Essentials of Communications
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 essentials course covers the core knowledge needed to operate competently in this domain. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn the fundamental concepts, terminology, risks, and defenses that form the foundation for all further study and professional practice. Students build a solid knowledge base that prepares them for more advanced courses and real-world security responsibilities.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Essentials of Communications
- Execute hands-on tasks for advanced cyber defense mastery
- Explain Executive Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for strategic communication impact — covering Communication failures amplify.
- Execute hands-on tasks for stakeholder confidence
- Execute hands-on tasks for regulatory compliance
- Execute hands-on tasks for narrative control
- Execute hands-on tasks for operational continuity
- Execute hands-on tasks for core definitions & terminology
- Execute hands-on tasks for incident communication plan
- Execute hands-on tasks for breach notification
- Execute hands-on tasks for crisis communication
- Execute hands-on tasks for incident communication planning
| Module 01 | Advanced Cyber Defense Mastery |
| Module 02 | Executive Overview |
| Module 03 | Strategic Communication Impact |
| Module 04 | Stakeholder Confidence |
| Module 05 | Regulatory Compliance |
| Module 06 | Narrative Control |
| Module 07 | Operational Continuity |
| Module 08 | Core Definitions & Terminology |
| Module 09 | Incident Communication Plan |
| Module 10 | Breach Notification |
| Module 11 | Crisis Communication |
| Module 12 | Incident Communication Planning |
| Module 13 | Plan Components |
| Module 14 | Severity Tiers |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice essentials of communications by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for advanced cyber defense mastery
- Lab 2: Explain Executive Overview fundamentals
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for strategic communication impact
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for stakeholder confidence
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for regulatory compliance
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Essentials of Communications, 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