CWT2 · E-5 BIBLIOGRAPHY · FEBRUARY 2027 EXAMReserve (SELRES)

CWT E-5 Reserve Bibs · February 2027

Cyber Warfare Technician · Effective September 2026 · 53 references

Reserve exam

Reserve bibs have one list.
  1. AUTOMATE THE BORING STUFF WITH PYTHON, 2ND EDITION; CHAPTER 5, 6, 7
  2. C++ HOW TO PROGRAM, 10TH EDITION; CHAPTER 2, 6, 7
  3. CCNA CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE VOL1 2ND EDITION (ISBN: 978-13-94213-01-6); STUDY TOPICS ON ACCESS CONTROL LISTS, CISCO COMMANDS, IP ROUTING
  4. CFCOE V4.1
    CYBER FORCE CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT V4.1
    Ch 1
  5. CJCSM 6510.01B
    CYBER INCIDENT HANDLING PROGRAM
    APPENDIX A TO ENCL B, A TO ENCL F, B TO ENCL FENCLOSURE A, A TO ENCL B, B, D, G
  6. COMPTIA CLOUD+ STUDY GUIDE 3RD EDITION; STUDY TOPICS ON FUNCTIONS IN C PROGRAMMING
  7. COMPTIA LINUX+ / LPIC-1 CERT GUIDE: (EXAMS LX0-103, LX0-104/101-400, 102-400); CHAPTER 15, 9; STUDY TOPICS ON UNIX/LINUX NETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS
  8. COMPTIA LINUX+ STUDY GUIDE (ISBN: 978-88-41647-10-7); STUDY TOPIC ON SHELL SCRIPTING AND COMMANDS
  9. COMPTIA NETWORK+ STUDY GUIDE, 6TH EDITION (ISBN: 978-13-94235-60-5); CHAPTER 1, 10, 12, 25, 4\R\N, 8; STUDY TOPIC ON NUMBER CONVERSIONS
  10. COMPTIA SECURITY+ SY0-701 CERTIFICATION GUIDE - THIRD EDITION (ISBN: 978-18-35461-53-2); CHAPTER APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES; STUDY TOPICS ON COMMON ATTACKS, DNS ATTACKS, MONITORING, SINGLE SIGN-ON
  11. CRITIC HANDBOOK; ANNEX A
  12. DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DIGITAL FORENSICS; CHAPTER 19; STUDY TOPICS ON EMAIL TECHNOLOGY, FILE RECOVERY
  13. DISA ENDPOINT SECURITY SYSTEM (ESS); URL HTTPS://WWW.DISA.MIL/CYBERSECURITY/NETWORK-DEFENSE/ESS USE HBSS OVERVIEW
  14. DODM 5105.21 VOL 1 CHG 2
    SCI ADMINISTRATIVE SECURITY MANUAL - ADMINISTRATION OF INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY
    Encl 2
  15. ETHICAL HACKING: TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND COUNTERMEASURES 4TH EDITION (ISBN: 978-1-284-249-2); CHAPTER 3, 7
  16. FILE SYSTEM FORENSIC ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 2, 3; STUDY TOPICS ON FILE SYSTEM ANALYSIS
  17. FLEET DESIGN FOR CYBER DEFENSE 11 AUG 2017; STUDY TENTH FLEET FORCES AND COMMAND & CONTROL
  18. FROM GSM TO LTE - ADVANCED: AN INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE NETWORKS AND MOBILE BROADBAND, REVISED 2ND ED.; CHAPTER 5
  19. GOOGLE HACKING FOR PENETRATION TESTERS, 3RD EDITION; CHAPTER 2
  20. GRAY HAT HACKING: ETHICAL HACKERS HANDBOOK, 6TH EDITION (ISBN:978-1-264-26895-5); CHAPTER 2, 6; STUDY TOPICS ON ASSEMBLY BASICS, CYBER KILL CHAIN, LOCAL BUFFER OVERFLOW EXPLOITS
  21. HACKER TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND INCIDENT HANDLING, 2ND ED.; CHAPTER 7
  22. HACKING EXPOSED 7: NETWORK SECURITY SECRETS AND SOLUTIONS; CHAPTER 2, 3, 4; STUDY TOPICS ON DNS ENUMERATION, INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS, SCANNING, TCP/UDP HOST DISCOVERY
  23. HACKING EXPOSED WIRELESS, 3RD EDITION; STUDY TOPICS ON WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
  24. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT - ACTIVE EXPLOITATION; SECTION 12
  25. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE; CHAPTER 2
  26. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS (DCO); CHAPTER 1
  27. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - PROGRAMMIN/SCRIPTING; STUDY TOPICS ON SCRIPTING
  28. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - PROTOCOL ANALYSIS; STUDY TOPICS ON HTTP HEADERS
  29. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - WIRELESS AND MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES; STUDY TOPICS ON IEEE 802.11 STANDARDS
  30. JP 2-01
    JOINT AND NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO MILITARY OPERATIONS
    Ch I
  31. JP 3-12
    JOINT CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS
    Ch 1Ch 3STUDY EXECUTIVE SUMMARYSTUDY TOPICS ON CYBERSPACE
  32. JP 3-13.1
    ELECTRONIC WARFARE
    Ch 2
  33. MASTERING REVERSE ENGINEERING (ISBN: 978-1-78883-529-9); STUDY TOPIC ON ENCODING TYPES
  34. MCSA WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE: EXAMS 70-410, 70-411, 70-412, 70-417; CHAPTER 1
  35. NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION, 3RD EDITION; CHAPTER 5, 7, 9; STUDY TOPICS ON ARCHITECTURAL ISSUES
  36. NWP 3-12
    CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS EDITION FEBRUARY 2018
    Annex AAnnex B
  37. OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS, 9TH EDITION; CHAPTER 15; STUDY TOPICS ON MEMORY MANAGEMENT, NETWORK THREAT AND MITIGATION, OPERATIONS ON PROCESSES
  38. PENETRATION TESTING AND NETWORK DEFENSE; STUDY TOPICS ON DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK
  39. PRACTICAL UNIX AND INTERNET SECURITY, 3RD EDITIION (ISBN-13: 978-0-596-00323-4); CHAPTER 12, 24
  40. RED TEAM FIELD MANUAL VERSION 2; STUDY TOPICS ON COMMON PORTS, IP SUBNETTING, LINUX, WINDOWS
  41. ROUTING AND SWITCHING ESSENTIALS COMPANION GUIDE; CHAPTER 1; STUDY TOPICS ON ACCESS CONTROL LIST CONFIGURATION
  42. SECNAVINST 5510.30C
    DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM (U)
    Encl 2Encl 7
  43. SECNAVINST 5510.36B
    DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM
    Ch 4Encl 4
  44. SNORT COOKBOOK; STUDY TOPICS ON RULES AND SIGNATURES
  45. SSH; THE SECURE SHELL: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE, 2ND EDITION (ISBN: 978-0-596-00895-6); CHAPTER 7
  46. THE ARCHITECTURE OF COMPUTER HARDWARE, SYSTEMS SOFTWARE, AND NETWORKING, AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPROACH, 5TH EDITION; CHAPTER 11, 18, 7; STUDY TOPICS ON 7, DIGITAL COMPUTER LOGIC
  47. THE PYTHON STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION 3.8.0 (HTTP://WWW.DOCS.PYTHON.ORG/3/LIBRARY); STUDY TOPIC ON BUILT IN LIBRARY TYPES
  48. THE TCP/IP GUIDE, A COMPREHENSIVE, ILLUSTRATED INTERNET PROTOCOLS REFERENCE; CHAPTER 3, 4, 55, 6, 77, 87, 88; STUDY TOPICS ON BOOLEAN LOGIC, CLASSFUL IP ADDRESSING, DNS, DNS MESSAGE GENERATION AND TRANSPORT, HTTP, INTERACTIVE APPLICATION
  49. UNIX AND LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK 5TH ADDITION; CHAPTER 27, 28, 4
  50. USSID 104
  51. USSID 304
  52. WINDOWS COMMAND-LINE ADMINISTRATORS POCKET CONSULTANT, SECOND ED.; CHAPTER 8
  53. WINDOWS INTERNALS PART 1, 7TH EDITION (ISBN-13 978-0-7356-8418-8); CHAPTER 1; STUDY TOPICS ON FOUNDATION CONCEPTS AND TERMS, SECURITY, SECURITY AUDITING

Exam topics

6 topics · 20 subtopics

What 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
Official notes and source
  1. Reference links previously provided on this site have been permanently removed to comply with DoD security policies.
  2. This BIBLIOGRAPHY is provided by NAC to document the REFERENCES used by a subject matter expert (a Navy Chief in the rating) as the basis for writing the questions on the RESERVE Navy Advancement exam that will be given to SELECTED RESERVE (SELRES) PERSONNEL in February 2027. All exam questions are developed by rating subject matter experts utilizing the latest Occupational Standards provided by NAVMAC.
  3. The questions for your exam are based on the references listed in this bibliography. If a reference has been updated since the exam was created and differs from the reference listed here, the information in the updated reference will be considered when the exam is scored.
  4. The Professional Military Knowledge (PMK) references are no longer listed as part of this document, since PMK questions are no longer part of the Navy-Wide Advancement Exam (NWAE). PMK knowledge will be measured through the separate Professional Military Knowledge Eligibility Exam (PMK-EE) and details on administration of this exam can be found in the current cycle NAVADMIN.
  5. If you have questions, e-mail NETPDC_NAVY_ADVANCEMENT@navy.mil.

Source: the official February 2027 E-5 bibliography on Navy COOL (effective September 2026).