CWT2 · E-5 BIBLIOGRAPHY · MARCH 2027 EXAMActive duty & FTS
CWT E-5 Bibs · March 2027
Cyber Warfare Technician · Effective October 2026 · 52 references on the Regular exam
- THE ARCHITECTURE OF COMPUTER HARDWARE, SYSTEMS SOFTWARE, AND NETWORKING, AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPROACH, 5TH EDITION, CHAPTER 8; STUDY TOPICS ON COMPUTER PERIPHERALS, CPU AND MEMORY, INTERNAL OPERATING SYSTEM & VIRTU
- AUTOMATE THE BORING STUFF WITH PYTHON, 2ND ED, CHAPTER 1, 2, 3; STUDY TOPIC ON FLOW CONTROL
- C++ HOW TO PROGRAM10TH EDITIONCh 7STUDY TOPICS ON DECISION MAKING, SEARCHING ARRAYS
- CCNA CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDEVOL1 2ND EDITION (ISBN: 978-13-94213-01-6)Ch 2STUDY TOPICS ON CISCO COMMANDS, IP ROUTING, OSI MODEL
- CJCSI 3370.01BTARGET DEVELOPMENT STANDARDSEncl DSTUDY TOPIC ON TARGET DEVELOPMENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- CJCSM 6510.01BCYBER INCIDENT HANDLING PROGRAMAPPENDIX A TO ENCL BEncl AEncl BEncl FSTUDY TOPICS ON COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE OVERVIEW, CYBER INCIDENT ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK, INCIDENT REPORTING
- COMPTIA CLOUD+ STUDY GUIDE 3RD EDSTUDY TOPIC ON NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION
- COMPTIA LINUX+ STUDY GUIDE(ISBN: 978-88-41647-10-7)STUDY TOPIC ON COMMANDS
- COMPTIA NETWORK+ STUDY GUIDE 6TH ED(ISBN: 978-13-94235-60-5)Ch 2Ch 8
- COMPTIA SECURITY+ SY0-701CERTIFICATION GUIDE - THIRD EDITION (ISBN: 978-18-35461-53-2)STUDY TOPICS ON COMMON ATTACKS, EMAIL SECURITY, ENCRYPTION PROTOCOLS, PHYSICAL CONTROLS, VIRUSES, WEB-BASED VULNERABILITIES
- CYBER PROTECTION TEAM (CPT) ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND EMPLOYMENT, VER. 3-33.4STUDY TOPIC ON CORE FUNCTIONS
- DEPLOYABLE MISSION SUPPORT SYSTEM - NAVY VERSION 3.0SYSTEM OPERATORS GUIDECh 1Ch 2
- DEPLOYABLE SECURITY TRAINER, CHAPTER 2, 7
- DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DIGITAL FORENSICS, CHAPTER 8
- DODM 5105.21 VOL 2 CHG 2SCI ADMINISTRATIVE SECURITY MANUAL ADMINISTRATION OF PHYSICAL SECURITY, VISITOR CONTROL, AND TECHNICAL SECURITYSTUDY TOPIC ON EDP
- ETHICAL HACKING: TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND COUNTERMEASURES 4TH ED.(ISBN: 978-1-284-249-2)Ch 15
- EXECUTIVE ORDER (EO) 12333UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
- FILE SYSTEM FORENSIC ANALYSIS, CHAPTER 3
- GOOGLE HACKING FOR PEN TESTERS3RD EDITIONCh 2
- GRAY HAT HACKING: ETHICAL HACKERS HANDBOOK, 6TH EDITION(ISBN:978-1-264-26895-5)STUDY TOPICS ON MEMORY, PROGRAMMING
- HACKER TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND INCIDENT HANDLING, 2ND ED., CHAPTER 12
- HACKING EXPOSED 7: NETWORK SECURITY SECRETS AND SOLUTIONS, CHAPTER 2, 4; STUDY TOPICS ON METASPLOIT, NETWORK ENUMERATION, SCANNING
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT - ACTIVE EXPLOITATION, SECTION 3.2, 6.3; STUDY TOPICS ON METASPLOIT FRAMEWORK, SECURE SHELL, TRACEROUTE
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE, CHAPTER 2; STUDY TOPIC ON LOGIC GATES
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS (DCO), CHAPTER 13, 3; STUDY TOPIC ON MITRE ATT&CK FRAMEWORK
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - ENTERPRISE LEVEL NETWORKINGSTUDY TOPICS ON ROUTING TABLES
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - FORENSIC METHODOLOGY AND MALWARE ANALYSISSTUDY TOPIC ON ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - NETWORKING CONCEPTS AND PROTOCOLSSTUDY TOPICS ON ETHERNET, OSI REFERENCE MODEL
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - OPERATING SYSTEMSSTUDY TOPIC ON MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - PROGRAMMIN/SCRIPTINGSTUDY TOPICS ON POWERSHELL, SCRIPTING
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALSSTUDY TOPICS ON FILE INPUT AND OUTPUT, POINTERS, PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGIES
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - PROTOCOL ANALYSISSTUDY TOPIC ON PROTOCOL ANALYSIS
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - WINDOWSSTUDY TOPIC ON LOGGING
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - WIRELESS AND MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES, MODULE 13
- JP 2-01JOINT AND NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO MILITARY OPERATIONSCh 3STUDY TOPIC ON ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- JP 3-12JOINT CYBERSPACE OPERATIONSCh ICh IICh IIISTUDY TOPIC ON AUTHORITIES
- JP 3-60JOINT TARGETINGSTUDY TOPIC ON OVERVIEW
- NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION, 3RD EDITIONSTUDY TOPICS ON DNS, ICMP, INTRODUCTION TO TCPDUMP AND TCP, OSI MODEL, ROUTING, SCANNING
- NWP 3-12CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS EDITION FEBRUARY 2018Annex BSTUDY TOPIC ON OVERVIEW
- NWP 3-63 VOL 1 COMPUTER NET OPS, CHAPTER 4
- OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS9TH EDITIONCh 19STUDY TOPIC ON SYSTEM PROGRAMS
- PENETRATION TESTING AND NETWORK DEFENSE, CHAPTER 7; STUDY TOPIC ON ACTIVE HOST RECONNAISSANCE
- RED TEAM FIELD MANUAL VER. 2STUDY TOPICS ON COMMANDS, FILE SYSTEMS, IP ADDRESSING, LINUX, NETWORK ENUMERATION
- ROUTING AND SWITCHING ESSENTIALSCOMPANION GUIDESTUDY TOPIC ON CISCO IOS COMMANDS
- SNORT COOKBOOKSTUDY TOPICS ON DETECTING IM, RULES AND SIGNATURES, TESTING SIGNATURES
- SSH; THE SECURE SHELL: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE, 2ND EDITION(ISBN: 978-0-596-00895-6)Ch 9
- THE TCP/IP GUIDEA COMPREHENSIVE, ILLUSTRATED INTERNET PROTOCOLS REFERENCECh 3Ch 4Ch 46Ch 87STUDY TOPICS ON ARP, AUTHENTICATION, CLASSLESS ROUTING, DNS, ICMP, IPV4 ADDRESSING CONCEPTS AND ISSUES, OSI REFERENCE MODEL ISSUES AND CON
- UNIX AND LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK 5TH ADDITION, CHAPTER 8; STUDY TOPICS ON FILE ATTRIBUTES, FILE SYSTEMS, INIT AND RUN LEVELS
- USSID 201,
- WINDOWS COMMAND-LINE ADMINISTRATORS POCKET CONSULTANT, SECOND ED., CHAPTER 3; STUDY TOPIC ON WINDOWS COMMAND LINE
- WINDOWS INTERNALS PART 1, 7TH EDITION(ISBN-13 978-0-7356-8418-8)Ch 7STUDY TOPICS ON KEY SYSTEM COMPONENTS, WINDOWS SECURITY
- WINDOWS INTERNALS PT26TH ED.Ch 12STUDY TOPICS ON FILE SYSTEMS
Exam topics
6 topics · 20 subtopicsWhat this exam covers, from the official topics list published with the bib.
CYBER PLANNINGCRISIS ACTION PLANNING (CAP) · FUTURE/CURRENT OPERATIONS · GUIDANCE AND DOCTRINE
DEFENSE CYBER OPERATIONSFUNCTIONS · TECHNIQUES AND GUIDANCE
OFFENSIVE CYBER OPERATIONSCOMPUTER NETWORK EXPLOITATION · CYBER OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT · NETWORK ENUMERATION · TARGET DEVELOPMENT
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTPROGRAMMING AND SCRIPTING · REVERSE ENGINEERING · SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE INTEGRATION
SECURITY AND ADMINISTRATIONLAWS AND DIRECTIVES · SECURITY
SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS AND EVALUATIONSBASIC PROGRAMMING · NETWORK ANALYSIS · OPEN SOURCE · OPERATING SYSTEMS · OPERATIONS SUPPORT · SCANNING
Substitute exams are given after the Regular exam to sailors who couldn't take it as scheduled. Study this list only if you're taking the substitute.
- ARCHITECTURE OF COMPUTER HARDWARESYSTEMS SOFTWARE, AND NETWORKING, AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPROACH, 5TH EDITIONCh 1Ch 7Ch 10Ch 11Ch 18
- AUTOMATE THE BORING STUFF WITH PYTHON, 2ND ED, CHAPTER 1, 4, 7, 9; STUDY INTRODUCTION
- BLUE TEAM FIELD MANUALSTUDY TOPIC ON NMAP
- CCNA NETWORK STUDY GUIDE7TH EDITIONCh 4Ch 8Ch 12
- CERTIFIED ETHICAL HACKER STUDY GUIDEVERSION 12Ch 5Ch 6
- CJCSI 3370.01BTARGET DEVELOPMENT STANDARDSEncl AEncl B
- CJCSM 6510.01BCYBER INCIDENT HANDLING PROGRAMAPPENDIX A TO ENCLOSURE BEncl AEncl BEncl CEncl DSTUDY TOPICS ON CYBER INCIDENTS, INCIDENT REPORTING
- COMPTIA NETWORK+ STUDY GUIDEEXAM N10-003, 4TH EDITIONCh 4Ch 8Ch 11
- COMPTIA SECURITY+ STUDY GUIDE SY0-401, SIXTH ED., CHAPTER 18, 3, 7, 8
- COMPUTER SECURITY FUNDAMENTALS 3RD ED.(2016) (ISBN-13: 978-0-13-447062-7)Ch 4
- CYBER PROTECTION TEAM (CPT) ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND EMPLOYMENT, VER. 3-33.4VER. 3-33.4Ch 3
- DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGYTHE ART AND SCIENCE OF DIGITAL FORENSICSSTUDY TOPICS ON EMAIL FORENSICS, FILE RECOVERY, NETCAT, NETWORK CAPTURE
- DODM 5105.21 VOL 2 CHG 2SCI ADMINISTRATIVE SECURITY MANUAL ADMINISTRATION OF PHYSICAL SECURITY, VISITOR CONTROL, AND TECHNICAL SECURITYEncl 4
- ESSENTIAL LINUX ADMINISTRATIONA COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR BEGINNERSSTUDY TOPIC ON UNIX\\LINUX COMMANDS
- EXECUTIVE ORDER (EO) 12333UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
- FILE SYSTEM FORENSIC ANALYSISSTUDY TOPICS ON DOS PARTITIONS
- FUNDAMENTALS OF LINUX(ISBN: 978-1-78953-752)STUDY TOPICS ON COMMAND LINE
- GOOGLE HACKING FOR PEN TESTERS3RD EDITIONCh 8
- GRAY HAT HACKING 6TH EDGRAY HAT HACKING: ETHICAL HACKERS HANDBOOK, 6TH EDITION (ISBN:978-1-264-26895-5)Ch 8STUDY TOPICS ON ASSSEMBLY BASICS, BASIC LINUX SHELLCODE, CYBER KILL CHAIN, HACKING METHODOLOGY, MEMORY MANAGEMENT
- HACKER TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND INCIDENT HANDLING, 2ND ED., CHAPTER 1, 12, 6, 7
- HACKING EXPOSED 7: NETWORK SECURITY SECRETS AND SOLUTIONS, CHAPTER 2, 3, 4, 6; STUDY TOPICS ON AUTHENTICATED ATTACKS, CASING THE ESTABLISHMENT, ENUMERATION TECHNIQUES, HOST DISCOVERY, TCP/UDP HOST
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES - C, 4TH ED.STUDY TOPIC ON OPERATORS
- INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 9899:201X PROGRAMING LANGUAGES - CSTUDY TOPIC ON OPERATORS
- IPV6 ESSENTIALS, 3RD EDITION(ISBN-13: 978-1-4493-1921-2)Ch 2
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT - ACTIVE EXPLOITATION, SECTION 12, 3; STUDY TOPICS ON VIRTUAL MACHINE (VM) ESCAPES
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE, CHAPTER 4; STUDY TOPICS ON REGISTERS
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS(DCO)STUDY TOPICS ON MALICIOUS SOFTWARE
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - FORENSIC METHODOLOGY AND MALWARE ANALYSISSTUDY TOPICS ON STATIC ANALYSIS
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - OPERATING SYSTEMS, CHAPTER 2; STUDY TOPICS ON LINUX FILE SYSTEMS
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALSSTUDY TOPIC ON PROGRAMMING
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - PROTOCOL ANALYSISSTUDY TOPICS ON WIRESHARK
- JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - WINDOWSSTUDY TOPICS ON WINDOWS REGISTRY
- JP 2-01JOINT AND NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO MILITARY OPERATIONSCh 2
- JP 3-12JOINT CYBERSPACE OPERATIONSCh 1Ch 2Ch 3Ch 4STUDY TOPICS ON AUTHORITIES
- MASTERING REVERSE ENGINEERING(ISBN: 978-1-78883-529-9)STUDY TOPIC ON TOOLS
- MCSA WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE: EXAMS 70-410, 70-411, 70-412, 70-417, CHAPTER 1
- MODERN X86 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING SECOND EDITION(ISBN#9781484240632)STUDY TOPICS ON SOURCE CODE EXTENSIONS, X86 ARCHITECTURE
- NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION3RD EDITIONCh 3Ch 5Ch 13STUDY TOPICS ON ARCHITECTURAL ISSUES
- NSA/CSS POLICY 12-3PROTECTION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PRIVACY OF U.S. PERSON INFORMATION WHEN CONDUCTING NSA/CSSMISSION AND MISSION-RELATED ACTIVITIESSTUDY TOPICS ON C++
- NWP 3-12CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS EDITION FEBRUARY 2018Annex BCh 1
- NWP 3-63 VOL 1 COMPUTER NET OPSNWP 3-63 VOL 1 - COMPUTER NETWORK OPERATIONSCh 4
- OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTSOPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS, 9TH EDITIONCh 9Ch 15
- PENETRATION TESTING AND NETWORK DEFENSE, CHAPTER 5
- PRACTICAL UNIX AND INTERNET SECURITY, 3RD EDITIION(ISBN-13: 978-0-596-00323-4)Ch 15
- PYTHON CRASH COURSE 3RD ED(ISBN: 978-1-7185-0270-3)Ch 3
- RED TEAM FIELD MANUAL VER. 2STUDY TOPICS ON DOMAIN AND USER ENUMERATION, NETWORKING, WINDOWS
- ROUTING AND SWITCHING ESSENTIALS COMPANION GUIDESTUDY TOPICS ON ACL FUNDAMENTALS
- SECNAVINST 5510.30CDEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM (U)Ch 1Ch 6
- SECNAVINST 5510.36BDEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAMCh 3Encl 2
- SNORT COOKBOOK, CHAPTER 3; STUDY TOPICS ON RULES AND SIGNATURES
- THE TCP/IP GUIDEA COMPREHENSIVE, ILLUSTRATED INTERNET PROTOCOLS REFERENCECh 3Ch 4Ch 6Ch 10Ch 20Ch 43STUDY TOPICS ON DNS, DNS NAME SERVER CONCEPTS, IP NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT) PROTOCOL, IPV6, IPV6 OVERVIEW, CHANGES, AND TRA
- THE VULNERABILITY RESEARCHERS HANDBOOK(ISBN: 13 978-1-80323-887-6)Ch 3
- UNIX AND LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK 5TH ADDITION, CHAPTER 22, 4; STUDY TOPICS ON FIREWALLS
- USSID 201,
- WINDOWS COMMAND-LINE ADMINISTRATORS POCKET CONSULTANT, SECOND ED., APPENDIX A; STUDY TOPICS ON POWERSHELL
- WINDOWS INTERNALS PART 1, 7TH EDITION(ISBN-13 978-0-7356-8418-8)STUDY TOPICS ON FOUNDATION CONCEPTS AND TERMS, WINDOWS SECURITY
Exam topics
6 topics · 20 subtopicsWhat this exam covers, from the official topics list published with the bib.
CYBER PLANNINGCRISIS ACTION PLANNING (CAP) · FUTURE/CURRENT OPERATIONS · GUIDANCE AND DOCTRINE
DEFENSE CYBER OPERATIONSFUNCTIONS · TECHNIQUES AND GUIDANCE
OFFENSIVE CYBER OPERATIONSCOMPUTER NETWORK EXPLOITATION · CYBER OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT · NETWORK ENUMERATION · TARGET DEVELOPMENT
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTPROGRAMMING AND SCRIPTING · REVERSE ENGINEERING · SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE INTEGRATION
SECURITY AND ADMINISTRATIONLAWS AND DIRECTIVES · SECURITY
SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS AND EVALUATIONSBASIC PROGRAMMING · NETWORK ANALYSIS · OPEN SOURCE · OPERATING SYSTEMS · OPERATIONS SUPPORT · SCANNING
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Source: the official March 2027 E-5 bibliography on Navy COOL (effective October 2026).