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Risk management in the digital environment

Member price: £335 + VAT

Non-member price: £395 + VAT

Timing: 9.30am-12.30am on both days

This course runs over two mornings, with a day for reflection in between


Online Live, 7 & 9 November 2023

Book with BPP


Overview

This course provides information and guidance, and helps to translate the often confusing terminology surrounding managing risk in today's digital world of working into an easy-to-understand format. This informative session is based on real-life events and offers advice, tips, and recommendations on what individuals and businesses can do to help stay protected, and potentially minimise risk of future threats.

It will provide you with:

  • an understanding of digital risk management in business
  • easy ways of staying on top and implementing precautionary measures in almost any business
  • the ability to identify risks and vulnerabilities with remote working
  • familiarity with some of the basic terminology and jargon surrounding digital security and cybercrime, and how the emergence of advanced intelligent solutions like Artificial Intelligence could benefit the cyber world significantly

Who should attend

This informative course will benefit anyone who wants to learn how to minimise risk in today’s digital environment, where cybercrime has become commonplace. While the course will cover some basic elements of networks, exploring web-code, and some technicalities of the Internet, no programming or technical knowledge is necessary to attend, as full explanation will be provided from the ground up.

What you will learn

  • Introduction to managing risk in the digital environment
    • Digital challenges facing businesses now
    • Myths debunked
    • Transforming risk management in the 2020s
  • Types of cyber threats affecting us today
    • Malware
    • Phishing
    • SQL Injection Attack
    • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
    • Denial of Service (DoS)
    • Session Hijacking and Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
    • Credential Reuse
  • Activities
    • Real case studies and analysis
    • Incident response: management and reporting
    • Spot fraudulent sites
    • Signs of an attack
  • Darknet and privacy tools
    • Exploring Darknet
    • The onion router (Tor)
    • Alternative browsing and protection from surveillance
  • Implications on a business
    • Managing risk with remote working
    • Business strategy – putting security at the forefront
    • Governance, regulations, data management
    • Risk-assessments and treatment plans
    • Exposure to public WiFi connections
    • Further tips on safeguarding computer systems
  • Expert analysis
    • What can we do to manage risk more effectively?
    • Biggest cyber security threats in the coming year
    • Reports in focus
    • Recruitment for Cyber Security & the job market
  • Bonus topics:
    • Anatomy of a data breach
    • Types of information cyber criminals can gain through data leakage
    • Reporting and communication channels
    • Safety measures anyone can implement
    • Homework topics for further study

All exercises and project files used on the course will be available to take home.

Questions?

BPP | Tel: 0330 060 3303 | Email: ldicas@bpp.com

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