EMEA: 4-Day NCSP® Practitioner Certificate

Accredited through APMG International, certified in the United Kingdom by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and listed as qualified cyber training by Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS CISA) in the U.S., the NCSP® training program teaches individuals and organizations how to engineer, operationalize and continually improve a NIST Cyber Security Framework Program.

This NIST Cyber Security Professional (NCSP®) Practitioner Certificate course is aimed at those who will play an active role in an organizations NIST Cyber Security Framework program, allowing you to incrementally improve and develop your framework, ultimately providing you with a more secure business environment.

Completion of the NCSP® Foundation Certificate is a pre-requisite for NCSP® Practitioner Certificate study and exam access.

Learning Objectives

The NIST Cyber Security Professional (NCSP®) Practitioner certification program is designed to teach IT, Engineering, Operations and Business Risk professionals how to design, implement, operate and continually improve a NIST Cyber Security Framework program that will enable enterprises to identify, protect, detect, respond and recover from cyber-attacks.

This Practitioner level course covers the following topics:

• Course Outline
• Course Organization
• Setting the Stage

• Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity
• DX as a Practitioner
• DX in the Context of Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity as a DX Catalyst
• Digital Transformation & Cybersecurity

• Threat Landscape
• Threat Actors: Agile & Creative
• Attacks
• Challenges
• Organizational Response to Threat Landscape
• Absolute Prevention Not Possible
• Summary: Threat Landscape

• Controls
• Initiation & Basic Controls
• Foundation Controls
• Organizational & Recovery Controls
• Summary: Controls

• Adopt & Adapt
• The Context of Adopt & Adapt
• Cybersecurity & Culture
• Where We Are
• Summary: Adopt & Adapt

• Adaptive Way of Working
• Introduction to Adaptive Way to Work
• How to Get Started
• Summary: Adaptive Way of Working

• Rapid Adoption & Rapid Adaptation (FastTrack)
• Rapid Adoption
• Rapid Adaptation
• Summary: Rapid Adoption & Rapid Adaptation FastTrack

• CIIS Practice
• Ongoing Practice of Cybersecurity
• NIST 7-step Improvement
• Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification CMMC
• Integrate Cybersecurity
• Summary: CIIS Practice

• Course Summary & Wrap Up

Target Audience

For IT, Engineering, Operations and Business Risk professionals how to design, implement, operate and continually improve a NIST Cyber Security Framework program that will enable enterprises to identify, protect, detect, respond and recover from cyber-attacks. Targetted at those who will play an active role in the companies NIST Cyber Security Framework program, allowing you to incrementally improve and develop your framework, ultimately providing you with a more secure business environment.

CySec Professionals Ltd is an APMG International Accredited Training Organisation (ATO) and NCSC Certified Training Provider.

Candidates who attend and complete the NCSP® Practitioner Certificate course are eligible to sit the associated exam. 

Exams are booked and taken online at a time of the students choosing post course. Exam vouchers are valid for 12 months from point of issue/course completion.