• Online, Instructor-Led
  • Online, Self-Paced

Certification Academy's CRISC Boot Camp is tailored for IT professionals responsible for identifying, assessing, and evaluating organizational risk. This course will guide you through the process of identifying and assessing entity-specific risks and equip you with the skills to help organizations achieve business objectives by designing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining effective risk-based information systems controls.

Participants will explore the principles and practices of IT governance and deepen their understanding of how IT risk impacts their organization. The boot camp is designed to fully prepare you to earn your Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification, one of the most sought-after credentials for risk professionals. You will leave the training with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully earn your CRISC certification.

Learning Objectives

The CRISC Boot Camp is designed to prepare students to effectively identify and assess risks related to an organization's internal and external business and IT environments. Participants will gain the ability to develop and analyze IT risk scenarios, evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls, and communicate risk assessment results to key stakeholders. Additionally, students will learn how to consult on the design and implementation of mitigating controls, establish data-driven key risk indicators, and monitor and report on changes in risk levels.

Learning Objectives:

- Identify Risks in Business and IT Environments: Recognize risks within an organization's internal and external business and IT landscapes, understanding how these factors impact overall security and operations.
- Identify Threats and Vulnerabilities: Assess potential threats and vulnerabilities affecting the organization's people, processes, and technologies.
- Develop and Analyze IT Risk Scenarios: Create and evaluate risk scenarios to understand potential impacts on business operations.
- Evaluate Effectiveness of Existing Controls: Assess current controls to determine their adequacy in mitigating identified risks.
- Assign Risk Ownership: Identify key stakeholders, assign risk ownership, and ensure accountability within risk management processes.
- Communicate Risk Assessment Results: Effectively communicate the outcomes of risk assessments to stakeholders to support informed decision-making.

Course Coverage:

- Consult on Mitigating Controls: Work with risk owners to design and implement effective mitigating controls that address identified risks.
- Define and Establish Key Risk Indicators (KRIs): Develop and utilize data-driven KRIs to monitor and assess risk levels across the organization.
- Monitor Changes in Risk Indicators: Continuously observe and analyze changes in risk indicators to identify emerging risks and control weaknesses.
- Report Risk Indicator Changes: Communicate significant changes in risk levels and indicators to key stakeholders to ensure timely response and action.
- Analyze the Effectiveness of Controls: Evaluate the performance of existing controls through ongoing analysis of risk indicators, identifying areas for improvement.

This course equips students with the practical skills and knowledge to pass the CRISC certification exam and effectively manage risk in real-world business and IT environments. Participants will leave the course prepared to contribute to their organization's risk management efforts, ensuring the alignment of IT risk management with business objectives and the protection of organizational assets.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):