- Overview: This certification validates knowledge and ability to implement the NIST Cybersecurity Framework within an organization.
- Target Audiences: IT security professionals, cybersecurity consultants, risk management professionals, and compliance officers.
- Prerequisites: Basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts; experience in cybersecurity is beneficial.
- Course Content:
- Core Functions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework:
- Identify: Understanding the business environment and cybersecurity risks.
- Protect: Implementing safeguards to ensure delivery of critical infrastructure services.
- Detect: Developing and implementing appropriate activities to identify cybersecurity events.
- Respond: Planning and implementing activities to respond to cybersecurity incidents.
- Recover: Maintaining plans for resilience and restoring capabilities or services impaired due to a cybersecurity incident.
- Implementation Tiers and Profiles:
- Understanding the different implementation tiers (Partial, Risk-Informed, Repeatable, Adaptive).
- Developing cybersecurity profiles tailored to the organization’s needs.
- Framework Implementation:
- Conducting a gap analysis.
- Developing action plans to address gaps.
- Aligning cybersecurity practices with the NIST Framework.
- Continuous Monitoring and Improvement:
- Establishing metrics to measure the effectiveness of the cybersecurity program.
- Continuous monitoring of cybersecurity risks.
- Enhancing the framework’s implementation through lessons learned and feedback.
- Core Functions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework:
- Exam Details:
- Multiple-choice questions
- 2-hour duration
- Passing score varies by certification provider
Price: Approximately $600 USD for the exam; training costs typically range from $1,200 to $2,000 USD.