Course Information

This course covers cybersecurity risks, control design and protection measures, cybersecurity program execution, warning signs, audit, and investigative techniques.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

•  Understand security fundamentals, including core security principles, critical security controls, and best practices for securing information technologies, operations, and data.

• Assess common cybersecurity risks, threats, and vulnerabilities in the management of cybersecurity and IT audit programs. Assess common cybersecurity risks, threats, and vulnerabilities in the management of cybersecurity and IT audit programs.

• Evaluate an organization’s technical, operational, and management infrastructure against common security principles and compliance controls

Detailed Course Outline

Lecture format due to volume of content. Agenda items can be removed or deprioritized to provide a more interactive learning experience.

 1. Cybersecurity Overview

• Cybersecurity key concepts

• Cybersecurity history and breaches

• Types of cyber-attacks - human

• Types of cyber-attacks – technical

• Cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and regulations

• NIST framework and standards

• Industry frameworks (PCI, HIPAA, CIS CSC, ISO/IEC)

• Cybersecurity oversight, governance, and compliance

• Security policies

• Security risk management overview

• Threat analysis

• Security risk management in practice

2. Asset Management

• Asset Identification and Inventory

• Third-party/service provider management

• Business impact assessment

• Configuration management and change control

3. Cybersecurity Protection Techniques

• Defending business assets overview

• Identity and access management

• Authentication and authorization

• Vulnerability and patch management

• Security awareness

• Physical security

• Personnel security

• Computer networking fundamentals

• Network defenses

• Network security access controls

• Endpoint and system security configuration

• Endpoint and system security protection

• Application security

• Cloud and virtualization security

4. Encryption, Digital Signatures, and Data Protection

• Encryption concepts

• Cryptographic algorithms

• Encryption – public key infrastructure

• Data protection techniques

• Data privacy controls

5. Event Detection, Incident Response, and Recovery

• Logging, monitoring, and alerting

• Incident response (IR) planning

• Incident response (IR) testing

• Digital forensics

• Recovering data and systems

• Business continuity and contingency planning

6. Auditing Cybersecurity

• The auditor’s role

• CISO’s role

• Establishing audit scope

• Building the audit plan

• Cybersecurity evaluation methods

• Vulnerability assessments, scanning and testing

• Penetration testing

• Security maturity models (CMMI)

• Auditing using NIST frameworks

• Auditing with other security frameworks and standards

• Auditing cybersecurity using the payment card industry (PCI)

• Cybersecurity auditing examples

7. Audit Evidence and Reporting

• Collecting and organizing cybersecurity evidence

• NIST reporting requirements

• Prioritizing risks and influencing decisions

8. Course Wrap-up

• Course summary and conclusion

Prerequisite not required.