Cisco 300-215 CBRFIR study guide
Cisco 300-215 CBRFIR · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Cisco 300-215 CBRFIR exam is a Cisco certification exam focused on cybersecurity operations and incident response. This page is an independent study resource: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cisco, and it does not reproduce any official question bank. The Cisco 300-215 CBRFIR study guide has 4 sections and about 1,787 words.
01Forensics Fundamentals - Evidence Integrity, Volatility, and Legal Framing
This section tests how you preserve and acquire digital evidence before anyone analyzes it: chain of custody, order of volatility, legal constraints, and which Cisco capture points feed an investigation. Marks here come from procedure, not from tool trivia.
475 words, about 2 min02Forensic Analysis - Endpoint Artifacts, Network Evidence, and Timelines
This domain tests whether you can turn raw artifacts into a defensible narrative: which host and network records to pull, what each one can and cannot prove, and how to assemble them into a timeline. Windows Security log: 4624/4625 logon success and failure, 4688 process creation, 4720 account created, 7045 service installed, 1102 audit log cleared.
471 words, about 2 min03Incident Response and Analysis - Lifecycle, Telemetry, and Containment
This is the operational core of the exam: the response lifecycle, how Cisco telemetry drives triage, and how to choose a containment action without destroying the evidence you still need. Preparation → Detection and Analysis → Containment, Eradication and Recovery → Post-Incident Activity (NIST SP 800-61).
408 words, about 2 min04Post-Incident Response Activity - Eradication Proof, Reporting, and Metrics
This section covers what happens after containment: proving the threat is gone, recovering safely, documenting the incident for technical and executive audiences, honouring legal obligations, and converting findings into changes that measurably shorten the next response. Enumerate persistence and verify each item is removed; reimage rather than clean when the attacker held administrative rights; patch the entry vector; reset credentials and rotate keys.
433 words, about 2 min