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Professional Certificate · Master's level · CPP-04
Security Logging and Monitoring
For: Systems and network administrators, operations technicians and junior analysts in a security monitoring centre.
Learning outcomes
- Define a logging policy suited to the risks.
- Collect, centralise and normalise security events from heterogeneous sources.
- Build simple correlation rules and a monitoring dashboard.
Programme over 4 weeks
| Week | Content |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Logging policy: events to log, timestamping, retention, protection and integrity of logs. |
| Week 2 | Collection and centralisation: systems, networks, applications, cloud services; security information and event management tools, in an isolated virtual lab. |
| Week 3 | Correlation, alerts and monitoring dashboards. |
| Week 4 | Professional simulation in the lab: logging policy and dashboard for a provided environment. |
Assessment
Marked professional simulation in a virtual lab, assessed against a rubric (70%); online knowledge-check quiz (30%). No exercise is carried out on a real system.
The certificate is awarded with a mark of at least 10 out of 20.
Optional: Responsible Logging
An additional 1-credit module over 2 weeks (CPP-04C), awarded as a separate certificate; together with this certificate, it makes up the full course component of the original programme.
- Logging and alerting failures listed in the OWASP Top 10:2025 (A09 Security Logging and Alerting Failures).
- Personal data in logs: principles of the loi n°2008-12 du 25 janvier 2008 (Personal Data Protection Act) applied to retention periods and access.
At your own pace: the self-paced pathway
In a class, this certificate takes 4 weeks, on the cohort's dates. On the self-paced pathway, you start whenever you like, online, and progress at your own pace. The price is the same.
Estimate how long my pathway will take
- Duration
- about 4 weeks
- Estimated end
- 4 weeks after you start
- Examination
- Online, subject to available slots, no earlier than 4 weeks after you start
- Payment
- In a single payment
An indicative estimate, for a start today and 40 hours of work. You can change your pace along the way; the pathway must be completed within 12 weeks (about 3 months) of your start. Your e-Campus access opens with your first payment.
Admission
Experience of administering a system or a network (Bachelor's degree in computer science level, or equivalent experience assessed on application). Admission based on application; detailed requirements set by the school.
The credits you earn are recognised without further assessment if you later join the programme they come from, Professional Master's degree in Cybersecurity, within a period set by the certificate regulations.