Risk Management and Security Vulnerabilities

This course will help you understand risk and risk assessment strategies. It will also equip you with the skills to protect digital environments professionally. Learn how to assess and identify risk levels and integrate IT risk management techniques to protect your organization and decision-making processes. You will gain a critical understanding of organisational culture and how it affects risk management by the end. Understanding leadership styles and how they impact cyber-awareness will help you to understand the role of risk management in improving your culture. To understand digital security risks, you'll learn how to identify and assess threats and vulnerabilities, as well as what they are. The course will then explore the risk management model which explains the steps involved in managing risk. The course will cover the different types of threats: human, environmental and technical errors as well as deliberate acts. Examine risk appetite and the way organisations determine the acceptable risk level to achieve their goals. You will examine emerging risks, which are often described as high-impact, low likelihood, and explore the key challenges involved in managing them, including the complexity of cyberspace and the lack of historical data.

You'll also learn how to create a culture of digital security where employees are aware that information protection is an integral part their job, daily habits and conduct.