WISP Training

This course is directed at anyone interested in complying with WISP training for those who have access to personal identifiable information. This course covers the topics and attestation of signed documents for your organization. The system does not allow upload of documents but does offer attestation the documents are signed.

Signed documents must be handled per your company policy for record keeping. See your designated security officer for more information. Certification of completed training on Udemy is provided, but record keeping is done per your organization requirements.

This course serves as a general training for compliance with WISP requirements. Specific procedures for your firm will need to be presented in addition to this training. This can be in the form of handout, presentation or documentation supplied by your company through a variety of delivery channels. 

The training includes:

• Information about WISP

• Identified officers in the organization/firm.

• Policy sections and documents (separate and consolidated)

• Safety measures

• General procedures for print or electronic documents

The written information security plan is a current requirement for anyone working with personally identifiable information or PII. Annual training is a requirement for employees or contractors working at these companies. The designated security coordinator is responsible for making sure everyone who is required, completes this training annually. Any new procedures will be presented each year.

The employee or contractor is presented an acknowledgement letter. The completion of the training presented by the DSC, with any additional policy and procedure information presented by your company to the learner can be presented as annual WISP training. Remember to include “specific” policies and procedures to your employees in addition to this training.

This training is a base and more specific information, if applicable, is needed for your learners.

The course was developed by Marcia K Wilbur, privacy advocate. Her experience in privacy includes working with the US Department of Education and the Arizona Department of Education in creating FERPA training to protect student personal identifiable information. In 2019 Marcia spoke at Yale Law school about privacy. Recently, she spoke at HOPE 2024 in New York about privacy policies and maintains dirtyTOS, sharing information about privacy matters.

Who this course is for:

• This course audience is employees, new hires, and consultants working with Personally Identifiable Information.