Module 1: The Cyber Threat Landscape

Build familiarity and awareness of the cybersecurity landscape with:

• The current security landscape, including the nature of the threats, the general status of common vulnerabilities, and the likely consequences of security failures
• How cyberspace today offers a large and growing area of attack for cybercriminals The various kinds of cyber threats and vulnerabilities organizations face.
• Cybercrime - Motives & Methods Types of Cyber Attacks, Cyber Scams Who the cyber criminals and threat actors are, what are their motivations and what they are looking for?
• How cyber-attacks can disrupt, degrade, and destroy organizations and Governments.

Module 2: Understanding Cyber Risk

Develop an understanding of the following:

• That Cyber Risk is a key Business Risk.
• Cyber risk is an issue that exists at the intersection of business risk, regulation, and technology.
• That security is not a responsibility to be merely delegated to IT as any failures in security have a direct impact on the business and that managing cyber risk comprehensively, across the enterprise must involve everyone from individual employees to risk managers to your board of directors.
• That Risk identification, assessment and understanding of the organization’s risk profile is key to all cybersecurity plans and actions.
• That for businesses, the ability of a management team to understand and be able to measure gaps between the company’s risk profile and its risk appetite is an important aspect of building an effective risk management strategy.
• The importance of assessing cyber risks by creating a list of risks and classifying, categorizing, and prioritizing them.

Module 3: Cyber Laws - Overview of Legal & Regulatory framework

• Understand the importance of knowing the Cyber laws and Cybersecurity Regulations applicable to an organization.
• Implications of Cybersecurity, Privacy, and data protection regulations like GDPR, CCPA, Indian IT Act etc.
• How compliance with cybersecurity laws and regulations can help raise and establish minimum cybersecurity standards.
• Corporate Governance Privacy & Data Protection.

Module 4: Understand Management and Organizational role in Managing Cyber Risk

• The Role of Leadership and Functional managers in managing cyber risk
• Principles of Cybersecurity
• Interrelationships among elements that comprise a modern security system, including hardware, software, policies, and people
• Cybersecurity models (the CIA triad)
• Management models, roles, and functions
• Security governance
• The Human Factor
• Security Culture
• Social Media and Cybersecurity

Module 5: Managing Cyber Risk-The Role of Technology

The Role of Technology-

• Evolution of cybersecurity technologies Emergence of next-generation technologies
• The various types of technologies and approaches available for managing cyber risks including point solutions and platforms.

Module 6: Managing Cyber Risk-The Role of Policy and Processes

The Role of Technology-

• Cybersecurity frameworks help organizations to better understand and improve their management of cybersecurity risk.
• Establishing a strong connection of cybersecurity to business strategy will ensure that it is just as strong as the business strategy itself.