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Integrating NIST Frameworks (ERM/CSF/RMF)

Elevate your cybersecurity capability with the Integrating NIST Frameworks course, designed for professionals aiming to master NIST's ERM, CSF, and RMF frameworks, offering comprehensive skills for managing cybersecurity risks effectively.
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Instructor-led

OV-NISTv2.0

Duration
3 Days
Format
Live Online
Access
Multiple Timezones

Overview

About this course.

This three-day Integrating NIST Frameworks (ERM/CSF/RMF) course helps students to understand the background and integration of several key frameworks from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The course explains the background and application of NIST's Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) version 2.0, Enterprise Risk Approach, and Risk Management Framework (RMF), and their relationship to other NIST models such as those for Cybersecurity Workforce, Privacy Risk Management, and Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM). Discussion also addresses NIST Special Publication 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations, that many private organizations must apply within their own operations.

Using CSF’s proven components (updated in 2024) as a way to organize risk expectations, outcomes and communication, the course explains the interaction among mission objectives and priorities, risk management through the language of business, and application of those objectives for managing risk for business systems and services.

The course is developed and delivered by one of the primary CSF authors and includes materials help students to apply the CSF principles to treat cybersecurity risk management as an enterprise practice. The course helps security teams understand how to manage risk in light of executives' priorities, and it helps leaders apply the necessary privacy & security enablers to be prepared for an ever-evolving cybersecurity risk landscape.

Note that although this course has been developed and will be delivered by an engineer that participated in numerous NIST projects, NIST itself does not deliver or endorse any formal courses about their risk management or cybersecurity initiatives.

Review this course online at https://www.alta3.com/courses/NISTv2.0

Objectives

What you'll learn

  • Understand NIST's ERM, CSF, and RMF frameworks and their integration.
  • Design enterprise risk management strategies using NIST guidelines.
  • Implement cybersecurity measures aligning with global standards.
  • Evaluate organizational risk using NIST framework tools.

Audience

Who it's for

  • Cybersecurity Professionals
  • Risk Management Specialists
  • IT Security Managers
  • Compliance Officers

Outline

Course outline.

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Section 1 - Course Introduction

  1. Overview of course objectives and organization.
  2. Role of NIST in setting international standards.

Section 2 - The Basics of Cybersecurity Risk Management

  1. Defining terms like threats and vulnerabilities.
  2. Internationally-recognized standards for risk management.
  3. Scope of risk management programs.
  4. Purpose and process for risk identification.
  5. Effective risk analysis methodologies.
  6. Risk evaluation and response.
  7. Monitoring and reviewing ongoing risk conditions.

Section 3 - Introduction to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0

  1. Creation and evolution of the NIST CSF.
  2. Uses and benefits of the Framework.
  3. Framework components overview.

Section 4 - Detailed Review of the Framework Core

  1. Overview of the Framework's six functions.
  2. In-depth review of CSF 2.0 Core elements.
  3. Demonstration of NIST’s Online Informative Reference Program.

Section 5 - Organizational Assessment through the Framework Implementation Tiers

  1. Explanation of the Implementation Tiers.
  2. Description of each Implementation Tier level.

Section 6 - Planning and Recording Organizational Outcomes through Framework Profiles

  1. Structure and examples of CSF profiles.
  2. Methods for documenting organizational states.
  3. Considerations for measuring progress.

Section 7 - The Cybersecurity Framework Five-Step Process

  1. Step-by-step application of the CSF’s implementation process.

Section 8 - Introduction to the NIST Risk Management Framework

  1. Origin and evolution of the RMF.
  2. Overview of the RMF seven-step process.

Section 9 - Integration of CSF and RMF with Other Key Frameworks

  1. Integration of NIST frameworks with industry models.
  2. Relationship to NIST Special Publication 800-171.

Section 10 - Applying NIST Frameworks to Real-World Cybersecurity

  1. Transitioning from theoretical understanding to real-world application.
  2. Review of roles and responsibilities from NIST models.

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