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CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Responder (CCFR)

Role-based Falcon certification for front-line analysts responding to detections, earned by passing the CCFR examination and meeting program requirements.

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CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Responder (CCFR)
Accounts And Delivery
A Pearson candidate account and matching government-issued ID are required for scheduling/identity verification. Delivery is at a Pearson test center or via Pearson OnVUE, subject to actual appointments and online system requirements. No exact future seat availability was verified.
Applicability
Current public owner program and FAQ link the submitted guide for CCFR. The September 2026 last-updated marker is not an official effective date. No applicable official retirement/replacement announcement was found; official exam, route and credential date boundaries remain null.
Credential Maintenance
Certification is valid for three years from successful examination completion; recertification requires passing the current examination. This holder-specific duration is not an exam-version retirement date.
Eligibility
All registrants must accept the CrowdStrike Certification Exam Agreement and be at least 18. Achieving a passing score and refraining from misconduct are required for certification.
Language
Only the English examination is investigated; the guide expects sufficiently fluent English comprehension and states suitability for non-native English speakers.
Registration Payment
The current CCFR guide instructs all registrants to purchase an exam voucher; the owner's current FAQ and Pearson instructions also explicitly allow payment by credit card during scheduling. Vouchers cost $250 USD; designated Flex subscription named users receive included vouchers. Pearson credit-card checkout may add taxes and fees.
Retakes
Wait 48 hours after the first failure, then seven days for the third and subsequent attempts. Beyond the fourth attempt is case-by-case. A technical fourth failure permits a fifth attempt. A fourth failure due to performance requires 30 days, completion again of recommended training, and meeting with the CrowdStrike Certification Manager before fifth-attempt registration. Previously passed exams cannot be retaken except approved recertification; beta exams cannot be retaken.
Training And Product Access
No initial-attempt training prerequisite or CSU-account prerequisite per the explicit owner FAQ. CSU courses, recommended reading and at least six months of Falcon experience are strongly recommended. Optional CSU learning access requires the organization's active CrowdStrike subscription and Customer Center access; instructor-led training may require credits. Subscription vouchers attach to designated named users, not a universally required subscription purchase.

CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Responder (CCFR)

Provider
Pearson
Format
Proctored multiple-choice, single-correct response; Pearson test center or Pearson OnVUE.
Exam questions
Total questions: 60.
Time limit
90 minutes
Exam fee
Exam vouchers: $250 USD; included for designated Flex for Services: Subscription named users; direct Pearson credit-card payment may incur additional taxes and fees.
Examination outline
  • MITRE ATT&CK Framework Application
    • Understand what information the MITRE ATT&CK framework provides
    • Apply MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques within Falcon to provide context to a detection
  • Detection Analysis
    • Recommend courses of action based on the analysis of information provided with Falcon
    • Interpret information displayed in the Endpoint security > Activity dashboard
    • Interpret information displayed in Endpoint security > Endpoint detections
    • Determine appropriate response to an activity based on detection source
    • Understand use cases for built-in OSINT tools
    • Explain what contextual event data is available in detection (IP/DNS/Disk/etc.)
    • Triage a detection using filtering, grouping and sort-by
    • Evaluate the impact of internal and external prevalence
    • Evaluate an activity and determine a response based on information displayed in the Full Detection view
    • Interpret the data provided in the View As Process Tree, View As Process Table and View As Process Activity
    • Identify managed/unmanaged Neighbors for an endpoint during a Host Search
    • Understand an IOC and the different types of actions available via Falcon
    • Distinguish the use cases for various Hash Management Actions (Block, Block and Hide Detection, Detect Only, Allow, No action)
    • Understand the effects of allowlisting and blocklisting
    • Explain the effects of machine learning exclusion rules, sensor visibility exclusions, and IOA exclusions
    • Apply best practices to quarantined files
  • Event Search
    • Perform an Advanced Event Search from a detection and refine a search using event actions
    • Determine when and why to use specific event actions
    • Distinguish between commonly used event types
  • Event Investigation
    • Explain what information a Process Timeline will provide
    • Explain what information a Host Timeline will provide
    • Understand when to pivot to a Process Timeline or Process Explorer from an Event Search
    • Analyze process relationships (parent/child/sibling) using the information contained in the Full Detection Details
  • Search Tools
    • Analyze the information provided in a User Search
    • Analyze the information provided in an IP Search
    • Analyze the information provided in a Hash Search
    • Analyze the information provided in Host Search results
    • Analyze the information provided in a Bulk Domain Search
  • Falcon Real Time Response (RTR)
    • Explain the technical capabilities of Falcon Real Time Response
    • Identify administrative requirements for Real Time Response settings
    • Determine when and how to connect to a host
    • Investigate a threat within Falcon and use RTR commands to remediate it
    • Utilize custom scripts in RTR to remediate a threat
    • Set up a Workflow with RTR custom scripts
    • Review audit logs to audit RTR activity
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