Cyber Security for Finance Professionals

Finance, Accounting & Investment

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Introduction:

As mobile banking and Internet banking become increasingly widespread and information technology ever more complex, cybersecurity for finance is becoming an increasingly important and business-critical field.

The financial services industry experienced the most, with 17% of the total incidents and attacks across all markets. As more transactions occur through mobile apps, and virtual banks that compete with traditional businesses gain traction, security is critical to sustain a client’s overall positive user experience and most importantly, trust.

This Cyber Security for Finance Professionals training course will cover:

Finance Cybersecurity Fundamentals

Cybersecurity Framework

Cybersecurity Risk Assessment

Finance Cybersecurity Assessment

Cybersecurity Network Defense

 

Objectives

By completing this Cyber Security for Finance Professionals five-day training course, participants will be able to:

Understand enterprise cybersecurity concern

Identify immediate security needs with actionable steps

Learn how to better enable security threat reduction

Get up to speed on approaches and frameworks for effective cybersecurity practices

 

 Course Outline

Day 1: Cybersecurity Fundamentals

Cybersecurity fundamentals

Cybersecurity importance for finance

Understanding the cybersecurity testing method

The basics of security architecture

System administration for executives

Recent Cases about cybersecurity crimes

Day 2: Cybersecurity Framework

The cybersecurity framework

Determining the target state for cybersecurity

The five framework core functions

Establishing cybersecurity program

Improving a cybersecurity program

Day 3: Cybersecurity Risk Analysis

Finance Asset Management

Risk assessment for finance transactions

Determine, analyze, and prioritize gaps

Determining gaps between current and target profiles

Implement action plan

Workshop for cybersecurity Risk Assessment

Day 4: Cyber Assessment

Cybersecurity capability maturity model (C2M2)

The power of measurement for finance processes

Defining and monitoring metrics and KPIs for finance processes

Monitoring and reasoning about KPIs and Metrics

Assessing the cybersecurity preparedness

Workshop creating a cybersecurity dashboard for a finance enterprise

 

Day 5: Cybersecurity Network Defense

Social Engineering for customers and employees

Defending the finance enterprise assets

Root Cause, FMEA, FTA Analyses

Evidence based investigations

Resolving problems with guidance and mentoring

Workshop learning from near mess