Cyber Security for Finance Professionals

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Cyber Security for Finance Professionals

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 Defence

Objectives

    By completing this, 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

Training Methodology

This training course uses a mixture of styles including presentation, discussions, group work, video clips and individual work as appropriate, as possible for the delegates. The delivery methods will include role-playing, short movies and open discussion to enhance the skills supporting cybersecurity awareness. Delegates are often asked to help one another think of different solutions to mitigate, detect and prevent cyber security threats.

Who Should Attend?

This training course is generally suitable for most professional personnel, but it is much more concerned with people in charge of holding the organization’s most important data such as:

  • SEO, SIO, and Chief Risk Officer
  • Security Analysts, Engineers, Architects and Administrators
  • Corporate Strategists
  • Finance and IT Managers
  • Data Security & Protection
  • Software Developers

Course Outline

DAY 1 : Cybersecurity Fundamentals

  • Cybersecurity fundamentals
  • Cybersecurity important for finance
  • Understanding the cybersecurity testing method
  • The basics of security architecture
  • System administration for executives
  • Recent Cases of 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 the near mess

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