CWT1 · E-6 BIBLIOGRAPHY · FEBRUARY 2027 EXAMReserve (SELRES)

CWT E-6 Reserve Bibs · February 2027

Cyber Warfare Technician · Effective September 2026 · 62 references

Reserve exam

Reserve bibs have one list.
  1. THE ARCHITECTURE OF COMPUTER HARDWARE, SYSTEMS SOFTWARE, AND NETWORKING, AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPROACH, 5TH EDITION; STUDY TOPICS ON DIGITAL COMPUTER LOGIC, INTERNAL OS, LOGIC
  2. AUTOMATE THE BORING STUFF WITH PYTHON, 2ND ED,  CHAPTER 17
  3. C++ HOW TO PROGRAM 10TH EDITION,  CHAPTER 10, 2, 8, 9
  4. CCNA CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE VOL1 2ND EDITION (ISBN: 978-13-94213-01-6); CHAPTER 12; STUDY TOPICS ON ACCESS CONTROL LISTS, CISCO INTERNETWORKING OPERATING SYSTEM, MANAGING A CISCO INTERNETWORK, ROUTER AND SWITCH CONFIGURA
  5. CERTIFIED ETHICAL HACKER STUDY GUIDE, VERSION 12; APPENDIX B; CHAPTER 7
  6. CJCSI 3370.01B
    TARGET DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
    Encl A
  7. CJCSM 6510.01B
    CYBER INCIDENT HANDLING PROGRAM
    APPENDIX A TO ENCLOSURE B, B TO ENCL C, B TO ENCL F, B TO ENCLOSURE FEncl AEncl BEncl C
  8. COMPTIA LINUX+ / LPIC-1 CERT GUIDE: (EXAMS LX0-103, LX0-104/101-400, 102-400),  CHAPTER 19
  9. COMPTIA NETWORK + CERTIFICATION ALL IN ONE EXAM GUIDE: EXAM 8TH EDITION; CHAPTER 7
  10. COMPTIA NETWORK+ CERTIFICATION PASSPORT, 7TH EDITION (EXAM N10-008) (ISBN: 978-1-264-26897-9); CHAPTER 6
  11. COMPTIA NETWORK+ STUDY GUIDE, 6TH EDITION (ISBN: 978-13-94235-60-5); CHAPTER 8; STUDY TOPICS ON OSI MODEL
  12. COMPTIA SECURITY+ SY0-701 CERTIFICATION GUIDE - THIRD EDITION (ISBN: 978-18-35461-53-2); STUDY TOPIC ON HASHING; STUDY TOPICS ON ROOTKITS
  13. CRITIC HANDBOOK,  SECTION 4; STUDY TOPIC ON AUTHORITIES
  14. CYBER OPERATIONS: BUILDING, DEFENDING, AND ATTACKING MODERN COMPUTER NETWORKS (ISBN: 978-1-4842-4294-3); CHAPTER 11, 3, 9
  15. CYBER PROTECTION TEAM (CPT) ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND EMPLOYMENT, VER. 3-33.4,  CHAPTER 1, 3; PREFACE PREFACE
  16. DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DIGITAL FORENSICS; CHAPTER 10, 11, 9; STUDY TOPICS ON FINDING LOST FILES
  17. DJSIG
    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION SYSTEM (DODIIS) JOINT SECURITY IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE (DJSIG)
    Sec 3STUDY TOPIC ON ACCESS CONTROL
  18. DODM 5105.21 VOL 1 CHG 2
    SCI ADMINISTRATIVE SECURITY MANUAL - ADMINISTRATION OF INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY
    Encl 2
  19. ETHICAL HACKING: TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND COUNTERMEASURES 4TH EDITION (ISBN: 978-1-284-249-2); CHAPTER 7
  20. EXECUTIVE ORDER (EO) 12333
    UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
  21. FILE SYSTEM FORENSIC ANALYSIS
    STUDY TOPICS ON DATA ORGANIZATION
  22. GOOGLE HACKING FOR PENETRATION TESTERS, 3RD EDITION; CHAPTER 2
  23. GRAY HAT HACKING: ETHICAL HACKERS HANDBOOK, 6TH EDITION (ISBN:978-1-264-26895-5); CHAPTER 1, 10, 13, 2; STUDY TOPICS ON BINARY ANALYSIS
  24. HACKER TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND INCIDENT HANDLING, 2ND ED.
    STUDY TOPIC ON PORT SCANNING
  25. HACKING EXPOSED 7: NETWORK SECURITY SECRETS AND SOLUTIONS,  CHAPTER 11, 2, 3, 4, 6; STUDY TOPICS ON AUTHENTICATED ATTACKS, COMMON APTS INDICATORS
  26. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT - ACTIVE EXPLOITATION; STUDY TOPIC ON COVERING TRACKS
  27. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS (DCO); CHAPTER 6
  28. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - ENTERPRISE LEVEL NETWORKING; STUDY TOPIC ON PASSWORDS
  29. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - FORENSIC METHODOLOGY AND MALWARE ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 7
  30. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS; STUDY TOPICS ON MEMORY, PSEUDOCODE
  31. JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE (JCAC) STUDENT GUIDE - WINDOWS
  32. JP 2-01
    JOINT AND NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO MILITARY OPERATIONS
    Ch 2
  33. JP 3-09
    JOINT FIRE SUPPORT
    Ch I
  34. JP 3-12
    JOINT CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS
    Ch ICh IICh III
  35. JP 3-13(CHANGE 1)
    INFORMATION OPERATIONS
    Ch IICh V
  36. JP 3-60
    JOINT TARGETING
    App CApp DCh ICh IICh IIIGlossary GLOSSARYSTUDY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  37. JP 5-0
    JOINT PLANNING
    Ch I
  38. MASTERING REVERSE ENGINEERING (ISBN: 978-1-78883-529-9); STUDY TOPICS ON DYNAMIC ANLYSIS
  39. MCSA WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE: EXAMS 70-410, 70-411, 70-412, 70-417,  CHAPTER 11
  40. MODERN X86 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING SECOND EDITION (ISBN#9781484240632); STUDY TOPIC ON CORE ARCHITECTURE
  41. NAVY-WIDE OPERATIONAL TASK (OPTASK) CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS,  SECTION D
  42. NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION, 3RD EDITION; STUDY TOPICS ON READING TCP DUMPS, TYPES OF DOS ATTACKS
  43. NSA/CSS POLICY 12-3
    PROTECTION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PRIVACY OF U.S. PERSON INFORMATION WHEN CONDUCTING NSA/CSSMISSION AND MISSION-RELATED ACTIVITIES
    Sec 8
  44. NTTP 3-13.2
    NAVY INFORMATION OPERATION WARFARE COMMANDERS MANUAL
    Ch 3
  45. NWP 3-12
    CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS EDITION FEBRUARY 2018
    Annex AAnnex C
  46. NWP 5-01
    NAVY PLANNING
    Ch 2
  47. OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS, 9TH EDITION; CHAPTER 15, 16, 2; STUDY TOPICS ON COMMUNICATION IN CLIENT-SERVER SYSTEMS, INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATIONS, MASTER FILE TABLE/NTFS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION AND SECURITY, SECURITY, VIRTUA
  48. PENETRATION TESTING AND NETWORK DEFENSE,  CHAPTER 5, 7
  49. RED TEAM FIELD MANUAL VER. 2
    STUDY TOPICS ON ADMIN COMMANDS, LINUX EXPLOITATION
  50. ROUTING AND SWITCHING ESSENTIALS COMPANION GUIDE; STUDY TOPIC ON CISCO IOS COMMANDS
  51. SECNAVINST 5510.36B
    DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM
    Encl 2
  52. SECURITY STRATEGIES IN WINDOWS PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS, 3RD EDTION (ISBN: 978-1-284-17563-9); CHAPTER 1
  53. THE SECURE SHELL: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE, 2ND EDITION (ISBN: 978-0-596-00895-6); CHAPTER 9
  54. THE ART OF MEMORY FORENSICS: DETECTING MALWARE AND THREATS IN WINDOWS, LINUX, AND MAC MEMORY (ISBN-13: 978-1-118-82509-9); STUDY TOPICS ON CODE INJECTION
  55. THE TCP/IP GUIDE, A COMPREHENSIVE, ILLUSTRATED INTERNET PROTOCOLS REFERENCE; CHAPTER 21, 39, 43, 47, 60, 65, 72, 88; STUDY TOPICS ON AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE, DATA REPRESENTATION, DNS NAME SERVER CONCEPTS AND OPERATION, ICMP, IPV4
  56. UNIX AND LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK 5TH ADDITION,  CHAPTER 1, 27, 7; STUDY TOPICS ON FILESYSTEM HIERARCHY STANDARD
  57. USCCINST 3000.14(REV A)
    TECHNICAL DECONFLICTION OF CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS
    Attachment 2Encl 3
  58. USCYBERCOM EXORD 25-004
    HUNT FORWARD OPERATIONS (HFO) REVISION 1
    Sec 3
  59. USSID 104
  60. USSID 4
  61. WINDOWS COMMAND-LINE ADMINISTRATORS POCKET CONSULTANT, SECOND ED.,  APPENDIX A
  62. WINDOWS INTERNALS PART 1, 7TH EDITION (ISBN-13 978-0-7356-8418-8); CHAPTER 2; STUDY TOPICS ON SECURITY

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
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  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.
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Source: the official February 2027 E-6 bibliography on Navy COOL (effective September 2026).