Apply for the No-cost Professional Certificate in Building Cyber Resilience

https://www.pdx.edu/hatfield-school/professional-certificate-building-cyber-resilience

Program Information

START DATE 

January 17 - April 4, 2025 (live sessions on Fridays, 9:00 am - 10:30 am) 

COST 

No cost for selected participants

Apply by December 6, 2024 for consideration: https://portlandstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cZ0Dv2UHhD3xAwe 

About the program

Understanding cybersecurity risk is an essential first step in protecting data and ensuring organizational resiliency in the event of a cyber-attack or natural disaster. Cyber risks can take the form of technical or physical threats or vulnerabilities, regulatory compliance requirements, financial loss, data loss, or reputational harm.

This program is highly collaborative and will use a cohort-based case study approach to learn about common cyber risks; how to identify, assess, and communicate cyber risk; and how to conduct the first step in mitigating threats through a risk assessment. A technical background isn’t required, and technical concepts will be explained through the course of 12 weekly sessions. Program staff will work with participants to create a unique shared learning experience that is approachable for non-technical practitioners.

What you will learn

• How to create and implement a comprehensive cyber risk assessment program for your organization 
• How to leverage internal and external collaboration to enhance risk management 
• The impact of cyber threats and vulnerabilities on organizational resiliency 
• How issues such as privacy, legal and regulatory frameworks and compliance, social and geopolitical impacts, national security and evolving technologies can impact an organization’s cyber risk and security posture.
• The importance of identifying and mitigating risks from vendors and other external partners 
• Sessions delivered in a virtual format with live instructors & student interaction every friday alongside online lessons to be completed each week.

Who should attend

Portland State University’s Mark O. Hatfield Cybersecurity and Cyber Defense Policy Center and the Oregon Cybersecurity Center of Excellence are proud to offer, at no cost, this certificate in risk-based organizational cybersecurity resilience. Whether you are an experienced cybersecurity professional or in a role that intersects cybersecurity risk management, this certificate program is designed for you. Specifically, you must work for a public sector organization, including state, local, special districts, school districts, and tribal governments or organizations. Examples of positions or roles that will benefit from this certificate program are: 

• Information, financial, and operations officers 
• Security officers 
• Administrators and staff 
• Information technology (IT) director/manager 
• Disaster recovery and business continuity 
• Vendor management 
• Contracting and procurement