Overview
This 2-hour NIST Cyber Security Professional (NCSP®) Awareness Certificate self-paced video training course introduces students to the fundamentals associated with Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity Risk Management and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
On completion of the course, students are issued with a Certificate of Completion.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.
Objectives
This easy paced 2-hour eLearning NIST Cyber Security Professional (NCSP®) Awareness Certificate course introduces students to the fundamentals associated with Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity Risk Management and the NIST Cyber Security Framework
On completion of the course who will understand;
Understand Digital Transformation & Becoming Digital
- Basics of Digital Transformation
- Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation
- Digital Transformation & NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
Understanding Cyber Risks
- Cyber Risk Equation
- Cyber Risk Components
- Basics of Cyber Risk Assessment
Understanding the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Fundamentals
- NIST-CSF Overview
- Framework Core, Tiers & Profiles
Outline
Digital Transformation: Becoming Digital
Lesson: Basics of Digital Transformation
- What is Digital Transformation?
- Transformation – Industrial to Digital Era
- Digital Transformation & Critical Infrastructure
- Digital Transformation: Attributes of the Digital Enterprise
Lesson: Becoming Digital
- Digital Transformation from the Corner Office
- Becoming “Digital”
- Optimized Rate of Change
- Outside-in, Putting Customers First
- Transforming the Enterprise
Lesson: Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation
- Role of Cybersecurity in Digital Transformation
- Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure
- Digital Transformation: Basic Principles (THRIVE)
- Digital Transformation Impacts Many Areas
- Cybersecurity: Key DX Challenges
Lesson: DX & the Framework
- Digital Transformation & NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
- Basic Review of Cybersecurity Practices
- Establish or Improve Cybersecurity Program
- Communicate CS Requirements with Stakeholders
- Buying Decisions
- Identify Opportunities for New or Revised Informative References
- Methodology to Protect Privacy & Civil Liberties
Summary: Digital Transformation
- Knowledge Check – Things you should know
- Checkpoint
Understanding Cyber Risks
Lesson: Cyber Risk Equation
- The Problem
- Profile of an Attack
- Phases of the Kill Chain
- MITRE Attack Framework
- MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK Framework
- The Cyber Risk Equation
- Evaluating the Results – What does it all mean?
Lesson: Cyber Risk Components
- Cyber Risk Components: Threats
- Cyber Risk Components: Business & Technical Vulnerabilities
- Cyber Risk Components: Assets & Information
- Cyber Risk Components: Controls
- Cyber Risk: Fighting Back
Lesson: Basics of Cyber Risk Assessment
- Risk Assessments
- Risk Management Process
- Frame the Risk
- Assess the Risk
- Respond to the Risk
- Monitor the Risk
- Key Risk Concepts
- Risk Framing Components & Relationships
- Organizational Risk Frame
Summary: Understanding Cyber Risks
- Knowledge Check – Things you should know
- Checkpoint
NIST Cybersecurity Framework Fundamentals
Lesson: NIST-CSF Overview
- Cybersecurity Framework: Origins
- Key Attributes of NIST-CSF
- The Framework is for Organizations …
- The Framework Components
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework Components
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework as a Guide
- The Key Areas of Focus
- Why Adopt the NIST CSF?
- Benefits of Adopting NIST-CSF
- Evolution of NIST-CSF
Lesson: Framework Core, Tiers & Profiles
- NIST-CSF Core Functions
- Core Function: Goals and Objectives
- Framework Core Approach
- NIST-CSF Tier
- NIST-CSF Implementation Tiers
- Key Properties of Cyber Risk Management
- Implementation Tiers Approach
- Implementation Tiers Example
- NIST CSF Framework Profiles
- Thinking about a Profile
- Profile Information Input
- Seven-Step Process
- Core, Tiers, Profiles Example
Summary: NIST CSF Fundamentals
- Knowledge Check – Things you should know
- Checkpoint
On completion of the course students are issued with a Certificate of Completion.
Students can progress to the NIST Cyber Security Professional (NCSP®) Foundation Certificate or NIST Cyber Security Professional (NCSP®) Boot Camp Certificate.
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