Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Finance and Accounting Professionals Certificate

Develop your fluency and gain the confidence to make sound strategic decisions regarding cybersecurity risk and learn what you should be doing as a non-IT professional, to help protect your clients and your organization from cyber threats.

The threats from cyber-attacks are real, and can:

• Disrupt businesses
• Result in financial losses
• Destroy an organization’s reputation

In fact, cybercrime damage costs are expected to hit $6 trillion annually by 2021. Organizations are under pressure to show that they have effective processes in place to detect, mitigate, and recover from cybersecurity events.

This certificate course gives you a foundation in cybersecurity so you can provide valuable leadership within your organization—or with your clients.

What do you need to know about cybersecurity?

You don’t have to become an IT expert. But, you do need to be able to speak intelligently and:

• understand key elements of the AICPA’s cybersecurity risk management reporting framework;
• learn the terminology and the right questions to ask;
• understand the potential risks and opportunities for your organization or clients;
• help advise on investments in cybersecurity or identify roles for cybersecurity specialists; and,
• apply a security mindset to your daily work.

Gain expertise—and show it with this certificate and digital badge

As cybercrime threats grow, it’s essential for financial professionals to understanding what the risks are and how mitigate or manage them.

This interactive, self-paced certificate program, authored by cybersecurity expert Chris Romeo, will help you acquire these skills so you can:

• Add value to your organization
• Create opportunities for your career growth
• Consider exploring cybersecurity advisory as a specialization for yourself or your firm