Overview
Cyber incidents are wreaking havoc on the banking industry. Insiders. Outsiders. Hackers. Vendors. All of these audiences present unique cyber risks, creating cyber emergencies which can literally shut down the institution’s ability to deliver banking products. What can be done to anticipate these concerns? What steps can be put in place in advance to minimize the damage of a cyber emergency and get back up and running to normal operation as quickly as possible? This certification trains a banking professional in Emergency Preparedness, including business continuity planning, incident response planning, and pandemic preparedness.
Learning Objectives
This certification will position you to:
- Understand emergency preparedness law and regulation
- Gain an awareness of the fit of emergency preparedness in both information security and data privacy programs for financial institutions
- Understand what security incidents need to be included in emergency preparedness
- Understand what privacy incidents need to be included in emergency preparedness
- Become familiar with how to structure an incident response plan
- Implement a business impact analysis process at your financial institution
- Become familiar with how to structure a business continuity plan
- Become familiar with how to structure a pandemic preparedness plan
- Understand third-party responsibilities in emergency situations
- Gain an understanding of the emergency preparedness auditing requirements
- Document clear emergency management roles and responsibilities at your financial institution
- Devise basic metrics for emergency management
Audience
- Incident Handler – Learn how to identify security and privacy incidents which could impact your financial institution, and build an effective Incident Response Plan to mitigate these risks
- Business Continuity Professional – Learn how to conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to identify security and privacy issues which could impact the availability of key infrastructure, and build an effective Business Continuity Program to mitigate these risks
- Information Security Officer – Learn how to consider emergency preparedness as part of developing and implementing an Information Security Program for a financial institution
- Information Privacy Officer – Learn what goes into an Emergency Preparedness Program so that you can build an Information Privacy Program which addresses the incident response, business continuity, and pandemic concerns
- Risk Management – Learn how to identify security and privacy incidents. Examine the process of conducting a Business Impact Analysis
- Chief Operations Officer / President – Learn what emergency preparedness is all about and what an organization needs to plan for in a technological world
- IT Director/Manager – Learn how to position the IT department with an understanding of emergency preparedness and the policies and controls necessary
- Compliance and Audit – Learn an effective IT audit process that considers incident response, business continuity, and pandemic concerns
- Third Party Manager – Learn how to build a Third-Party Management Program to consider incident response, business continuity, and pandemic concerns
Instructor Contact Information
Please note that Dr. Streff’s contact information has changed after the creation of the coursework. Please use this contact information versus the one provided within the coursework.
