Aligning Cybersecurity to the Business
Online
Fall 2020
Standard rate – $5245
Corporate rate* –$4495
*Two or more participants from one organization. Contact us for more details.
Key Benefits
- Experience a well-balanced combination of self-paced and live online modules allowing you to cover the majority of the program in your own time.
- Meet and interact with instructors and fellow classmates during the live online modules and one in-person session.
- Learn from industry practitioners and thought leaders in the trenches and on the frontier of cybersecurity strategy today.
- Discuss key issues and build your personal network during CISO meet-and-greets.
- Receive office toolkits with each course that include templates, lists, checklists, diagrams, maps, and more, to use and adapt for your office.
- Meet your instructors, professors, fellow students, employers and SMU Cyber Advisory members in person at a Saturday workshop on the beautiful SMU campus in Dallas.
What Will You Learn?
- How to align cybersecurity to business strategies and goals.
- How to communicate cyber insights and initiatives across the business and C-suite.
- How to measure and balance your cyber risk with your business needs.
- How to develop and implement a comprehensive enterprise cyber-strategy.
- How to conduct enterprise-wide cyber vulnerability and risk assessments.
- To understand best practices of enterprise-wide cyber programs.
- To develop and document a plan to integrate the cybersecurity ecosystem.
- How to be proactive and prevent threats and attacks.
- How to configure a comprehensive security solution.
- How to develop and document cyber-policies using best practices.
- How to formulate incident-response strategies and plans.
- How to ensure your program is compliant with industry standards.
Who Should Attend?
- Rising security talent ready to take the next step in their careers
- CISOs who want to add a strategic leadership certificate to their qualifications
- CIOs in charge of cyber programs and strategy
- New CISOs and VPs of security-Internal and IT auditors
- Risk Management professionals
- Executives concerned with security integration
- General counsel
- IT professionals wanting to move into cyber-related fields
Entrance Requirements
- This program is intended for people who already have prior experience in information security and cybersecurity.
Course Overview:
The certificate consists of seven (7) required courses that have a mixture of self-paced recorded modules that can be completed in any order and a scheduled sequence of live online meetings. You may complete the recorded modules at your own pace at any time that is convenient to you in as little as five months. The program concludes with an in-person, hands-on, capstone workshop on Communicating Cyber to Your Organization held at SMU on a Saturday. The workshop will be followed by a reception where you will be formally presented with your SMU certificate, providing you have completed all your requirements and assessments. You will not be required to attend in person, but it is strongly recommended that you do in order to complete the coursework. The event is an opportunity to meet your instructors, professors, fellow participants, corporate advisory group, and employers. Those who are unable to attend in person will still be required to conference in and complete the assessment, and their certificates will be delivered by mail.
This program also offers participants the opportunity to engage in live online CISO discussions on current security issues with industry leaders. These sessions are not required to complete your certificate but are strongly encouraged.
Aligning Cybersecurity with the Business is comprised of the following seven courses:
- Align Cyber to the Business
- Cyber Risk Assessment
- Cybersecurity Frameworks and Compliance
- Best Practices in Managing Cyber Operations
- Cybersecurity Governance
- Policy Development, Documentation and Implementation
- Understanding Tools, Technologies and Solution Architectures
Tuition
- Priority Rate (until two weeks before start date) – $4995
- Standard rate – $5245
- Corporate rate* – $4495
*Two or more participants from one organization. Contact us for more details.
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Questions? Talk to a Program Advisor: Terry Teague at tlteague@smu.edu or 972-473-3469.