Managing a security breach Course

Exploring the challenges of a security breach.

37 minutes

Course description

This course looks at what happens when security is breached, including the difference between an incident and a breach and steps to be taken in order to detect, assess, respond to and learn from security incidents. A well-managed security event can make the difference between disaster and a positive learning experience for all.

Syllabus

Learning from incidents

Video - 00:06:00

Understanding security breaches and learning and improvement actions.
Incident response

Video - 00:06:00

Understanding security breaches and managing a response.
Incident assessment

Video - 00:14:00

Understanding security breaches and assessing their severity.
Incident detection

Video - 00:11:00

Understanding security breaches and their detection and risk.

Meet the author

Ralph O'Brien

Ralph is a trusted advisor on Global Privacy and Security compliance, practices and management. His experience includes strategic GDPR adoption programs, advisory services and assurance delivery in global multinational environments.

He has worked in a wide variety of industry sectors including Defense, Public Sector, Pharma and Financial Services, representing both multinational corporations and boutique specialist consultancies.

He continues to be a hands-on practitioner, combining business-level consultancy with training and technical experience. He was responsible for the first global joint 27001/25999 management system to be certified. With a focus on business processes and the protection of information, and an ethos of management assurance, risk management and knowledge transfer he continues to ensure effective protection of assets appropriate to the business needs of the client.

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Associated NICE Work Roles

All Infosec training maps directly to the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity to guide you from beginner to expert across 52 Work Roles.

  • All-Source Analyst
  • Mission Assessment Specialist
  • Exploitation Analyst

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$299 / year

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  • Skill assessments
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  • 190+ role-guided learning paths and assessments (e.g., Incident Response)
  • 100s of hands-on labs in cloud-hosted cyber ranges
  • Create and assign custom learning paths
  • Custom certification practice exams (e.g., CISSP, CISA)
  • Optional upgrade: Guarantee team certification with live boot camps

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