Cybersecurity Risk Management

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In Cybersecurity Risk Management, you'll learn ...

• Why cybersecurity risk management is important.
• The elements of a cybersecurity risk management plan
• Implementation requirements needed for successful and sustainable implementation of the plan.

Overview

This course is designed to provide an understanding of the framework for developing a cybersecurity risk management plan. These plans assist organizations in maximizing their survival and sustainability when catastrophic threats occur or unexpected events interrupt normal business or project operations.

The implementation of a cybersecurity risk management plan will assist organizations with reducing the potential of financial loss resulting from unauthorized access of confidential and/or personal information of customers of an organization, as well as allowing the organization to meet the regulatory requirements that state or federal laws have codified.

Through this course, the student will obtain a basic understanding of the elements of a cybersecurity risk management plan and the implementation requirements needed for its successful and sustainable implementation.

Upon completing this course, you will understand the basic requirements for developing and implementing a cybersecurity risk management plan for your organization.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

• The process involved in the implementation of a cybersecurity risk management plan
• Essential elements of a cybersecurity risk management plan
• The sources of cybersecurity threats, external and internal to the organization
• Training requirements of an implemented cybersecurity risk management plan
• Administration of an implemented cybersecurity risk management plan

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. CPD credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.