CIS Critical Security Control 14: Security Awareness and Skills Training
Welcome to our course series on CIS Top 18 Critical Security Controls v8. In this course covering control 14: Security Awareness and Skills Training, you’ll learn how to train teams to recognize and report security incidents. Plus, gain insights on the significance of transmitting data over secure networks.
Course Description
These security controls can be combined with frameworks, like NIST SP 800-37 (The NIST Risk Management Framework-RMF) to provide organizations with defense-in-depth best practices.
This course will help prepare students for industry certifications around the CIS Security Controls. You will see an overview of each control, map the controls to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and gain hands-on practice in secure, scenario-based lab environments.
This course is designed for IT security professionals who want to expand their knowledge and skills in the area of development and implementation of security controls. Prerequisites include an existing knowledge of networking and knowledge of their organization’s security requirements.
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
Course Goals
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
Explain the concept of security controls
Enumerate the eighteen (18) areas of critical security controls
Module 1: Course Overview and Introduction to the Critical CIS Controls
Module 2: Security Awareness and Skills Training
Module 3: CIS 18 Course Review and What’s Next