SEC440: CIS Critical Controls: A Practical Introduction

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SEC440: CIS Critical Controls: A Practical Introduction

Understand a security framework and its controls based on recent and evolving threats facing organisations
Prepare you to interpret a security framework based on data from publicly known attacks, breach reports, and large scare data analytics from the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), along with data from the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (R) (MS-ISAC(R)
Learn how to create a scoring tool for measuring the effectiveness of each controls the effectiveness of each control
Identify specific metrics to establish a baseline and measure the effectiveness of security controls

Overview

Off the shelf (OTS)

High profile cybersecurity attacks indicate that offensive attacks are overwhelming defensive measures. Even with management's attention to system penetrations and data loss, risky incidents are still costly to the enterprise's balance sheets. Cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance people are asking, "How do we practically protect and defend our information and systems? How do we understand security frameworks and controls?" This course provides students an overview to the security controls and cybersecurity hygiene defined in the CIS Critical Controls.