Cybersecurity Soft Skills Learning Path

In this rapidly pivoting business environment that aims to create and sustain profitability in the midst of escalated cyber risks, it is imperative that individuals tasked with responsibility for cybersecurity programs obtain and maintain cybersecurity soft skills that align with and produce strategic security, regulatory trust and operational stability.

4 hours, 15 minutes

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About Cybersecurity Soft Skills

In this learning path, you will obtain applicable cybersecurity soft skills knowledge guided by the STS (Security, Trust & Stability) model. This will empower you to design and develop cybersecurity soft skills that directly align your security program to the organization’s strategic initiatives. In a zero-trust cybersecurity environment, you will learn how to exhibit appropriate behaviors that increase trust from regulators and key stakeholders. In addition, you will learn how to obtain cybersecurity soft skills that will increase resiliency, yielding to operational stability.

 

Syllabus

Cybersecurity Soft Skills with the STS Model

Course - 00:46:00

Guided by the STS (Security, Trust & Stability) Model, this course describes the Cybersecurity Soft Skills that directly align your security program to the Organization’s Strategic Roadmap. You will learn how to exhibit appropriate behaviors that earn trust from regulators and key stakeholders. You will learn how to obtain cybersecurity soft skills that will increase resiliency and improve operational stability.

Security: Business Strategy Skills

Course - 00:56:00

After completing the videos in this course, you will be able to take ownership of your business strategy roadmap. We will discuss principle definitions, relationships and procedures that help a cybersecurity professional obtain and develop business strategy soft skills that directly align your security contributions to the organization’s strategic initiatives, including governance alignment, stakeholder awareness, and business collaboration.

Trust: Regulatory Obligation Skills

Course - 01:03:00

In this course, you will learn how to obtain cybersecurity soft skills aligned with regulatory obligations that exhibit appropriate behaviors and increase trust from regulators and key stakeholders in a zero-trust cybersecurity environment, including following legally binding procedures, incorporating compliance behaviors, and maintaining ethical principles.

Stability: Operational Excellence Skills

Course - 01:29:00

It’s not a question of “if” but “when” a catastrophic event will happen; in this course, you will learn how to obtain cybersecurity soft skills that will increase resiliency, yielding to operational stability. This set of skills is aligned with operational excellence and includes predective analysis, technical practicuum skills and resilience response skills.

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How to claim CPEs

Should you complete this learning path, you’ll be able to download a certificate of completion. Use this to claim your CPEs or CPUs.

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