GIAC (SANS)GIAC Response and Industrial Defense
The GIAC Response and Industrial Defense (GRID) certification validates your ability to defend Industrial Control Systems (ICS) using Active Defense strategies. It proves you understand how ICS-specific attacks inform mitigation, and that you can apply network security monitoring, digital forensics, and incident response in operational technology environments. For ICS incident responders, SOC analysts, and security professionals protecting critical infrastructure, GRID demonstrates real-world readiness to detect, respond to, and contain threats targeting industrial networks.
309 practice questions · Updated 2026-07-30
GRID Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the GRID exam measures.
- Active Defense Fundamentals
- Deception Technologies
- Honeypot Deployment in ICS
- Honeynet Architecture
- Honeytoken Implementation
- Active Response Techniques
- Threat Hunting
- Cyber Deception Planning
- Legal and Ethical Considerations
- Integration with ICS Operations
- ICS Network Traffic Analysis
- ICS Asset Discovery and Inventory
- ICS Protocol Anomaly Detection
- ICS Behavioral Analytics
- ICS-Specific Threat Signatures
- ICS Log Correlation and Analysis
- ICS Detection Use Case Development
- ICS Security Monitoring Tools
- ICS Incident Detection Workflow
- ICS False Positive Reduction
- ICS Network Monitoring Fundamentals
- Monitoring Data Sources
- Passive vs. Active Monitoring
- ICS-Specific Monitoring Tools
- Monitoring for Anomalies and Threats
- Alerting and Response in ICS Monitoring
- Compliance and Reporting in ICS Monitoring
- ICS Asset Inventory
- Network Visibility Techniques
- Asset Discovery Tools
- Data Sources for Asset Awareness
- Challenges in ICS Asset Visibility
- Asset Criticality and Risk Assessment
- Maintaining Asset Awareness
- ICS Incident Response Lifecycle
- ICS-Specific Threat Landscape
- Incident Detection and Triage in ICS
- Containment Strategies for ICS
- Eradication and Recovery in ICS
- Forensics and Evidence Handling in ICS
- Coordination and Communication in ICS Incidents
- Lessons Learned and Post-Incident Improvement
- ICS Threat Hunting Fundamentals
- ICS Threat Hunting Methodologies
- ICS Data Sources and Collection
- ICS Network Traffic Analysis
- ICS Endpoint and Asset Analysis
- ICS Threat Intelligence Integration
- ICS Anomaly Detection and Baselining
- ICS Threat Hunting Tools and Techniques
- ICS Threat Hunting Process and Documentation
- ICS Threat Intelligence Sources
- ICS Threat Intelligence Types
- ICS Threat Intelligence Lifecycle
- ICS Threat Actor Profiling
- ICS Threat Indicators
- ICS Threat Intelligence Integration
- ICS Threat Intelligence Sharing
- ICS Threat Intelligence Analysis
- ICS Threat Intelligence Limitations
- ICS Threat Intelligence Reporting
Percentages reflect share of the current practice bank, not official exam weightings — no structured per-skill weight is published for GRID, so none is invented.