Cybersecurity Risk Awareness

Overview

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.

This programme is part of the CyberSecurity and Digital Strategy & Leadership series offered by NUS-ISS.

Key Takeaways

At the end of the programme, you will be able to:

• 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

Who Should Attend

• Please refer to the job roles section.
• Designed for Public Service Officers who are required to develop or assist to develop cybersecurity agenda, to lead their organisation’s cybersecurity strategy and to respond swiftly and decisively on cyber incidents. This includes:
  • business and operational leaders i.e. HR, Finance Managers who are participating in Cybersecurity related decisions
  • systems owners
  • project sponsors
  • professionals who play a role in their organisation for managing cybersecurity.

The objective of this programme 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 programme is not recommended for those who have already attended Managing Cybersecurity Risk or Cyber Security for ICT Professionals.

Prerequisites

You should have foundational understanding of what is cybersecurity and some of the existing cybersecurity policies in your organisation. There will be a pre-programme survey conducted before programme confirmation. 

Participants should have foundational understanding of what is Cybersecurity and some of the cybersecurity policies exist in your organisation. Participants should have foundational understanding of what is Cybersecurity and some of the cybersecurity policies exist in your organisation. Participants should have foundational understanding of what is Cybersecurity and some of the cybersecurity policies exist in your organisation. Participants should have foundational understanding of what is Cybersecurity and some of the cybersecurity policies exist in your organisation.

What To Bring

You must bring your internet-enabled computing devices (laptops, tablet etc) with power chargers to access and download programme materials. No printed copies of programme materials are issued. You are required to bring a 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.