Overview: Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Finance and Accounting Professionals Certificate

Key Topics

• The importance of cybersecurity, your role and developing a security mindset
• Cybersecurity and digital transformation
• Cyberattacks, data breaches and privacy
• Cybersecurity frameworks and regulations
• Cybersecurity risk management considerations and controls
• Operational and financial implications of cybersecurity

Learning Objectives

• The importance of cybersecurity to you, the accounting and finance professional, and your organization or client.
• What it takes to develop a security mindset to be a trusted adviser and key contributor toward cybersecurity risk management.
• Key cybersecurity terminology to enable you to converse and collaborate with other functional leaders, employees, and vendors.
• The impact of digital transformation on cybersecurity.
• Cybersecurity threats, attacks, data breach implications, and privacy considerations.
• Security framework(s) and applicable regulations for your organization or client.
• The importance of the AICPA cybersecurity risk management reporting framework.
• Controls to mitigate cybersecurity risks.
• Financial and operational implications of cybersecurity.