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Overview

Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Finance and Accounting Professionals Certificate

This certificate program consists of 6 independent modules that cover various cybersecurity topics. It aims to enhance your understanding of the significance and impact of cybersecurity risks on your organization or clients, including an introduction to AICPA's Cybersecurity Risk Management Reporting Framework. For more details, please refer to each individual module.

Key Topics

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.