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Information Survivability: A New Executive Perspective

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This course is only offered by arrangement at customer sites. E-mail training-info@cert.org or call +1 412-268-9564 for details.

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Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Phone: 412 / 268-7388
FAX: 412 / 268-7401
E-mail: courseregistration@sei.cmu.edu

 
Industry: $500
Government: $400
Academic: $400

International
$1000

This is a Customer Site Only Course. Click for more information.

Course Description

 

This half-day workshop is designed for executives who would like more knowledge of information survivability and security issues as well as approaches to protect the critical information assets of an organization.

This workshop provides participants with a foundation for understanding the activities and resources required to address the information survivability needs of an organization. Participants also gain information about building organizational commitment to the process of protecting critical information assets in the current dynamic, networked environment that global connectivity has created.

Discussion among participants about issues relevant to their organizations is essential for understanding workshop content.

Audience   ·   Prerequisites   ·   Objectives   ·   Logistics

 

AUDIENCE

  • senior executives in government, private sector or academic organizations
  • chief information, operating, technical, privacy, security, risk, and legal officers
  • senior corporate management consultants

PREREQUISITES
There are no prerequisites for this course.

TOPICS

  • effects of electronic commerce and global interconnectivity on an organization's mission and information infrastructure
  • recent incidents and intruder trends
  • survivability and its relationship to key business drivers
  • managing e-risks and gaining control
  • senior management's role in improving information survivability

OBJECTIVES
This workshop will help participants to

  • understand the threats to an organization's mission in a globally networked environment
  • understand the shifts in thinking that are required to improve information survivability, given today's environment
  • understand information risk management approaches that can be integrated into the ongoing business management practices of an enterprise
  • understand the role that senior executives must play
  • shift from an information technology-based, security-centric, technical-solution perspective to an enterprise-based, survivability-centric, risk management perspective
  • gain sufficient insight to begin asking the right questions

Course Materials
Participants will receive a course notebook.

LOGISTICS

Class Schedule
This half-day course can be delivered at customer sites by special arrangement. For more information, please e-mail training-info@cert.org or call +1 412-268-9564.

Hotel and Travel Information
Information about traveling to SEI offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Arlington, Virginia is available on our Travel and Lodging Web pages.

Questions about this course?
Please see our Frequently Asked Questions Web page for answers to some of the more common inquiries about SEI Education and Training. If you need more information, contact us via e-mail at training-info@cert.org or telephone at +1 412-268-9564.

 

 

Related Products and Services

 

Courses
Concepts and Trends in Information Security

Publications
Survivability--A New Technical and Business Perspective on Security

Information Survivability: Required Shifts in Perspective (also available in PDF)

Events
Annual Computer Security Incident Handling Conference, sponsored by FIRST.ORG, Inc.

Other Related Information
CERT Training and Education
CERT-Certified Incident Handler Certification

Course Registration

 

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E-mail: training-info@cert.org

Course Registration
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Phone: 412 / 268-7388
FAX: 412 / 268-7401
E-mail: courseregistration@sei.cmu.edu

 

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