AWR 366 Developing a Cyber Security Annex for Incident Response

Cyber-attacks occur more frequently and have become increasingly sophisticated. Cybersecurity events now have the potential to significantly disrupt the business operations of government and critical infrastructure services. Public and private sectors, in the United States, are at increasing and continual risk of surprise attacks from nation-state and non-state actors. At the end of this course, participants should possess the fundamentals needed to design and develop a cyber annex for states, locals, tribes, and/or territories (SLTTs). It addresses what the annex is, how it is used, who should participate in the design, implementation, and execution.

Course Length: 6 hours

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Prerequisite: None

Target Audience/Discipline: Personnel assigned to work in the jurisdiction’s emergency operations center, policy makers, elected and/or appointed officials, emergency responders, IT personnel with responsibilities for identifying and responding to cyber events for SLTT government, private industry, and critical infrastructure representatives.

Scheduled Classes: There are no scheduled dates for this course.

Please note: Applications for courses will be accepted up to 1 day prior to the course date.

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