ACCA: Manage the cyber threat for finance professionals
In this course, we use scenarios/examples to examine the threat of a cyber-attack and good practices on mitigating the risk.
Learning Journey Context
Works well as a continuation after mastering Business & Management fundamentals. It bridges the gap toward advanced, production-level engineering.
Relevant for professionals pursuing roles within Business & Management.
Quick Facts
What Youāll Learn
This course is designed for accountancy, finance and business professionals working in all organisations from small business, large corporates or financial services or who are just interested in learning more about the vulnerabilities organisations are exposed to and the options available to protect their organisation. With a focus on practical skills throughout, this course provides the ability to apply skills as well as understand them.
Outcomes
- How to facilitate a risk assessment to identify the potential threats and the vulnerabilities they may exploit and the business impacts of a cyber-attack. .
- Recognise that the risks are constantly changing and the need for continuous process improvement. Including how to monitor and report on the effectiveness of the cyber/information security practices. .
- Understand how to manage an incident and the processes required to effectively respond and recover. .
- Understand that effective security protection is a combination of people, process and technology and how to create a culture of cyber and information security. .
- Understand the physical and logical access controls which should be implemented to adequately and appropriately protect the organisationās information and technology resources. .
- Understand the potential risk responses and mitigation actions to appropriately and adequately protect the business from the identified cyber risks. .
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