NIST Cybersecurity Framework Foundation Certification Course Outline

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This course has not yet been approved by the New Hampshire Department of Education. Please contact us for an update on when the class will be available in New Hampshire.

Course Overview
Accredited through APMG International, certified in the UK by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and listed as qualified cyber training by Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS CISA) in the USA, the NIST Cyber Security Professional training program teaches individuals and organizations how to engineer, operationalize and continually improve a NIST Cybersecurity Framework program. This NIST Cybersecurity Professional Foundation Certificate course is designed to teach IT, Business and Cybersecurity professionals the fundamentals of digital transformation, cyber security risk management and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST-CSF). Accredited through APMG International, certified in the UK by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and listed as qualified cyber training by Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS CISA) in the US, the NIST Cyber Security Professional (NCSP®) training program teaches individuals and organizations how to engineer, operationalize and continually improve a NIST Cyber Security Framework (NIST-CSF) Program.

Course Objectives
This Foundation training course outlines current cybersecurity challenges and explains how organizations who operationalize a NIST-CSF program across an enterprise and its supply chain can mitigate these challenges.
This course, is the first examinable course in a series of NIST Cyber Security Professional training courses designed to help organizations create a culture-driven, adaptive, cyber-resilient enterprise capable of creating, protecting, and delivering digital business value.

Who Should Attend?
For IT, Business and Cyber Security professionals who will play an active or passive role in engineering, operationalizing and continually improving an organizations NIST-CSF program and those looking for a baseline knowledge of the NIST-CSF who are considering a career in cybersecurity.

Course Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites for NIST Cybersecurity Professional Foundation Certificate course attendance.

Course Outline

1 - DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Explain what it means to “become digital”
Discuss the difference between industrial and digital era enterprises
Explain how cybersecurity supports an organization’s digital transformation

2 - UNDERSTANDING CYBER RISKS
Explain the cyber risk equation
Identify and explain each component of the cyber risk equation
Describe the basics of a risk assessment

3 - NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK FUNDAMENTALS
Explain the genesis of the NIST-CSF
List and describe the components of the NIST-CSF
Describe each of the NIST-CSF’s objectives

4 - CORE FUNCTIONS, CATEGORIES & SUBCATEGORIES
Core Functions
Framework Categories
Informative References

5 - IMPLEMENTATION TIERS & PROFILES
Understand and explain Implementation Tier terms and their use
Understand and explain each Implementation Tier
Understand and describe the three risk categories
Understand and explain Profiles and their use of Current
Understand and explain Profiles and their use of Target
Understand and describe the use of Profiles when determining gaps
Understand and describe the use of Profiles when to identify & prioritize focus areas
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