
Explore a flexible, comprehensive approach to identifying, assessing, selecting and implementing cyber security risk controls to safeguard digital assets and infrastructure after a breach.
Identify data assets and threats, assess risk, and select and implement cybersecurity controls on an ecommerce web server, using WAF, IPS, vulnerability scanners, and incident response.
Learn to determine likelihood and impact for web server cyber risks using open source tools, vulnerability data, and threat intelligence, then calculate risk with a risk matrix and impact categories.
Document a cybersecurity risk assessment by compiling a comprehensive, living document that covers executive summary, assets, threats, vulnerabilities, likelihood, impact, risk level, and pragmatic mitigation strategies for a web server.
Governance shapes policy, risk assessment, and resource allocation to enable effective selection and implementation of cyber security controls, aligning with business goals and ensuring compliance.
Apply a structured, end-to-end process to select and implement cybersecurity risk controls by assessing context, risks, and assets, aligning with objectives, prioritizing controls, and planning, testing, monitoring, and training.
Course resource links are provided.
This course was developed as a means of helping entry-level as well as seasoned cybersecurity professionals, to develop a more holistic rather than isolated approach to implementing controls to address cyber or information security risks. The content of this course is as follows:
SECTION 1 TOPICS
1a-Course Intro
1b-Course Intro- The Case at hand
2-About the course
3-Meet your Instructor-Mentor
4-Course Roadmap
5-Approach to Control Selection_ pt1
6-Approach to Control Selection_ pt2
7-Applying same approach to real Data Breaches at a high-level
8-Introduction to security controls
9-Key considerations for the identification- selection & implementation of controls
10-Risk Assessment-BIA, Control Selection, Cost Benefit Analysis
11-Cost Benefit Analysis associated with controls selection
12-Technology integration, Operational impact, continuous monitoring, Employee training
13-Regulatory Compliance, Incident Response Planning
SECTION 2 TOPICS
14-High-level process of selecting controls to protect eCommerce web server-Pt1
14-High-level process of selecting controls to protect eCommerce web server-Pt2
15-Steps involved in assessing the identified cyber risks in web server
16-Identify assets, identify threats, identify vulnerabilities
17-Determine likelihood, Impact, Calculate risk
18-Documenting Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Report-Pt 2
18-Documenting Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Report-Pt 1
19-The role of governance in the effective selection and implementation of cybersecurity controls
20-Why not implement frameworks that already have recommended controls
21-Challenges, considerations & disadvantages associated with implementing frameworks-Pt 1
21-Challenges, considerations & disadvantages associated with implementing frameworks-Pt 2
22-When to, versus when not to use frameworks for the selection and implementation of controls
23-Selecting and implementing cybersecurity controls based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) Pt1
23-Selecting and implementing cybersecurity controls based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) Pt2
24-Implementation Plan for identified controls
25- Measuring the effectiveness of implemented controls
26-Putting it all together-The Selection and Implementation of Cybersecurity Risks Controls
27-Course Recap-END
ASSIGNMENT-Research