Security Essentials for Management and Staff
This course provides managers and staff with the essential knowledge and skills on information security, to be able to ask the right questions and set security requirements within their organisation.
You will gain a clear understanding of major threats and the responsibilities on security, as well as how to strengthen organisational resilience.
The course covers both organisational and technical aspects, ensuring you can actively contribute to securing and safeguarding business processes and underlying (cloud) infrastructures.
Exam and Certification:
This course does not include an exam. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a Certificate of Participation.
Delivery methods:
- Tutored online/ virtual training
- Classroom training
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of information security and its relationship with risk management;
- Learn about relevant laws, regulations, and frameworks such as GDPR, NIS2, Cybersecurity Act, ISO 27001, NEN 7510, and BIO;
- Gain insight into the role of IT Security, OT Security, Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Information Management;
- Understand their role in integrating security as a continuous process.
Pre-requisites
No specific knowledge is required to participate in this course.
Audience
This course is suitable for:
- Line managers, programme managers, and project managers;
- Process managers;
- Policy makers and advisors;
- Staff in finance, HRM, facilities, procurement, contract management, IT coordination, and functional administration;
- Other staff members in primary or support processes seeking foundational knowledge on information security.