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NCSF Practitioner

Duration: 4 days Dates: 19 October 2026 18 January 2027 19 April 2027 19 July 2027

This course explains the current challenges of cybersecurity and provides an in-depth look at UMass Lowell's NCSF Control Factory Methodology, used to build, test, maintain and continuously improve a cybersecurity programme based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. The programme is aimed at candidates who need a detailed understanding of the NCSF to carry out their day-to-day work as cybersecurity engineers, testers or operations professionals. The course addresses cybersecurity risks and shows participants the best approach for designing and building a comprehensive, technology-focused cybersecurity programme and a business-focused cyber risk management programme that minimises risk while protecting critical assets. Executives are very aware of the risks but have only limited knowledge of how best to mitigate them. We want to enable executives to answer the central question: are we secure? Please note: NCSF Foundation is a prerequisite.

1 – Background & Introduction

2 – Scoping the Problem

  • Cybersecurity risks & controls
  • Cyber risk to critical infrastructure
  • Mitigating cyber risk: steps 2 – 5

3 – The Controls Factory Model

  • Cybersecurity Controls Model
  • The Engineering Center
  • The Technical Center
  • The Business Center

4 – Cyber Threats & Vulnerabilities

  • Cyber Kill Chain® Model
  • The cyber threat landscape
  • Vulnerabilities & control gaps

5 – Digital Assets, Identities & Business Impact

  • Protecting our digital assets
  • Asset management
  • Business applications
  • Security practices
  • Business environment
  • Governance & risk assessment
  • Risk management & supply chain

6 – NIST Cybersecurity Framework – Design & Build

  • NIST CSF: mapping the core functions

7 – Technology Programme – Design & Build

  • The technology programme
  • Critical Security Control 01 – 20

8 – Security Operations Center (SOC)

  • Overview of security operations
  • SOC technology
  • SOC staffing
  • SOC processes/procedures
  • SOC services
  • SOC options

9 – Testing & Assurance of the Technology Programme

  • PCI DSS: overview & mapping
  • Building & maintaining a secure network & secure systems
  • Protecting cardholder data
  • Maintaining a vulnerability management programme
  • Implementing strong access control measures
  • Regularly monitoring & testing networks
  • Maintaining an information security policy

10 – Design & Build of the Business Center

  • Controls Factory Model – Business Center
  • ISO 27002 Control Clause A.5 to A.18

11 – Developing Cyber Workforce Competencies

  • The Controls Factory Model – developing the cyber workforce
  • The NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NCWF)
  • Securely Provision
  • Operate and Maintain
  • Oversee and Govern
  • Protect and Defend
  • Analyze
  • Collect and Operate
  • Investigate

12 – Design & Build of the Cyber Risk Programme

  • Controls Factory Model – Cyber Risk Programme
  • AICPA Description Criteria – categories 1 to 19

13 – Assessing the Cybersecurity Programme

  • Sample assessment
  • Summary design of the cybersecurity programme

14 – The Risk Management Framework

  • AICPA cyber risk categories
  • FTC compliance with the framework
Learning Solution

Blended Learning, Firmenseminar, Individualcoaching, Klassenraumtraining, Online Live Webinar

Language

Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch

Dates

2026/10/19, 2027/01/18, 2027/04/19, 2027/07/19, flexibel, auf Anfrage

IT and cybersecurity professionals seeking certification in operationalising the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NCSF) across an organisation and its supply chain.

The NCSF Practitioner programme provides the knowledge needed to prepare for the NCSF Practitioner exam, as well as the skills to design, build, test, manage and improve a cybersecurity programme based on the NCSF.

NCSF Foundation

CHF4'280 excl. VAT

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