenarios ranging from scenario selection to execution, result interpretation, and improvement tracking. RCCE students will learn to analyze complex systems and think like an attacker to better defend the organization. This comprehensive course delivers practical knowledge applicable to real-world cybersecurity operations. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn through a combination of concept explanation, practical demonstration, and hands-on exercises.
- SOC Analysts and Incident Responders
- Detection Engineers and SIEM Content Authors
- Threat Hunters improving adversary coverage
- Security Operations Team Leads
- Professionals implementing Breach and Attack Simulation Engineering
- Execute hands-on tasks for simulation engineering
- Execute hands-on tasks for hands-on skills
- Execute hands-on tasks for mindset shift — covering Operational Outcomes.
- Execute hands-on tasks for continuous validation — covering Runs on schedule or on-demand.
- Execute hands-on tasks for gap discovery — covering Identifies blind spots in detection.
- Execute hands-on tasks for pen test
- Execute hands-on tasks for red team
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Execute hands-on tasks for agent deployment — covering Endpoint agents simulate lateral movement.
- Execute hands-on tasks for simulation engine — covering Executes MITRE ATT&CK techniques safely.
- Execute hands-on tasks for endpoint agent — covering Installed on workstations and servers, Network Agent, Deployed at segment boundaries.
- Execute hands-on tasks for network agent — covering Deployed at segment boundaries.
| Module 01 | Simulation Engineering |
| Module 02 | Hands-On Skills |
| Module 03 | Mindset Shift |
| Module 04 | Continuous Validation |
| Module 05 | Gap Discovery |
| Module 06 | Pen Test |
| Module 07 | Red Team |
| Module 08 | BAS Platform Architecture |
| Module 09 | Agent Deployment |
| Module 10 | Simulation Engine |
| Module 11 | Endpoint Agent |
| Module 12 | Network Agent |
| Module 13 | Tests EDR detection and response |
| Module 14 | Cloud Agent |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice breach and attack simulation engineering by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for simulation engineering
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for hands-on skills
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for mindset shift
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for continuous validation
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for gap discovery
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Breach and Attack Simulation Engineering, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI