GRID — GIAC Response and Industrial Defense
GIAC's advanced OT/ICS certification focused specifically on incident response and forensic investigation in industrial environments — the blue team companion to GICSP. Covers active defense, network monitoring, threat hunting, and forensic investigation in OT/SCADA environments where IT IR methodologies often cannot be directly applied. DoD 8140 approved and one of very few certifications that addresses the unique IR challenges in operational technology environments where taking systems offline for investigation could disrupt physical processes. Expected for senior ICS security analysts and IR specialists in critical infrastructure.
| Issuer | GIAC / SANS Institute |
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| Level | intermediate |
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| Domains | Digital Forensics & Incident Response, OT / ICS / IoT Security |
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| Practical weight | 25% |
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| Cost (USD) | 999 |
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| Renewal | 4 years |
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| DoD 8140 | Yes |
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| Skills | ot_incident_response, ics_forensics, scada_investigation, ot_network_analysis, it_ot_convergence_ir, industrial_protocol_analysis, ot_threat_hunting |
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