Cyber Governance Risk and Compliance | March 25th
This course is designed to provide you with the foundational skills and understanding of the Cybersecurity GRC Analyst role.
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Discover how you can build a LUCRATIVE career making up to $150,000 yearly with the Cyber Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Program.
According to a 2022 survey by ZipRecruiter, an all-time high number of recruitments was recorded by SMBs & SMEs in the US alone.
This is why a career in (GRC) can prove to be highly REWARDING.
Important Information
Week 1 :Class 1 -Cyber Threat Overview and Asset management
Week 1 :Class 1 -Vulnerability Management and Threat intelligence
Week 1-Class 2 Incident Response |Identity Access Management |SIEM| DRBC
Week 1-Class 2 Incident Response |Identity Access Management |SIEM| DRBC PART 2
Week 1 :Class 3 - PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY (PCI)
Group Assignment 1 Week 1 :Class 1 - Vulnerability Management
Individual Assignment 1 Week 1 :Class 1 - Asset management
Group Assignment 1 Week 1 :Class 1 - Threat intelligence
Week 1-Class 2 Assignment Identity & Access Management Overview
Week 1-Class 2 Assignment Incident Response Overview
Week 1-Class 2 Assignment Security Incident and Event Monitoring Overview
Week 1 :Class 3 - PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY (PCI)
Group Assignment 1 Week 1 :Class 3 - Introduction to HIPAA
Week 1-Class 2 Assignment Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning Overview
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Week 2-Class 1 Building Cyber Security Policies -ChatGPT
Week 2-Class 2 NIST & ISO 27001 Assessment
Assignment Week 2-Class 1: Building Policy Assignment (ChatGPT)
Week 2 Class 1 Introduction to NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF) -Old
Week 2 Class 1 Lab work NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF) -Old
Assignment Week 2 -Class 2: NIST Mapping
Assignment Week 2: ISO 27001 Mapping (Individual and Group Combined)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) Overview & Use Case
An Overview of HIPAA: Understanding its Significance and Real-life Applications
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Workbook Exercise
Week 3-Class 1 Risk Assessment
Week 3-Class 2 Third Party Risk Assessment
Week 3-Class 3 Privacy Impact Assessment & Data Governance
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Workbook Exercise
Day 1 -Assignment 1 (Risk Assessment)
Day 2 -Assignment 1 (Third party)
Day 3 -Assignment 1 (Privacy)
Day 3 Assignment 2 (Data Governance)
Week 4: IT Audit Fundamanetals (Logical Access, Change Management , and IT Operations)
Week 4: IT Audit Testing (Logical Access, Change Management , and IT Operations)
Week 4: Session 2 Preparing for Interviews with ChatGPT (GRC Analyst, Third-Party Risk Analyst, IT Risk Analyst)
Individual Assignment Week 4- Day 1 (IT Audit)
Group Assignment Week 4- Day 1 (IT Audit)
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Building Cyber GRC Resume
GRC STAR Scenarios for Interviews 06
Interview Preparation-Mentor Valentine Perspective
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There is no programming involved. You can choose to go to a career path in cyber that requires some programming if you want to pursue that path.
It depends. Most jobs will not require citizenship, but you must be authorized to work in the United States.
It is essential to have basic knowledge of IT or be willing to put in the hours to learn the basics of IT. Without these basics, you will struggle. We provide links on basics to know before the class if you are interested in joining without knowledge.
Yes, we provide a draft resume to help build your resume
To be great at anything, we will require some quality time. We recommend a minimum of 1hr a day for the next two months, giving you 60 hrs of study time outside of class time. With this level of dedication, we stand a good chance.
It is a fantasy to expect a job immediately. Harvard and other ivy League will not guarantee employment. However, we stand a good chance with the fundamentals and constant focus on applications.
Some common sites include dice.com, indeed.com, and LinkedIn.
For the GRC field, we require you to learn basic IT Terminology or, at the minimum, aspire to learn and take some of our basic IT classes before the program begins.
$750 , We keep the cost affordable to align our vision to empower many Africans in cyberspace.