Governance is the system of rules, practices, and processes used to direct and control a company. This skill path is designed to provide you with a general understanding of how to align business objectives with ethical practices for how a company operates. Upon completing the skill path, you will earn a Credly digital badge that will demonstrate to employers that you’re ready for the job.

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Governance is the system of rules, practices, and processes used to direct and control a company. This skill path is designed to provide you with a general understanding of how to align business objectives with ethical practices for how a company operates. Upon completing the skill path, you will earn a Credly digital badge that will demonstrate to employers that you’re ready for the job.
In this skill path, you will learn the basics of governance, cybersecurity program management, policies, standards, and procedures, security controls and monitoring, and security auditing.
Completing this skill path and the associated Assessment will prepare learners with experience in cybersecurity who wish to make the transition to a leader, manager, or auditor of cybersecurity functions.
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In this course, you will be introduced to the basics of governance. You will learn about accountability, transparency and oversight in GRC, as well as the distinctions between governance and management.
In this course, you will be introduced to the foundations of cybersecurity program management. You will learn about cybersecurity roles, teams, and structures, program planning and budgeting as well as supply chain and third-party cybersecurity.
In this course, you will be introduced to the hierarchy of policies, standards, procedures. You will also learn about lifecycle management.
In this course, you will be introduced to security controls. You will learn about control frameworks and classifications, how to implement technical security controls as well as monitoring and metrics for controls.
In this course, you will be introduced to the basics of security auditing. You will learn about planning and scoping an audit, executing audit fieldwork as well as analyzing findings and reporting.
Exercise your problem-solving and creative thinking skills with security-centric puzzles
In this challenge, you will review a case study about security controls and monitoring. You will consider the benefits of two approaches to overhauling a monitoring and control assurance program.
In this challenge, you will review a case study about policies, standards & procedures. You will consider the benefits of two approaches to managing a compliance program.
Assess your knowledge and skills to identify areas for improvement and measure your growth
Test your knowledge of Governance to identify strengths, gaps, and weaknesses in areas like program management, policies, standards, and procedures, controls and monitoring, and auditing. Measure your mastery of governance and advance your career with targeted course recommendations.
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This skill path is designed for Cybersecurity professionals from a non-technical career path, who help provide leadership and oversight to cybersecurity functions. Experienced leaders and managers will also benefit from reviewing core concepts and testing their skills in this path's Challenge and Assessment modules.