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About the workshop
In today’s evolving digital landscape, government agencies must enhance their cyber resilience to effectively manage risks and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. This workshop is designed for IT professionals seeking to develop the relevant skills required to achieve Maturity Levels 1 and 2 in the Essential Eight framework.
This hands-on workshop will provide you with an opportunity to strengthen your foundational cybersecurity skills while exploring advanced techniques for effective governance, risk management, and compliance. You will engage in practical exercises to assess your organisation’s cyber maturity and learn how to map relevant frameworks to your existing practices.
By the end of the event, you will walk away with actionable insights and plans and documentation to assist with the implementation, to elevate your agency's cybersecurity posture, ensuring you are well-prepared to tackle emerging threats and sustain a strong security framework.
Agenda
Assess your maturity effectiveness
- Understand business risk and maturity model relevance
- Conduct self-assessments and track documentation
- Emphasise continuous improvement and gap analysis
Map cyber frameworks to your practices
- Explore frameworks' relevance and mapping techniques
- Align frameworks with real-time metrics in case studies
- Identify gaps for enhanced cyber resilience
Implement essential controls
- Discuss governance roles and accountability for controls
- Develop a flexible governance framework for risk
- Explore risk mitigation strategies across sectors
Strengthen your cyber posture and risk management
- Define and assess cyber posture and risk appetite
- Analyse case studies to refine risk strategies
- Align risk management with business objectives
Ensure ongoing compliance and future-proofing
- Learn strategies for dynamic compliance maintenance
- Introduce a compliance monitoring toolkit for reporting
- Develop strategic documents for future threat assessments
Develop change management and hardening techniques
- Create adaptable change management plans and templates
- Learn application hardening techniques and updates
- Implement strategies for enterprise impact and metrics
Tailor Your Training Experience
To make sure you get the learning solution that’s right for you, we offer different levels of tailoring to suit your needs. Choose from three levels of customisation:
1.Off the Shelf
Love what you see? Great! Choose this option to take one of our most popular courses and bring it in-house for your team. Includes a pre-course consult session with our facilitator to make sure we hit the mark, and deliver the right learning experience for you.
2.Customised
Make sure you get the most from the course you choose, by tailoring the content to get the right fit for you. Speak to our team, who will work with you to pick and mix from a curated bank of training modules to help customise your learning experience.
3.Premium
Not on the list? Let us know what you’re looking for and we will find the right solution. Our team of learning specialists will work with you to develop a unique training course for your business. Through an in-depth consultation process, we will work with you to profile your learning needs and build a bespoke program from the ground up.
Speak with one of our team today to find which option is right for you.
Who Will Attend
Mid to senior-level public sector professionals responsible for cybersecurity, IT governance, risk management, or IT operations in government agencies.
This includes but is not limited to:
IT Directors
IT Managers
Risk and Compliance Officers
Cybersecurity Analysts and System Administrators
Project Managers working on cybersecurity and IT governance projects