NCAE Knowledge Units
CAE-CD requires 3 Foundational + 5 Technical Core + Optional units. CAE-CO adds 10 Mandatory (MKU) + Optional (OKU) units covering offensive, defensive, and reverse-engineering depth. Bar shows artifact coverage: drills, CTF, lectures, labs, courses, scoreboard errors.
drill
CTF
lect
lab
course
error
CAE-CD Foundational (3)
CAE-CD Technical Core (5)
CAE-CD Non-Technical Core (1)
CAE-CD Optional (58)
CD-AAL
AAL
0o / 0t
Advanced Algorithms
2crs
CD-ACR
ACR
0o / 0t
Advanced Cryptography
1crs
9err
CD-ALG
ALG
0o / 0t
Algorithms
5crs
CD-ANT
ANT
0o / 0t
Advanced Network Technology and Protocols
1crs
CD-ATC
ATC
0o / 0t
Analog Telecommunications
CD-BCD
BCD
0o / 0t
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
CD-CCO
CCO
0o / 0t
Cloud Computing
CD-CCR
CCR
0o / 0t
Cyber Crime
CD-CPS
CPS
0o / 0t
Cyber-Physical Systems
CD-CSE
CSE
0o / 0t
Cybersecurity Ethics
CD-DAT
DAT
0o / 0t
Databases
8err
CD-DBA
DBA
0o / 0t
Data Administration
CD-DCO
DCO
0o / 0t
Digital Communications
CD-DFS
DFS
0o / 0t
Digital Forensics
1crs
CD-DMS
DMS
0o / 0t
Database Management Systems
1err
CD-DST
DST
0o / 0t
Data Structures
CD-DVF
DVF
0o / 0t
Device Forensics
CD-EBS
EBS
0o / 0t
Embedded Systems
CD-FAC
FAC
0o / 0t
Forensic Accounting
CD-FMD
FMD
0o / 0t
Formal Methods
1crs
CD-FPM
FPM
0o / 0t
Fraud Prevention and Management
CD-HOF
HOF
0o / 0t
Host Forensics
1crs
CD-HRE
HRE
0o / 0t
Hardware Reverse Engineering
CD-IAA
IAA
0o / 0t
IA Architectures
CD-IAC
IAC
0o / 0t
IA Compliance
CD-IAS
IAS
0o / 0t
IA Standards
CD-ICS
ICS
0o / 0t
Industrial Control Systems
CD-IDR
IDR
0o / 0t
Independent/Directed Study/Research
CD-IDS
IDS
0o / 0t
Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems
2crs
CD-ITC
ITC
0o / 0t
Introduction to Theory of Computation
1crs
CD-LCS
LCS
0o / 0t
Life-Cycle Security
CD-LLP
LLP
0o / 0t
Low Level Programming
CD-MEF
MEF
0o / 0t
Media Forensics
CD-MOT
MOT
0o / 0t
Mobile Technologies
CD-NSA
NSA
0o / 0t
Network Security Administration
2crs
13err
CD-NTP
NTP
0o / 0t
Network Technology and Protocols
6err
CD-NWF
NWF
0o / 0t
Network Forensics
1crs
CD-OSA
OSA
0o / 0t
Operating Systems Administration
2crs
368err
CD-OSH
OSH
0o / 0t
Operating Systems Hardening
14c
2L
1lab
2crs
268err
CD-OST
OST
0o / 0t
Operating Systems Theory
CD-PBE
PBE
0o / 0t
Pre-OS Boot Environment
CD-PRI
PRI
0o / 0t
Privacy
CD-PTT
PTT
0o / 0t
Penetration Testing
3crs
CD-QAT
QAT
0o / 0t
QA/Functional Testing
CD-RFP
RFP
0o / 0t
Radio Frequency Principles
CD-SAS
SAS
0o / 0t
Software Assurance
1crs
CD-SCA
SCA
0o / 0t
Systems Certification and Accreditation
CD-SCS
SCS
0o / 0t
Supply Chain Security
CD-SPG
SPG
0o / 0t
Systems Programming
CD-SPP
SPP
0o / 0t
Secure Programming Practices
1crs
CD-SRE
SRE
0o / 0t
Software Reverse Engineering
CD-SSA
SSA
0o / 0t
Software Security Analysis
1crs
CD-SSE
SSE
0o / 0t
Systems Security Engineering
CD-THI
THI
0o / 0t
Threat Intelligence
CD-VLA
VLA
0o / 0t
Vulnerability Analysis
CD-VTT
VTT
0o / 0t
Virtualization Technologies
CD-WAS
WAS
0o / 0t
Web Application Security
18err
CD-WSN
WSN
0o / 0t
Wireless Sensor Networks
CAE-CO MKU (10)
CO-M1
M1
0o / 0t
Cyber Policy, Law, and Ethics
2crs
CO-M10
M10
1o / 0t
Offensive Cyber Operations
17q
CO-M2
M2
0o / 0t
Computer Science Foundations
2crs
CO-M3
M3
4o / 0t
Operating Systems
21q
1crs
CO-M4
M4
0o / 0t
Computer Networks
1crs
6err
CO-M5
M5
2o / 0t
Systems Programming
9q
3crs
CO-M6
M6
1o / 0t
Cybersecurity Foundations
6q
3crs
CO-M7
M7
0o / 0t
Applied Cryptography
9err
CO-M8
M8
0o / 0t
Software Reverse Engineering
CO-M9
M9
2o / 0t
Defensive Cyber Operations
33q