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Overview

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Build or enhance your cybersecurity and privacy program using international standards for both work and personal environments.
• Understand and address legal and regulatory requirements to ensure organizational compliance.
• Apply controls to prevent incidents, protect privacy, and improve safety across all settings.
• Recognize what qualifies as personal and sensitive data.
• Identify and safeguard personal and sensitive data throughout its lifecycle.
• Recognize common threats like ransomware, social engineering, and supply chain risks—and how to defend against them.
• Access ongoing resources to maintain strong privacy, security, and safety practices.

Description

Cybersecurity and Privacy Basics for Engineers and Technical Professionals is a practical course designed to help technical teams understand and apply essential cybersecurity and privacy principles. Participants will explore current laws, risks, and real-world incidents to grasp the impact of security breaches and privacy violations. The course highlights how strong cybersecurity and privacy practices can enhance both organizational and personal safety, and introduces key controls and program elements that every engineer and technical professional should know.

Through interactive use cases and checklists, learners will gain actionable tips for protecting data and systems in both professional and personal contexts. The course also provides guidance on building effective security and privacy programs, along with curated resources for continued learning. Whether you're new to the topic or looking to strengthen your foundation, this course offers a clear and engaging path to becoming more security-aware and privacy-conscious.

Course Outline

• Current cybersecurity and privacy facts, laws, and risks
• Examples of real-life security incidents and privacy breaches, and the associated harms and penalties
• Using cybersecurity and privacy to improve safety
• Security and privacy controls necessary in organizations
• Security and privacy controls necessary in personal life
• Cybersecurity and privacy program key elements
• Cybersecurity tips and checklists for organizations and individuals
• Privacy tips and checklists for organizations and individuals
• Privacy and security use cases and class participation
• Important parting advice
• Cybersecurity and privacy resources

Who Should Attend
Practitioners that depend upon, or have within their work environment, technologies, including but not limited to:

• Technical personnel
• Facility managers
• IT managers
• Sourcing/Contracting managers
• Design engineers
• Facility engineers
• Electric grid engineers
• Construction engineers
• Engineering consultants
• Transportation engineers
• Material managers
• Facility operators
• Environmental scientists
• Lawyers
• Cybersecurity managers
• Privacy managers

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Instructor

Rebecca Herold is CEO of the Privacy & Security Brainiacs SaaS Services business she launched in 2021 with her son Noah, the third SaaS business for which she has been co-founder and engineering architect. Rebecca is also founder (2004) and CEO of The Privacy Professor consultancy. Rebecca has over 25 years of systems engineering, information security, privacy & compliance experience.

Rebecca has authored 23 books to date. The most recent book is the soon-to-be-published second in the Privacy & Security Brainiacs, "Cybersecurity for Grandparents and Everyone Else!" series of books, "IoT Security and Privacy." Rebecca is finishing another book in 2022 published by CRC Press titled "Security & Privacy when Working from Home & Travelling." Rebecca's radio/podcast show, Data Security and Privacy with the Privacy Professor, is on VoiceAmerica. Rebecca has been a subject matter expert since January 2020 on the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program team, performing research and co-authoring IoT security and privacy standards, guidelines, and other informative references.

Rebecca also serves as an expert witness for IT, security, privacy and compliance topics, including two cases that involved IoT use to commit crimes, including assaults. Rebecca was an Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University MSISA program for 9 ½ years and has earned 10 professional certifications (FIP, CDPSE, CISSP, CIPP/US, CIPT, CIPM, CISM, CISA, FLMI, Ponemon Institute Fellow).

Rebecca has Masters' and Bachelors' degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics and Education and lives in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. For more information about Rebecca, see:

• LinkedIn
• Privacy Security Brainiacs
• Voice America
• Privacy Guidance