About the Program

The Cyber Readiness Program is designed for organizations that want to build a cyber-ready culture, establish practical cybersecurity processes, and drive lasting behavior change across their workforce. It equips the person responsible for cyber readiness, your Cyber Leader, to develop and implement policies and procedures that reduce risk throughout the organization.

What you will learn

In this program, you will learn how to build cyber readiness across your organization and encourage good cyber behaviors among employees and contractors. You will develop policies and procedures that reduce cyber risk, build employee awareness and engagement, and identify and prioritize your critical data and systems. You will also create a practical incident response plan, establish backup, recovery, and governance practices, and customize the Cyber Readiness Playbook’s policies and resources for your organization. Finally, you will learn how to use AI tools safely and recognize AI-enabled attacks.

Curriculum

20 Chapters · 236 Lessons

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Introduction

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      About This Program

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      What You Will Accomplish

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      Program Modules Map

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      Short Survey

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      Program Instructions

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      What is Cyber Readiness?

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      The CRI Approach

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      Learning Objectives for the Program

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      Your Commitment to Cyber Readiness

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      Becoming CRI Certified Cyber Ready

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      Personas - Their Role in the Cyber Readiness Program

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      Persona: Elena

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Persona: Liam

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      Module 1 Quiz: Building Cyber Resilience Through Everyday Human Behavior

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      Role of the Cyber Leader

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      Cyber Leader's Mission

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      Being a Cyber Leader

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      Stories from the Field

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      Persona: Elena

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Persona: Liam

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      Engage and Influence your Organization

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      Module 2 Quiz: A Cyber Leader's Role

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      [OPTIONAL] Selecting and Managing Your IT and Cybersecurity Vendor

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      [OPTIONAL] Accountability

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      [OPTIONAL] Determining If You Need Outside Support

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      [OPTIONAL] Understanding the Vendor Landscape

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      [OPTIONAL] Assessing the Right Type of Vendor: Your Risk

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      [OPTIONAL] Assessing the Right Type of Vendor: Your Capabilities

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      [OPTIONAL] Questions to Ask a Potential Vendor

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      [OPTIONAL] Tips for Managing the Vendor Relationship

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 2 Deep Dive Quiz: Selecting and Managing Your IT and Cybersecurity Vendor

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      [OPTIONAL] Practical Strategies for Engaging and Influencing Your Organization

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      [OPTIONAL] Engaging and Influencing People

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      [OPTIONAL] Engaging and Influencing Leadership

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      [OPTIONAL] Engaging and Influencing the Workforce

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 2 Deep Dive Quiz: Practical Strategies for Engaging and Influencing Your Organization

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      Getting Started with the Cyber Readiness Playbook

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      The Cyber Readiness Playbook and Playbook Guide

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      Persona: Elena

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Persona: Liam

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      Value and Uses of the Cyber Readiness Playbook

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      Stories from the Field

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      Module 3 Quiz: Getting Started with the Cyber Readiness Playbook

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      Introduction to the Core Four

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      Core Four: Passwords + MFA

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      Core Four: Passwords + Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

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      Core Four Video: Passwords + MFA

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      CRI Policy Requirement: Passwords + Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

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      The Why Behind Our Policy

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      Persona: Elena

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Persona: Liam

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      Tips & Guidance: Passwords + Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

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      Interactive Password Game

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      Module 4 Quiz: Passwords + MFA

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      Core Four: Software Updates

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      Core Four: Software Updates

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      Core Four Video: Software Updates

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      CRI Policy Requirements: Software Updates

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      The Why Behind Our Policy

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      Persona: Elena

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Persona: Liam

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      Tips & Guidance: Software Updates

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      Interactive Software Updates Game

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      Module 4 Quiz: Software Updates

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      Core Four: Phishing Awareness

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      Core Four: Phishing Awareness

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      Core Four Video: Phishing Awareness

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      CRI Policy Requirement: Phishing Awareness

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      The Why Behind Our Policy

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      Persona: Elena

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Persona: Liam

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      Tips & Guidance: Phishing Awareness

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      Interactive Phishing Game

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      Module 4 Quiz: Phishing Awareness

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      Core Four: Secure Storage and Sharing

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      Core Four: Secure Storage and Sharing

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      Core Four Video: Secure Storage and Sharing

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      CRI Policy Requirement: Secure Storage and Sharing

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      The Why Behind Our Policy

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      Persona: Elena

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Persona: Liam

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      Tips & Guidance: Secure Storage and Sharing

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      Interactive Secure Storage and Sharing Game

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      Module 4 Quiz: Secure Storage and Sharing

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      [OPTIONAL] Beyond Passwords: Practical Ways to Protect Your Organization

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      [OPTIONAL] Beyond Passwords

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      [OPTIONAL] Password Managers

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      [OPTIONAL] Tips for Using Password Managers

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      [OPTIONAL] Single Sign-On (SSO)

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      [OPTIONAL] Tips for Using SSO

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      [OPTIONAL] What are Passkeys?

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      [OPTIONAL] How Passkeys Work

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      [OPTIONAL] How is a Passkey Multi-Factor Authentication?

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      [OPTIONAL] Making Sense of Passkeys, Password Managers, and SSO

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      [OPTIONAL] Why to Start Using Passkeys Now

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      [OPTIONAL] Security Benefits of Passkeys

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      [OPTIONAL] Stories from the Field

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 4 Deep Dive Quiz: Beyond Passwords

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      [OPTIONAL] Software Updates in the AI Age

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      [OPTIONAL] Software Updates Matter More Than Ever

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      [OPTIONAL] Stories from the Field

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      [OPTIONAL] What Software Updates Means for Your Organization

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      [OPTIONAL] What to Do

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      [OPTIONAL] When Does It Make Sense to Test Software Updates?

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      [OPTIONAL] Staged Software Updates

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 4 Deep Dive Quiz: Software Updates in the AI Age

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      [OPTIONAL] Phishing and Smishing in the AI Age

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      [OPTIONAL] Impact of AI

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      [OPTIONAL] Three Ways AI Has Changed Phishing

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      [OPTIONAL] Three Ways AI Has Changed Smishing

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      [OPTIONAL] Stories from the Field

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      [OPTIONAL] The Best Defense

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      [OPTIONAL] Action Checklist

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 4 Deep Dive Quiz: Phishing and Smishing in the AI Age

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      Intro to Incident Response Plan

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      Cyber Incident Response Plan

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      Prioritizing What to Protect

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      Understanding the Real Risk to Your Organization

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      Conducting a Risk Assessment

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      Stories from the Field

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      Building Your Incident Response Plan

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      Persona: Elena

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      Prepare: Key to Resiliency

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      Crucial to Continuity: Backups

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Respond: Managing the Crisis

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      Persona: Liam

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      Recover: Getting Back to Normal

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      Tips & Guidance: Incident Response Plan

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      Module 5 Quiz: Incident Response Plan

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      [OPTIONAL] Practical Cybersecurity Risk Assessments

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      [OPTIONAL] Why Assess Risk? From Incident Response to Proactive Defense

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      [OPTIONAL] Measuring Risk: The First Steps

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      [OPTIONAL] Making the Impact Feel Real

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      [OPTIONAL] Mapping the Sources of Risk

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      [OPTIONAL] Inherent Risk vs. Residual Risk

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      [OPTIONAL] Putting It All Together

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 5 Deep Dive Quiz: Practical Cybersecurity Risk Assessments

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      [OPTIONAL] Updating Your Incident Response Plan for AI-Enabled Attacks

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      [OPTIONAL] Your Incident Response Plan in the AI Age

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      [OPTIONAL] Detection & Verification

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      [OPTIONAL] Containment

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      [OPTIONAL] Communication

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      [OPTIONAL] Testing Your Incident Response Plan

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      [OPTIONAL] IRP Testing Checklist

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 5 Deep Dive Quiz: Updating Your Incident Response Plan for AI-Enabled Attacks

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      [OPTIONAL] Backups

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      [OPTIONAL] Why Backups Matter

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      [OPTIONAL] Stories from the Field

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      [OPTIONAL] Backups - How and When

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      [OPTIONAL] Cloud Sync vs. True Backups: Knowing the Difference

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      [OPTIONAL] Cyber Resilient Backups: Best Practice

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      [OPTIONAL] Cyber Resilient Backups: Bare Minimum

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 5 Deep Dive Quiz: Backups

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      The Cyber Leader as Technology Orchestrator

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      The Three Pillars of Cybersecurity

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      Role of Cyber Leader in Orchestrating People, Process, and Technology

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      Persona: Elena

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      Today's Cybersecurity Attack Terminology

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      Applying the Core Four to AI-Enabled Attacks

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Use of AI, GenAI, and AI Agents in Attacks and Defense

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      Ransomware: Prevention, Response, and Recovery

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      Persona: Liam

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      Cybersecurity Considerations for Operational Technology (OT)

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      Module 6 Quiz: Your Role with Cybersecurity Technology

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      [OPTIONAL] Secure and Acceptable AI Use

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      [OPTIONAL] Quick Intro to AI

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      [OPTIONAL] Secure Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

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      [OPTIONAL] Public vs. Private GenAI Tools

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      [OPTIONAL] Understanding the GenAI Risks

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      [OPTIONAL] Stories from the Field

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      [OPTIONAL] Recommended Actions to Reduce GenAI Risk

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      [OPTIONAL] The Next Wave: AI Agents

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      [OPTIONAL] If You Want to Learn More

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 6 Deep Dive Quiz: Secure and Acceptable AI Use

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      Leading the Culture Change

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      Managing People

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      People and Their Behavior

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      Challenges to Changing Behavior

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      Tips for Creating a Culture of Cyber Readiness

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      Persona: Elena

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      Effective Change Management

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Setting Effective Goals for Cyber Readiness

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      Persona: Liam

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      How to Excel at Managing People

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      Stories from the Field

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      Module 7 Quiz: Building a Cyber Ready Culture

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      [OPTIONAL] Leading Change and Building Habits

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      [OPTIONAL] Story from the Field

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      [OPTIONAL] From Awareness to Action

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      [OPTIONAL] Use Goal-setting to Define What Success Looks Like

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      [OPTIONAL] The Power of Deadlines

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      [OPTIONAL] Moving from Commitment to Action: Bridging the Intention-Behavior Gap

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      [OPTIONAL] The Psychology Behind If/Then Rules

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      [OPTIONAL] Getting Started with If/Then Rules for Cyber Readiness

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 7 Deep Dive Quiz: Leading Change and Building Habits

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      [OPTIONAL] Leading Cyber Readiness: The Attitude, Skills, and Knowledge Every Cyber Leader Needs

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      [OPTIONAL] Stepping Up as a Cyber Leader

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      [OPTIONAL] How Your Attitude Shapes Organizational Culture

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      [OPTIONAL] Putting Attitude into Practice

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      [OPTIONAL] Communication is an Essential Cyber Leader Skill

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      [OPTIONAL] Putting Skills into Practice

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      [OPTIONAL] What a Cyber Leader Needs to Know

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      [OPTIONAL] Applying Your Knowledge Effectively

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      [OPTIONAL] Module 7 Deep Dive Quiz: Leading Cyber Readiness

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      The Habits You Built Count Toward Compliance

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      CRI Certified Cyber Ready as a Stepping-Stone

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      Stories from the Field

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      Typical Time and Cost to Meet the Standards

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      How Cyber Readiness Functions as a Stepping-Stone

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      Persona: Elena

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Persona: Liam

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      Module 8 Quiz: Building on Cyber Readiness

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      Celebrating Your Cyber Readiness Journey

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      Building On Success

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      Stories from the Field

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      How to Sustain Change

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      Persona: Elena

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      Persona: Marcus

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      Persona: Liam

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      Two Ways to Use This Program

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      Getting CRI Certified Cyber Ready

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      Getting Your Certificate of Completion

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      Tell Us What You Think

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      Change Behavior. Be Cyber Ready.

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