Communications Threats and Detection
RCCE students will learn incident communication planning and execution including internal stakeholder notifications, external party communications, media handling, regulatory breach notifications, and crisis communications. RCCE students will learn to develop communication templates for various incident scenarios, establish communication chains of command, coordinate messaging between technical teams, legal counsel, public relations, and executive leadership, manage communication timing to balance transparency with investigation needs, handle media inquiries during active incidents, and comply with regulatory notification requirements including GDPR 72-hour notification rules. This threat-focused course teaches students to think like adversaries while building robust defenses. Building on core knowledge, RCCE students will learn to analyze attack techniques, build detection logic, and implement defensive strategies that proactively identify threats before they cause damage. Students develop a threat-informed mindset that drives better security decisions across all operational activities.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Communications Threats and Detection
- Execute hands-on tasks for communications threats
- Execute hands-on tasks for incident communication planning, execution & defense
- Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Execute hands-on tasks for communication planning — covering incident communication frameworks.
- Execute hands-on tasks for stakeholder coordination — covering Coordinate technical, legal, PR, executive teams.
- Execute hands-on tasks for regulatory compliance — covering Comply with GDPR 72-hour notification rules.
- Execute hands-on tasks for threat-informed defense — covering Analyze communication channel attack vectors.
- Explain Module Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for expected outcomes — covering 18 subtopics across 6 domains.
- Execute hands-on tasks for why incident communications matter
- Execute hands-on tasks for operational continuity — covering Poor communication extends incident duration.
- Execute hands-on tasks for legal & financial exposure — covering Late breach notifications trigger regulatory fines.
| Module 01 | Communications Threats |
| Module 02 | Incident Communication Planning, Execution & Defense |
| Module 03 | Learning Objectives |
| Module 04 | Communication Planning |
| Module 05 | Stakeholder Coordination |
| Module 06 | Regulatory Compliance |
| Module 07 | Threat-Informed Defense |
| Module 08 | Module Overview |
| Module 09 | Expected Outcomes |
| Module 10 | Why Incident Communications Matter |
| Module 11 | Operational Continuity |
| Module 12 | Legal & Financial Exposure |
| Module 13 | Reputation & Trust |
| Module 14 | Regulatory Mandates |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice communications threats and detection by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for communications threats
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for incident communication planning, execution & defense
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for communication planning
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for stakeholder coordination
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Communications Threats and Detection, 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