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CSFI-CSCOE- Certified SCADA Cyberspace Operations Engineer
Train how to execute cyberspace operations within an ICS/SCADA environment. This course provides you with a thorough understanding of Industrial Control System (ICS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) devices and their inner workings. You will learn how to execute cyber missions in which a SCADA environment is part of the greater cyberspace operational environment. By performing incident response on SCADA devices, you will learn in-depth concepts about SCADA devices.


Become a CSFI-DCOE (Defensive Cyberspace Operations Engineer). This is a unique CSFI certification track covering cyber operations (full spectrum). This track is designed to give the cyber warrior of today advanced capabilities.

The CSFI Mission:

The Cyber Security Forum Initiative (CSFI) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Omaha, NE and in Washington DC with a mission "to provide Cyber Warfare awareness, guidance, and security solutions through collaboration, education, volunteer work, and training to assist the US Government, US Military, Commercial Interests, and International Partners."

Our Focus:

  • Cyberspace Operations/Cyber Warfare Training
  • Research and Development
  • Cyber Security Crowd Sourcing
  • Social Media Campaign Services
  • CTF (Capture The Flag) Exercises
  • TTX

CSFI Training Portfolio:

  • Introduction to Cyber Warfare and Operations Design (ICWOD)
  • Defensive Cyber Operations Engineer (DCOE)
  • Certified Collections Analyst (CCA)
  • Certified SCADA Cyberspace Operations Engineer (CSCOE)


ICWOD and DCOE training is endorsed and approved by Capitol Technology University. Capitol Technology University is an NSA/DHS National Center of Academic Excellence. DCOE is approved for transfer credit (TC) toward a Master’s and Doctorate level courses in Information Assurance by Capitol Technology University.

Mark Kelton

CSFI Advisory Director
Former Deputy Director of the National Clandestine Service for Counterintelligence (DDNCS/CI) - CIA, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Security Studies Program of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

"The Cyber Security Forum Initiative (CSFI) is unique in its mission of maintaining and furthering those advantages by fostering Cyber awareness and collaboration among the U.S. government, military and commercial sectors, as well as with international partners. CSFI is prescient not only in its work in defeating current Cyber threats but also in anticipating future challenges. In its provision of security solutions, guidance and education on Cyber issues, CSFI is working to prepare government and industry for the Cyber challenges to come. By promoting collaboration and an exchange of ideas on Cyber between government and industry, CSFI is not only helping give our military services, intelligence and law enforcement agencies the skills and resources they need both to protect us and to project American power."

John Toolan

LtGen. (Ret.), USMC
CSFI Advisory Director

"The reputation of this organization [CSFI], particularly in the area of cyber and the information environment is stellar."


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