About the Course
Risk is a business factor that can potentially influence business operations in a positive or negative way. It is a combination of a probability of an event and its consequence. The business or mission of the organization, threats, vulnerabilities and assets are several factors we must considered when evaluating risk. Governance facilitates accountability for protection of assets in an organization. Describes the four risk governance objectives, and introduces relevant frameworks, standards, and practices to inform the application of risk assessment techniques and appropriate risk treatment.
- Identify relevant frameworks, standards, & practices as well as applying risk identification techniques.
- Distinguish between threats & vulnerabilities & key risk management concepts.
- Identify & apply risk assessment techniques.
- Analyze risk scenarios & assess gaps between current & desired IT risk environment.
- Define the various risk response options & guidelines for risk response selection.
- Understand the difference between key risk indicators (KRIs) & key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Evaluate alignment of IT strategy with organization’s strategy & objectives.
- Evaluate proposed changes to organizational information systems meet business objectives.
- Evaluate organization’s ability to continue business operations.
- Articulate the key building blocks of cloud-based systems, cloud reference architecture, cloud computing activities & capabilities.