The Cybersecurity Advisory Services Certificate (15.5 CPE Credits) will teach you how to help your clients navigate threats by becoming a trusted business advisor for their organization's cybersecurity risk management programs.

Cybersecurity threats are escalating, unnerving the boards of directors, managers, investors and other stakeholders of organizations of all sizes--whether public or private. Organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate that they are managing threats, and that they have effective processes and controls in place to detect, respond to, mitigate and recover from cybersecurity events.

Cybersecurity yields potential business opportunities for a firm to better serve its clients. As a trusted business advisor, firm practitioners can provide advisory services that help companies spot cybersecurity weaknesses, identify potential risks and offer advice on how to safeguard information and systems. Learn how you can help your clients navigate threats by becoming a trusted business advisor for their organization's cybersecurity risk management programs.

Upon completing the learning, you will be awarded with a certificate in the form of a digital badge to be proudly displayed anywhere on the internet--a personal blog, a social network like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Mozilla Open Badges, a biographical page on a company website, or an online resume.

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

• Practitioners who are interested in providing cybersecurity advisory services and want to build their competencies in and understanding of these types of services. Likely participants may already have SOC for service organizations practices and are looking to expand into cybersecurity. Participants must have either IT expertise or access to IT professionals who possess the skills to perform this work.
• CPAs in public accounting firms who are providing non-consulting and advisory services for clients of the firms (e.g. tax or A&A services) and need to be able to intelligently convey the value of a cybersecurity risk management program to their clients (to then hand off to the cybersecurity specialist within the firm).
• Management accountants and internal auditors who want to understand the types of services available to their organizations related to the management of cybersecurity risks

KEY TOPICS

• Cybersecurity risk management program overview
• Cybersecurity advisory service opportunities
• Cybersecurity examination services versus advisory services
• Cybersecurity frameworks, including the AICPA cybersecurity risk management program reporting framework
• Drivers for cybersecurity advisory needs
• Gap analysis and risk assessment
• Common cybersecurity advisory services, such as SOC for Cybersecurity readiness assessments and penetration testing
• Tools to effectively perform advisory services including qualifications and certifications, backgrounds and expertise, and other resources you would need to market and deliver in a quality manner

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Articulate the nature and types of cybersecurity advisory services that can be performed.
• Identify key considerations of each of those advisory services.
• Recognize what one would need to effectively perform advisory services.
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Digital Badge: Your Professional Distinction

Set yourself apart as a future-ready financial professional. Upon completion, you will be awarded with a certificate in the form of a digital badge. Digital badges allow you to distinguish yourself in the marketplace and show your commitment to quality. The badge can be posted to your social media profiles and linked to your resume or email signature, providing maximum visibility to your achievement.

Credit Info

• CPE CREDITS: Online: 15.5 (CPE credit info)
• NASBA FIELD OF STUDY: Information Technology
• LEVEL: Basic
• PREREQUISITES: None
• ADVANCE PREPARATION: Assumed knowledge of the Trust Services Criteria and the Cybersecurity Description Criteria
• DELIVERY METHOD: QAS Self-Study
• COURSE ACRONYM: CSADV

Online Access Instructions

A personal pin code is enclosed in the physical packaging that may be activated online upon receipt. Once activated, you will gain immediate online access to the product for one full year.

System Requirements

AICPA's online CPE courses will operate in a variety of configurations, but only the configuration described below is supported by AICPA technicians.

A stable and continuous internet connection is required. In order to record your completion of the online learning courses, please ensure you are connected to the internet at all times while taking the course. It is your responsibility to validate that CPE certificate(s) are available within your account after successfully completing the course and/or exam.

Supported Operating Systems:

• Macintosh OS X 10.10 to present
• Windows 7 to present

Supported Browsers:

• Apple Safari
• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox

Required Browser Plug-ins:

• Adobe Flash
• Adobe Acrobat Reader

Technical Support: Please contact service@aicpa.org.

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