Manage the cyber threat for finance professionals

About

This course is designed for accountancy, finance and business professionals working in all organisations from small business, large corporates or financial services or who are just interested in learning more about the vulnerabilities organisations are exposed to and the options available to protect their organisation. With a focus on practical skills throughout, this course provides the ability to apply skills as well as understand them.

What you will learn

• How to facilitate a risk assessment to identify the potential threats and the vulnerabilities they may exploit and the business impacts of a cyber-attack.

• Recognise that the risks are constantly changing and the need for continuous process improvement. Including how to monitor and report on the effectiveness of the cyber/information security practices.

• Understand how to manage an incident and the processes required to effectively respond and recover.

• Understand that effective security protection is a combination of people, process and technology and how to create a culture of cyber and information security.

• Understand the physical and logical access controls which should be implemented to adequately and appropriately protect the organisation’s information and technology resources.

• Understand the potential risk responses and mitigation actions to appropriately and adequately protect the business from the identified cyber risks.

Skills you learn

• Finance
• Cyber Threat Intelligence
• Accounting
• Financial Services

Syllabus

1. Introduction

• Objectives of the course

• Outline of the cyber threat

• What’s different about cyber

2. The basic hygiene factors

• Secure configuration of IT infrastructure

• Malware protection

• Configuring network devices securely

3. Approach and effective access controls

• Implement approaches and effective access controls

• The importance of 2 factor authentication

4. Understand risks

• Principles of risk management

Manging the risks effectively

5. Understand and manage third-party supplier risks

• Manging the full supply chain

• Information value and sensitivity

• Supplier impacts on service delivery

6. Understand and manage third-party supplier risks

• Manging the full supply chain

• Encouraging a cyber-security aware culture

• Words into actions

7. Respond and recovery

• Incident management capability

• Respond and recover plan for breaches

8. Continuous improvement

• The need for performance monitoring

• Defining appropriate KPIs

• Performance dashboard

9. Skills and resources

• The importance of access to the right skills

• The need for up-to-date training

10. Concluding themes

Auto Summary

Unlock the essentials of cybersecurity tailored specifically for finance professionals with this engaging course from edX. Dive into the world of IT & Computer Science as you explore realistic scenarios and practical examples to understand the ever-present threat of cyber-attacks. This course equips you with the knowledge to identify risks and implement effective mitigation strategies. Over an 18-week period, you'll gain a solid foundation in cybersecurity, enhancing your awareness and readiness against potential threats. Available through Professional and Starter subscriptions, this course is ideal for finance professionals at any level looking to bolster their cybersecurity acumen. Join now and become a vigilant guardian of financial data in the digital age.