This risk assessment training course will teach you how to conduct a security risk assessment to protect your organisation. You will learn about the laws and regulations that impose strict cybersecurity requirements on all organisations. You will also gain the skills to develop a compliance assessment plan and employ a standards-based risk management process while maintaining a satisfactory security posture.
Cyber Security Risk Assessment Training Delivery Methods
Cyber Security Risk Assessment & Management Training Information
In this Cyber Security Risk Assessment & Management training, you will learn how to:
- Implement standards-based, proven methodologies for assessing and managing your organisation's information infrastructure risks.
- Select and implement security controls that ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and directives.
- Extend security protection to ICS (Industrial Control Systems) and the cloud.
Risk Assessment Training Prerequisites
Attendees should have a basic knowledge of business processes and technology concepts. No specialised technical knowledge is assumed.
Cyber Security Risk Assessment Training Course Outline
- Ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory drivers
- Protecting the organisation from unacceptable losses
- Describing the RMF (Risk Management Framework)
- Applying NIST/ISO risk management processes
Defining the system
- Outlining the system security boundary
- Pinpointing system interconnections
- Incorporating the unique characteristics of Industrial Control Systems and cloud-based systems
Identifying security risk components
- Estimating the impact of compromises on confidentiality, integrity, and availability
- Adopting the appropriate model for categorising system risk
Setting the stage for successful risk management
- Documenting critical risk assessment and management decisions in the SSP (System Security Plan)
- Appointing qualified individuals to risk governance roles
Assigning a security control baseline
- Investigating security control families
- Determining the baseline from system security risk
Tailoring the baseline to fit the system
- Examining the structure of security controls, enhancements, and parameters
- Binding control overlays to the selected baseline
- Gauging the need for enhanced assurance
- Distinguishing system-specific, compensating, and non-applicable controls
Specifying the implementation approach
- Maximising security effectiveness by "building in" security
- Reducing residual risk in legacy systems via "bolt-on" security elements
Applying NIST/ISO controls
- Enhancing system robustness through the selection of evaluated and validated components
- Coordinating implementation approaches to administrative, operational, and technical controls
- Providing evidence of compliance through supporting artefacts
Developing an assessment plan
- Prioritising depth of control assessment
- Optimising validation through sequencing and consolidation
- Verifying compliance through tests, interviews, and examinations
Formulating an authorisation recommendation
- Evaluating overall system security risk
- Mitigating residual risks
- Publishing the POA&M (Plan of Action and Milestones), the risk assessment, and the recommendation
Aligning authority and responsibility
- Quantifying organisational risk tolerance
- Elevating authorisation decisions in high-risk scenarios
Forming a risk-based decision
- Appraising system operational impact
- Weighing residual risk against operational utility
- Issuing ATO (Authority to Operate)
Justifying continuous reauthorisation
- Measuring the impact of changes on the system security posture
- Executing effective configuration management
- Performing periodic control reassessment
Preserving an acceptable security posture
- Delivering initial and routine follow-up security awareness training
- Collecting ongoing security metrics
- Implementing vulnerability management, incident response, and business continuity processes
