Cybersecurity Risk Awareness

In our current digitally disrupted era, cybersecurity has now become more critical and the stakes are much higher. Daily cyber attack occurrences demonstrate the risks posed by cyber-threats – from individual, opportunistic hackers, to professional and organised cyber criminals groups with strategies to systematically steal intellectual property, disrupt businesses and even threaten our safety.

It is essential that the organisation takes control of allocating the right resources to address cyber threats, actively manage risk and prepare responses to cyber threats and incidents. This includes creating an informed and knowledgeable organisational culture.

Your employees are your first and primary line of defense against online crime. That’s where cybersecurity awareness training comes into play—equipping your employees with the knowledge and skills they need to protect themselves from criminal elements.

• Understand Knowledge of various threats and system vulnerabilities
• Apply basic risk management & risk assessment principles relating to cybersecurity threats
• Evaluate Organisational structure, roles and responsibilities
• Evaluate concept of incident response
• Develop/assist to develop their organization’s cybersecurity program

This course is designed for anyone who is required to develop or assist to develop cybersecurity agenda, to lead his/her organisation’s cybersecurity strategy and to respond swiftly and decisively on cyber incidents. This includes

• Business and operational leaders ie HR, Finance Managers who are participating in Cybersecurity related decisions
• Systems Owner, Project Sponsors
• Professionals who play a role in their organisation for managing cybersecurity.

The objective of this course is not to turn you into cybersecurity professionals, but to equip you with sufficient cybersecurity knowledge on the potential threats to your organisation's information and how to avoid situations that might put the organisation's data at risk.

This course is not recommended for those who have already attended Managing Cybersecurity Risk or Cyber Security for ICT Professionals.

What to Bring
No printed course materials will be issued.
Bring Your Own Laptop – Participants are required to bring your own internet-enabled laptop with these recommended configuration; Intel Core i5 (sixth generation or newer) or equivalent, Microsoft Windows 10 Professional, 8GB (or higher) RAM. The recommended web browser is Google Chrome to access courseware on the ISS learning management system.

• Cyber Risk Assessment & Management
• Security Design & Engineering
• ICT&SS Domain Knowledge
• ICT&SS Performance & Risk Management
• WOG ICT & Data Incident Management Operations
• WOG ICT & Data Incident Management Readiness

• CISCO
• Cybersecurity Engineer
• ICT & SS Risk Specialist
• ICT & SS Incident Management Officer

• Overview of cyber security threats
• Cyber attacks
• Preparing for and handling cyber threats
• Building the gap

Format

Lectures, case studies and group exercises