Information Assurance Training : Cyber Security for System Users

Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center (IATAC) Offers
Cyber Security for System Users Course

This awareness-level course answers the question, What is cyber security? It is designed to promote security awareness among all users of IT systems. The course defines the term “cyber security” as well as the primary tenets of IA—confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and nonrepudiation. It provides a macro view of IA and introduces students to three categories of security controls: management, operational, and technical. It identifies and discusses user-related threats and vulnerabilities of IT systems, and it identifies security best practices that users should follow in protecting information and information resources within their working environment.

Who Should Attend?
System users and other personnel who want to learn more about cyber security

Objectives
This half-day course provides practical knowledge in the following areas:

• What is cyber security?
• IT Systems Security
• Tenets of IA
• Security Controls: Management, Operational, and Technical
• Security Best Practices

Contact Us
For more information on this course, please contact Marge Spanninger at 703/377-6705 or IATAC Core at 703/984-0775.

Our courses are flexible and portable for you because we bring the course and the instructor (subject matter experts [SME]) to your location. We conduct training for groups rather than for individuals. We can work with your organization by leveraging our technical area task (TAT) program or through a subscription account to make this training meet your organization’s needs. Estimates to train groups in Northern Virginia and on site at your location can be provided by contacting us at the information provided below. Please click here to find instructions on establishing a subscription account.

For more information on how your organization can benefit from IATAC’s IA Training, please send us an email at iatac@dtic.mil.