Show Hiring Mangers You Know Enough to be Part of the Team

Hey there,

As a follow up to the last newsletter, registration is now open for my A/CCRF course, and it’s in the Simply Cyber Academy!! 😎 

Starting your Cybersecurity Career Journey

When you think about breaking into cybersecurity at an entry level or making a mid-career transition into GRC, it can feel like staring at a mountain. 

Where do you start? What do you need to know? 🤔 

One of the best guidebooks to begin with is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). This 32-page document was first released 10 years ago in response to a presidential executive order and has been rapidly adopted since. It’s remarkably effective at helping organizations of all shapes and sizes baseline their current state and establish an appropriate, tailored, desired state to become cyber resilient. 

A New Certification Requested by Hiring Managers

Hiring managers in the AKYLADE Advisory Council identified CSF training as a key gap in the certification landscape. While 22-46 year old certifications like Security+, CISSP, and CISA are valuable, they don't dive deep enough into the CSF to prepare you to add value from day one. 

That's where the AKYLADE Certified Cyber Resilience Fundamentals (A/CCRF) exam and my course in Simply Cyber Academy come in, covering everything you need to know to pass it. 📚🎓 

A/CCRF Exam Domains

1. Cybersecurity Framework Concepts 📖 (25%): Understanding the basics. 

2. Framework Core 🔄 (30%): Six functions (Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover) drilling down into 22 categories and 106 subcategories. These enable effective communication about cyber risk between executives, managers, and practitioners. 

3. Tiers 🏃 🚶(10%): Determining the level of security based on your organization's unique mission, risk tolerance, and resources. CSF is not prescriptive and not one-size-fits-all. It is flexible and scalable. 

4. Profiles 🧭 (15%): Strategic planning between current and desired states to align cybersecurity efforts with organizational goals. 

5. Risk Management ⚠️ (20%): To reliably achieve objectives.

Course Features

• 1 licensed e-book copy of "Mastering Cyber Resilience" by AKYLADE

• 93 video lectures, that include presentation materials, quizzes and text transcripts

• 7 practice exams

• 1 Certiverse exam voucher

• 100% pass guarantee policy

• Access to support on the Simply Cyber Discord server

Why Simply Cyber Academy?

Join tens of thousands of students in an awesome community that's all about inclusion, support, value delivery, passion, empowerment, collaboration, and integrity.

#TeamSC, LET’S GO!!

Steve