Cybersecurity Planning and Policy
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gain the skills to develop effective cybersecurity policies, manage risk, and build robust incident response and business continuity plans. This course covers essential frameworks, risk management concepts, and best practices for implementing and evaluating cybersecurity strategies across an organization.
About this Course
This course equips you with the knowledge needed to design and implement strong cybersecurity policies and response plans tailored to organizational needs. Learn the core components of policy frameworks, essential risk management terms, and how to handle third-party security through tools like Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Explore strategies for incident response, business continuity, and disaster recovery and how to implement, monitor, and evaluate cybersecurity policies to protect critical assets and ensure long-term operational stability.
What You'll Learn
- Identify key components of security policy frameworks
- Define core risk management terms and concepts
- Understand cybersecurity’s impact on continuity planning
- Explain how Service Level Agreements (SLAs) manage vendor security expectations
- Define business continuity and disaster recovery terms
- Analyze the role of continuous monitoring
- Outline phases of the incident response lifecycle
Prerequisites
- Introduction to Cybersecurity Principles & Data and Information Privacy, or equivalent knowledge
Instructors
Bradley Bryant
Teaching Faculty
Zachary Schultz
PhD Student