Enrolment

Author

Kenneth R. van Wyk

Overview

This course is intended to give management accountants a solid foundation in understanding the principal issues of cybersecurity. Building on the previous webcast “Understanding Cybersecurity” it takes the core concepts and showcases how those concepts are put into practice in today’s business world.

It starts by stepping through practical tools and techniques available for protecting against cybersecurity threats. Next, host- and network-based attack detection techniques are discussed, followed by a description of today’s best practices for responding to cybersecurity incidents once they happen.

Topic discussed

• Risk management and internal control
• Risk identification and assessment
• Risk response and reporting
• Information security and privacy

Learning Objectives

• Understand mitigating threats – practical protection mechanisms  
• Strong identification and authentication  
• Desktop systems  
• Laptop systems  
• Mobile systems  
• Network security 
• Learn about detecting malicious activity  
• Anti-virus and anti-malware product technologies  
• Network based detection technologies  
• Learn about responding to malicious activity  
• Putting out the fires  
• Longer term response strategies