Risk Management is the proactive process of identifying, evaluating, and controlling threats that could prevent an organization from achieving its strategic goals or remaining compliant with laws. This skill path is designed to help you make sure the risks your organization does take are calculated and aligned with your governance strategy. 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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Risk Management is the proactive process of identifying, evaluating, and controlling threats that could prevent an organization from achieving its strategic goals or remaining compliant with laws. This skill path is designed to help you make sure the risks your organization does take are calculated and aligned with your governance strategy. 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 risk management,IT asset inventories & criticality mapping, business impact analysis, risk assessments, profiles, and mitigation, and vulnerability prioritization.
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 risk management. You will learn about roles and responsibilities, the risk management lifecycle, as well as how to measure and communicate risk.
In this course, you will be introduced to the foundations of IT asset management. You will learn about building a complete asset inventory, criticality mapping and business value, asset ownership and accountability, as well as using inventories for risk decision making.
In this course, you will be introduced to the purpose of a business impact analysis. You will learn about identifying business processes and dependencies, impact assessment and prioritization, as well as how to maintain and update the business impact analysis.
In this course, you will be introduced to risk assessments. You will learn how to conduct a risk assessment, qualitative and quantitative techniques, as well as how to integrate risk assessments with GRC.
In this course, you will be introduced to risk profiles. You will learn how to define a risk profile, build an organizational risk profile, use the risk profile for decision-making, as well as how to report risk posture.
In this course, you will be introduced to vulnerabilities. You will learn about scanning and discovery, prioritization models, how to operationalize vulnerability management, as well as vulnerability governance.
In this course, you will be introduced to mitigation strategies. You will learn about designing effective controls, implementing mitigation plans, monitoring and validating controls, as well as reporting mitigation progress.
Exercise your problem-solving and creative thinking skills with security-centric puzzles
In this challenge, you will review a case study about third-party access. You will consider the benefits of real-time monitoring improvements or governance-driven oversight reforms.
In this challenge, you will review a case study about monitoring and governance. You will consider the benefits of two approaches to reform after a breach.
Assess your knowledge and skills to identify areas for improvement and measure your growth
Test your knowledge of Risk Management to identify strengths, gaps, and weaknesses in areas like IT asset inventory & criticality mapping, business impact analysis, risk assessment and mitigation, and vulnerability prioritization. Measure your mastery of risk management and advance your career with targeted course recommendations.
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