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Designed by a leading cybersecurity expert, our Mitigating Cyber Risk in Governance certificate program helps participants succeed in their roles as professionals in charge of safeguarding critical infrastructure, assets, and the public. 

Through the lens of the world events that shape the global cybersecurity landscape, you will learn how to implement cost-effective, mission-based cybersecurity, deploy your organization’s resources to effectively address cyber vulnerabilities, and build and maintain a robust cyber workforce. You will finish the course with a certificate of completion and a practicable plan to implement cybersecurity measures at your organization.

  • Dates: October 18 – November 12, 2021
  • Format: Remote
  • Cost: $2,500

Designed For

Designed for professionals who wish the learn more about the impact of cyberattacks in both the private and public sectors and how to apply protective solutions directly to their organization.

Learning Objectives

  • Speak knowledgably with both experts and non-specialists using the language and principles of cybersecurity
  • Define and explain key principles and concepts of cybersecurity, attacks, defenses, and cyber hygiene
  • Describe the parameters imposed by different regulatory schemes for managing data, including the California Consumer Privacy Act and General Data Protection Regulation
  • Design different operational guidelines to address potential cyber vulnerabilities
Philip Stupak, Threat & Response Management Instructor

Professionals who understand how their daily activities contribute to the overall security of their workplace not only improve corporate security, but also help set themselves up for management promotions.

Philip Stupak, JD, Senior Advisor, Cambridge Global

Mitigating Cyber Risk RFI

Guest Speakers

Sherri Ramsay

Sherri Ramsay, MS

Consultant, Cambridge Global Advisors

As a consultant to Cambridge Global Advisors, Sherri Ramsay engages in cybersecurity strategy development and planning, cyber assessments, leadership, partnership development, and marketing/development of cybersecurity tools and security operations centers. She is on the Board of Advisors for...

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Tony Sager, MS

Tony Sager, MS

Senior Vice President and Chief Evangelist, The Center for Internet Security, Inc.

Tony Sager leads the development of the CIS Controls™, a worldwide consensus project to find and support technical best practices in cybersecurity. He champions the use of CIS Controls and other solutions gleaned from previous cyber-attacks to improve global cyber defense while nurturing CIS’...

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Leah Stupak, JD

Senior Counsel, Google

Leah Stupak is a senior counsel representing Google as a brand and a marketer of its own products and services. She supports the global marketing operations and brand and reputation teams, and advises on a wide variety of legal, privacy, regulatory, and compliance matters. She provides strategic...

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Weekly Schedule

Week 1: October 18–22

Class Session: Tuesday, October 19, 6:00–7:30 p.m. CDT

Virtual Happy Hour: 7:30–8:00 p.m. CDT

Develop a foundational understanding with a common lexicon for digital life by reviewing first principles, nomenclature, and taxonomies with the help of Sherri Ramsay, consultant to Cambridge Global Advisors.

Week 2: October 25–29

Class Session: Tuesday, October 26, 6:00–7:30 p.m. CDT

An introduction to cyber hygiene frameworks and a review of case studies from recent cyberattacks.

Week 3: November 1–5

Class Session: Tuesday, November 2, 6:00–7:30 p.m. CDT

Develop a working awareness of three privacy regulatory systems—GDPR, CCPA, and PNR—as a state means of navigating digital life.

Week 4: November 8–12

Class Session: Tuesday, November 9, 6:00–7:30 p.m. CDT

Unifying the theoretical, practical, and regulatory approaches into an operational series of best practices.

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