• Online, Instructor-Led

This course provides students with an overview of risk management principles. Methods to identify, quantify, and qualify internal and external risks to the organization are examined. Students apply these principles and methods to the current business and risk environment.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, the student should know or be able to:

  1. To evaluate the role of business and technical risk analysis within the context of Information Security.
  2. To identify and analyze prevalent threats and vulnerabilities facing businesses today.
  3. To identify and analyze business and technical threats to an organization.
  4. To analyze and evaluate Information Security methods used to address business threats and vulnerabilities.
  5. To identify and evaluate the controls necessary to address business and technical threats.

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):

Specialty Areas

  • Risk Management
  • Systems Analysis
  • Cyber Defense Analysis
  • Digital Forensics
  • Threat Analysis

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.