Cisco 100-160 CCST Cybersecurity Exam Tests 2026

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Welcome to Exam Cisco 100-160 CCST Cybersecurity Exam Tests 2026The successful candidate has the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to demonstrate cybersecurity skills. This test will be an entry point into the Cisco Certified program. The next certification in the pathway is Cisco’s CyberOps. This is a certification for entry-level cybersecurity technicians, students, interns, etc. The exam targets secondary and immediate post-secondary students, including entry-level IT and cybersecurity professionals.Objectives: CCST Cybersecurity1. Essential Security Principles1.1. Define essential security principles• Vulnerabilities, threats, exploits, and risks; attack vectors; hardening; defense-in- depth; confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA); types of attackers; reasons for attacks; code of ethics1.2. Explain common threats and vulnerabilities• Malware, ransomware, denial of service, botnets, social engineering attacks (tailgating, spear phishing, phishing, vishing, smishing, etc.), physical attacks, man in the middle, IoT vulnerabilities, insider threats, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)1.3. Explain access management principles• Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA); RADIUS; multifactor authentication (MFA); password policies1.4. Explain encryption methods and applications• Types of encryption, hashing, certificates, public key infrastructure (PKI); strong vs. weak encryption algorithms; states of data and appropriate encryption (data in transit, data at rest, data in use); protocols that use encryption2. Basic Network Security Concepts2.1. Describe TCP/IP protocol vulnerabilities• TCP, UDP, HTTP, ARP, ICMP, DHCP, DNS2.2. Explain how network addresses impact network security• IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, MAC addresses, network segmentation, CIDR notation, NAT, public vs. private networks2.3. Describe network in