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Course Description

This course covers security assessment and testing, focusing on potential disruptions that can affect organizations and how they can be addressed with assessments and plans. Students will have the opportunity to practice how to assess the impact of disasters that may arise as well as to develop their own versions of these plans. This course requires a basic understanding of IT concepts.

Learner Outcomes

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Relate the many potential disasters and disruptions that can impact organizations and their information systems
  • Describe the steps required in conducting a business impact assessment
  • Explain the difference between a business continuity plan and a disaster recovery plan
  • Discuss different recovery strategies and how they fit into disaster recovery planning
  • Understand the business continuity organization and its responsibilities
  • Prepare a business continuity and disaster recovery plan
  • Discuss how organizations test their BCPs and DRPs, and perform different exercises to prepare for disruptions   

Upon completion of the course, learners may be eligible for:

  • PMI PDUs: 5
    • Power Skills PDUs: 5
    • Business Acumen PDUs: 1.5
    • Ways of Working PDUs: 3
  • IACET CEUs: 0.5 (Contact Hours: 5 hours)
  • ATD CI Credits: 5
  • HRCI Credits: 5
  • SHRM PDCs: 5

Please note:

Learners must achieve an average test score of at least 70% to meet the minimum successful completion requirement and qualify to receive IACET CEUs.

Notes

This course is offered through our curriculum partner, MindEdge, Inc. MindEdge was founded in 1998 by Harvard and MIT educators with a mission to improve the way the world learns. Since then, more than three million learners have participated in MindEdge programs.

Registered students will receive individualized communication with further instructions to help you prepare for class.

Click here for more details about on-demand online courses.

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Section Title
Security Assessment and Testing
Type
self-paced
Dates
Start Now, you have 90 days to complete this course once enrolled.
Delivery Options
Self-Paced Online  
Course Fee(s)
Registration Fee non-credit $119.00
Potential Discount(s)
CEUs
0.5 CEUs
Section Notes

This course encompasses 5 hours of on-demand content to complete on your own schedule. 

This course is included in the 8-class Cybersecurity Courses bundle; register for the bundle to receive $233 off the standard tuition of individual courses. 

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