Certified Security Awareness Practitioner Training Boot Camp
The Certified Security Awareness Practitioner (CSAP) Boot Camp is designed to certify your expert-level knowledge and skills in planning, developing and implementing a successful enterprise security awareness training program.
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- Exam Pass Guarantee (live online students)
- 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
- CSAP exam voucher
- Unlimited CSAP practice exam attempts
- Three days live, expert CSAP instruction (live online or in-person), plus a day to take the exam
- Immediate access to Infosec Skills — including a bonus boot camp prep course — from the minute you enroll to 90 days after your boot camp
- Learn by doing with 100s of additional hands-on courses and labs
- 90-day access to all boot camp video replays and materials
- Knowledge Transfer Guarantee
CSAP certification details
The IACRB CSAP is designed to certify that candidates have expert level knowledge and skills in planning, developing and implementing a successful enterprise security awareness training program.
The CSAP body of knowledge consists of seven domains covering the responsibilities of a security awareness practitioner. The certification exam is a 50-question, traditional multiple-choice test. Questions are randomly pulled from a master list and must be completed in two hours. The seven CSAP domains are:
- The need for enterprise security awareness training
- Security and communication terminology and concepts
- Security awareness program planning
- Security awareness program development
- Security awareness program implementation
- Managing a security awareness program
- Common challenges related to security awareness training
A 70% is the passing score for the CSAP exam.
Course objectives
- Evaluate your organization’s current level of human risk and the prevailing security culture
- Evaluate your existing security awareness programs and necessary areas of improvement
- Build a new program using time-tested techniques to get the right message to the right person at the right time
- Learn how to brand and internally market your program so that you can gain attention and buy-in throughout your organization
- Learn how to run an integrated campaign and measure results such as reach and engagement throughout the security awareness “funnel”
- Influence culture change so you’re not pushing security awareness, but are creating pull for your program via awareness training that people actually want
- Integrate your awareness program into your existing endpoint protection system
- Select the best training platform for your organization, and leave with a comprehensive buyer’s guide to help you get started
Training overview
Building a robust security awareness program is important, but it can be in vain if your employees don’t buy into what you’re selling and actually change their security behavior. In this three-day course, you’ll not only learn how to create a security awareness program, you’ll learn proven persuasion and inspiration techniques to help you “sell” employees on security and influence the security culture of your organization.
Infosec’s intensive boot camp also prepares you to pass the IACRB Certified Security Awareness Practitioner (CSAP) exam. You’ll leave the course armed with practical tips to take back to your organization to help create and manage a successful security awareness program — and ultimately influence security behaviors and your organization’s security culture.
What you'll learn
Any hacker will tell you that the easiest target isn’t a system or a technology — it’s people. In this course, you’ll learn how to engage your audience and create a “pull” for your training and awareness. You’ll learn how to assess the security culture of your organization and map out a plan to improve it. You’ll learn how to align your program to your organization’s goals and get executive support. You’ll learn how people learn, and how they consume media. You’ll learn how to create marketing personas and how to get the right message to the right person at the right time, increasing the likelihood of behavioral change.
You’ll also learn about:
- The awareness maturity model
- Measuring impact and engagement
- Integrating existing technology with your training and awareness program
- Evaluating human risk
Who should attend
- Security awareness officers/specialists
- Compliance and privacy officers
- Information security managers
- Human resources and employee training and development professionals
- Marketing and communication professionals new to security awareness
- Professionals whose responsibilities include developing and managing an information security awareness training and education program
Prerequisites
This course is appropriate for:
- Established security practitioners with existing security experts who are new to the practice of security training and awareness
- People with existing marketing and communications experience who are entering the field of security training and awareness
Everything you need to earn your CSAP
- Exam Pass Guarantee (live online students)
- 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
- CSAP exam voucher
- 3 days live, expert CSAP instruction (live online or in-person), plus a day to take the exam
- CSAP Boot Camp prep course
- Learn by doing with 100s of additional hands-on courses and labs
- 90-day access to all boot camp video replays and materials
- Knowledge Transfer Guarantee
Exam Pass Guarantee
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CSAP training schedule
Infosec’s CSAP training is more than just a boot camp. We support you before, during and after your live training to ensure you’re fully prepared for your exam — and get certified on your first attempt.
- Before your boot camp
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Start learning now. You’ll get immediate access to all the content in Infosec Skills, including an in-depth CSAP prep course, the moment you enroll. Prepare for your live boot camp, uncover your knowledge gaps and maximize your training experience.
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- During your boot camp
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Day 1
- Course introduction: Building a successful security awareness and training program
- Program design
- Forming awareness team
- Understanding organizational context
- Gathering requirements
- Setting program scope
- Selecting program KPIs and performance metrics
- Selecting and embedding evaluation methods
- Developing reward program
- Developing program implementation plan
- Developing awareness policy
- Integrating awareness training into administrative processes and existing technical controls
Day 2
- Program development and asset acquisition
- Identifying sources
- Developing or acquiring training materials
- Budgeting the program
- Developing program execution project plan
- Communicating with stakeholders
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- Program implementation
- Launching your first campaign
- Ensuring awareness policy acknowledgment
- Executing the project plan
- Keeping records
Day 3
- Post-implementation
- Monitoring, measuring, and communicating program effectiveness
- Keeping the program current
- Updating project plan
- Reinforcing the program
- Building a network of security champions
- Sharing success stories
- Take the CSAP exam
- Program implementation
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- After your boot camp
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Your Infosec Skills access extends 90 days past your boot camp, so you can take additional time to prepare for your exam, get a head start on your next certification goal or start earning CPEs.
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