• Online, Instructor-Led
  • Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

This course will introduce participants to the tenets of information security and information privacy risk management, including information risk governance, metrics and management reporting; and common frameworks for identifying, treating, and managing risk. This course will describe how to develop a security program, draft policies, and conduct internal, external, and vendor risk assessments. Additionally, this course will address proactive security design and testing techniques to reduce downstream risk; security contract negotiations to reduce the potential for future liability; and standard operational processes businesses need to effectively manage ongoing risk. This course will also cover privacy program operations, including policies, privacy notices, and?conducting privacy impact assessments/data protection impact assessments. 

Learning Objectives

Understand and use a variety of risk frameworks to build a cybersecurity program | Draft a security process and create a security control framework to assess potential risks |Determine when third party assessments are required, and be able to conduct a third-party assessment | Describe the role of external audits and assessments | Articulate the role of privacy documents, including privacy policies, notices, and other disclosures

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) identified within the Specialty Areas listed below. Click to view Specialty Area details within the interactive National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.