NIST Cyber Security Professional (NCSP) Foundation

Course Overview

Accredited through APMG International, certified in the UK by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and listed as qualified cyber training by the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS CISA) in the USA, the NIST Cyber Security Professional training program teaches individuals and organizations how to engineer, operationalize, and continually improve a NIST Cybersecurity Framework program.

This NIST Cybersecurity Professional Foundation Certificate course is designed to teach IT, Business, and Cybersecurity professionals the fundamentals of digital transformation, cybersecurity risk management, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST-CSF). Accredited through APMG International, certified in the UK by the NCSC, and listed by DHS CISA in the US, the NCSP training program supports organizations in building resilient cybersecurity practices based on the NIST-CSF.

Course Objectives

This Foundation training course outlines current cybersecurity challenges and explains how organizations that operationalize a NIST-CSF program across the enterprise and supply chain can mitigate these challenges.

This course is the first examinable course in a series of NIST Cyber Security Professional training courses designed to help organizations create a culture-driven, adaptive, cyber-resilient enterprise capable of creating, protecting, and delivering digital business value.

Who Should Attend?

For IT, Business, and Cybersecurity professionals who will play an active or passive role in engineering, operationalizing, and continually improving an organizations NIST-CSF program, as well as those looking for a baseline knowledge of the NIST-CSF or considering a career in cybersecurity.

Virtual Instructor-Led

All of our Public Classes are taught by a virtual live instructor. How it works is a live instructor conducts the class from a remote location regardless if you attend at one of the local training centers or if you attend remotely.

For of Private Group Training classes we can arrange to have the instructor conduct the class live at your location. Need Group Training?

• Professional Instructor Delivery - You will learn with our expert trainers with over 15 years of experience.
• Free Course Materials - You will receive free reference materials for your class.
• Small Class Sizes - Our classes are limited to 12 students, so you have plently of opportunity to ask questions and get feedback from the instructor.
• Free Repeat - If you need a refresher your are able to retake the class free of charge within one year of your original class date.
• Hands-On Training - Our classes are designed for you work hands on during the session so can stay engaged and really learn the material.
• Certificate of Completion - Each student will receive a certificate of completion after completing the course.

1 - DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

• Explain what it means to “become digital”
• Discuss the difference between industrial and digital era enterprises
• Explain how cybersecurity supports an organization’s digital transformation

2 - UNDERSTANDING CYBER RISKS

• Explain the cyber risk equation
• Identify and explain each component of the cyber risk equation
• Describe the basics of a risk assessment

3 - NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK FUNDAMENTALS

• Explain the genesis of the NIST-CSF
• List and describe the components of the NIST-CSF
• Describe each of the NIST-CSF’s objectives

4 - CORE FUNCTIONS, CATEGORIES & SUBCATEGORIES

• Core Functions
• Framework Categories
• Informative References

5 - IMPLEMENTATION TIERS & PROFILES

• Understand and explain Implementation Tier terms and their use
• Understand and explain each Implementation Tier
• Understand and describe the three risk categories
• Understand and explain Profiles and their use of Current
• Understand and explain Profiles and their use of Target
• Understand and describe the use of Profiles when determining gaps
• Understand and describe the use of Profiles when to identify & prioritize focus areas