Short Learning Program

Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in Information Age

About This Course

In the digital economy, information systems serve as critical assets for completive advantage as well as a source for strategic security risk. Organisations now have complex digital ecosystems rooted at the heart of their success and it is incumbent upon business managers and leaders to be acutely aware of the challenges and risks that cybersecurity threats pose to their continued operations.

“There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don’t yet know they have been hacked.” – John Chambers (CEO: Cisco)

The MANCOSA skillME Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age short learning programme (SLP) has been developed by industry experts to provide business leaders and managers with a robust understanding of their role and responsibility in in protecting digital systems by mitigating cyber threats. The programme develops the skills that are required in order to strategically and successfully influence the overall cybersecurity posture within an organisation, in order to develop an appropriate level of protection against predicted cyber threats.

What You Will Learn

Understand the threat and vulnerability of working in virtual and cyber spaces
Detect and analyse cybersecurity threats facing teams and organizations
Identify tools needed to manage cybersecurity risks
Develop a cybersecurity management and strategy plan to better guide decision-making in organisations

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Certification

Upon successful completion of this SLP, students will receive an automatically generated Certificate of Completion backed by MANCOSA and issued through blockchain.

Blockchain certificates, can be easily shared with your network and are easily verified by employers and recruitment agencies.

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Your Tutor

Waldon Hendricks

Waldon currently works as an Information Technology lecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technology & holds a master’s degree in the field of Cybersecurity.

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