This certification exam is aimed at network security engineers and analysts who design secure network environments, implement security policies and protocols for IoT devices, and analyse network systems from an operational and security perspective, as well as at Security Operations Centre (SOC) analysts who analyse security incidents, respond to them and develop organisational response processes. It is also useful for solution architects, developers and testers who design, develop and test software solutions for their organisations. The certification is also relevant for operations engineers who deploy and maintain embedded and business-critical systems and conduct organisational gap analyses.