Introduction: Cyber Risks

Cyberspace is deeply interwoven with commerce and industry, government service delivery, business, health and the daily lives of citizens. Regrettably, this offers fertile ground for opportunistic cybercrimes. The financial damage caused, including instances of personal data loss, increases dramatically each year. Threats and attacks are becoming more dynamic and complex. Detecting and attributing attacks and threats to malicious actors are a major challenge to cybersecurity experts. Cyberspace therefore requires resilience to secure effectively.

This complex global problem requires rapid responses from the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and the availability of data assets controlled by the organisation. Organisations therefore need a proactive, holistic and flexible leadership approach.

The cybersecurity discipline includes technologies, policies, procedures, practices and culture designed to secure the organisation and the information it controls.

Given the real-world security challenges in South Africa and across the African continent, data protection, privacy and cybersecurity legislative frameworks are under development requiring cybersecurity governance compliance. The CISO and CIO will therefore require a higher level of knowledge of the broader cybersecurity domain. The certificate course on CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND LEADERSHIP is therefore designed as an interdisciplinary course, focusing on security technologies, digital innovation, national policy, standards, law and regulation. The course incorporates elements relevant to creating a culture of cybersecurity awareness and resilience. The course also focuses on developing relevant strategic responses to the security challenges posed to the digital communications ecosystem. Specifically designed to build the foundational analytical skills for the CISO in this emerging field, this course is a must for any organisation.

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Aims of the Course:

v To advance the knowledge of organisational leaders in general, and of cybersecurity professionals and aspiring CISOs, with respect to building successful cybersecurity leadership, in the face of increasingly sophisticated threats and attacks.

Course Outcomes:

Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to:

v Analyse the cybersecurity domain and the interdependencies between cybersecurity and traditional information security;

v Categorise the range of threats and threat actors facing organisations and nation-states;

v Identify the effects of cyberattacks on organisations and the various levels of defence required to secure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of critical information; and

v Formulate a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy by critically analysing the current organisational environment;

v Demonstrate the value of the various cybersecurity roles and responsibilities and the benefits to institutional governance;

v Critically evaluate the technology options available to defend the organisation, and consider solutions for ensuring the confidentiality, availability and integrity of connected systems; and

v Understand and apply the cybersecurity policy, legal and regulatory measures to the governance, risk assessment and risk management processes of the organisation.

Who Should Register:

Current and future CISO, CIO and other cybersecurity professionals from corporate organisations, government departments, state owned enterprises and individuals who require formal training in the emerging domain of data privacy and cybersecurity, will benefit from the course.

Lawyers, public policy officials and individuals that have an interest in privacy, data protection and cybersecurity will benefit from the course.

Course Content:

The certificate course on CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND LEADERSHIP includes the following modules:

Module 1: Introduction to the cybersecurity domain, including culture, risk and governance, technical concepts and leadership roles;

Module 2: Policy, legislative, regulatory and institutional frameworks underpinning the cybersecurity domain, including standards, audit and readiness frameworks, security architectures design and methodologies;

Module 3: Emerging cybersecurity technology trends and future-proofing organisations;

Module 4: Cybersecurity strategies, training and certifications; and

Module 5: Research paper on a key topic in cybersecurity.

Equivalent NQF Level: 8

2018 course weeks: 1-5 October 2018 5 – 9 November 2018 Research paper submission date 31 January 2019

Admission Requirements:

Entrants are required to hold an NQF level 7 qualification/ certification. At least 5 years work experience is preferred. If the entrant has 8 or more years work experience, the NQF level 7 qualification requirement may be waived.

Requirements for Successful Completion:

The participant is required to attend 80% of the contact sessions. Participants must pass all five modules.

The participant must obtain a 50% minimum mark in all formative and summative assessments.

The participant is required to present a short research paper on any of the topics covered in the course that demonstrates one or more key research techniques.

Methods of Assessment:

Each of the first four modules carry a 15% weighting (60%). Modules 1 to 4 will each require a group assignment (30%) and an individual examination (70%).

Module 5 is a research paper with a weighting of 40% towards the aggregate mark for the course.

Fees:

The course fee is R 43,500.00, exclusive of VAT.

The CISO approach is internationally well-established.

Registration and Course Co-ordinator:

Please register at http://www.wits.ac.za/linkcentre/cybersecurity-professional-practice

Contact Ms. Ashleigh Gormally, ashleigh.gormally@wits.ac.za,

+27-117176395

www.jcse.org.za

www.wits.ac.za/linkcentre/

Course Venue: Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, Braamfontein, Johannesburg

and The Digital Innovation Zone (The DIZ), Braamfontein.

Certificated Short Course

CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND

LEADERSHIP

Offered by the JCSE (Joburg Centre for Software Engineering)

In partnership with LINK Centre