Ransomware readiness Operations Playbook: In Practice
RCCE students will learn organizational ransomware preparedness including prevention controls, detection capabilities, response planning, backup resilience, and recovery procedures. RCCE students will learn to assess organizational ransomware readiness through maturity assessments, implement multi-layered ransomware prevention controls including email security, endpoint protection, and network segmentation, configure detection rules for ransomware behavioral patterns, develop ransomware-specific incident response playbooks, design and test immutable backup architectures, conduct ransomware tabletop exercises, validate recovery capabilities through realistic tests, and build organizational awareness programs that reduce ransomware infection risk. This operations-focused course delivers production-ready playbooks, checklists, and standard operating procedures. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn to build repeatable day-to-day operational workflows that ensure consistency and quality. Students receive templates and frameworks they can customize and deploy immediately in their security operations, reducing time to operational effectiveness.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Ransomware readiness Operations Playbook: In Practice
- Execute hands-on tasks for ransomware readiness
- Execute hands-on tasks for operations playbook: in practice
- Execute hands-on tasks for production-ready playbooks, checklists & standard operating procedures
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn — covering Multi-layered ransomware prevention controls.
- Execute hands-on tasks for deliverables you receive — covering Ready-to-deploy operational templates.
- Execute hands-on tasks for course structure — covering Beginner level: fundamentals + simple workflows + key artifacts.
- Execute hands-on tasks for the ransomware threat landscape
- Execute hands-on tasks for who is targeted — covering Average ransom payment exceeds $500K, Healthcare and critical infrastructure.
- Execute hands-on tasks for modern ransomware tactics — covering Double extortion: encrypt + exfiltrate data.
- Execute hands-on tasks for ransomware kill chain
- Execute hands-on tasks for initial access
| Module 01 | Ransomware Readiness |
| Module 02 | Operations Playbook: In Practice |
| Module 03 | Production-Ready Playbooks, Checklists & Standard Operating Procedures |
| Module 04 | Course Overview |
| Module 05 | What You Will Learn |
| Module 06 | Deliverables You Receive |
| Module 07 | Course Structure |
| Module 08 | The Ransomware Threat Landscape |
| Module 09 | Who Is Targeted |
| Module 10 | Modern Ransomware Tactics |
| Module 11 | Ransomware Kill Chain |
| Module 12 | Initial Access |
| Module 13 | Establish Foothold |
| Module 14 | Lateral Movement |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice ransomware readiness operations playbook: in practice by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for ransomware readiness
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for operations playbook: in practice
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for production-ready playbooks, checklists & standard operating procedures
- Lab 4: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Ransomware readiness Operations Playbook: In Practice, 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