Program Overview

This 8-part webinar series will focus on the 8 knowledge areas (data, software, components, connections, system, human, organization, and society) and cross-cutting concepts such as confidentiality, integrity, availability, risks, adversarial, and systems thinking essential to the field of cybersecurity. Throughout the curriculum, we will examine how artificial intelligence is transforming both cybersecurity defense mechanisms and attack vectors, exploring AI-powered threat detection, automated incident response, and the emerging risks of adversarial machine learning and AI generated social engineering attacks. The program concludes with a capstone project requiring attendees to design their own cybersecurity plan based on the topics covered in the course.

What You Will Learn

Understand the essentials of cybersecurity in line with the Body of Knowledge concept. The course aims to build foundational knowledge across key areas, including risk management, network security, and cryptography to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Students will learn to assess and mitigate risks, secure networks and apply cryptographic techniques for data protection. Emphasis will be placed on secure software development, incident response, and understanding cybersecurity ethics.  

Evaluate the effectiveness of cybersecurity training programs in reducing human errors. It allows students to assess the role of employee training in cybersecurity, exploring how well various training approaches (such as phishing simulations, awareness workshops) reduce the risk associated with human error, one of the most common cybersecurity vulnerabilities.  

Assess vulnerability management and patch management processes in organizations. Students will evaluate the importance and effectiveness of regular vulnerability assessments and timely patching as well as explore the challenges organizations face in keeping systems up to date to prevent attacks.  

Identify challenges in ensuring data privacy compliance across global jurisdictions. Students are encouraged to compare their respective countries’ data privacy regulations with multiple data protection laws, including differences in requirements and enforcement.  

Full Curriculum HERE

Dates & Times

February 10, 17, 24 
March 3, 10, 17, 24  
April 1 

12:50PM Zoom Sign In | 1:00PM Webinar Start | 3:00PM Webinar Conclude 

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for professionals in community banking who are responsible for managing operational risk, customer data, digital services, or compliance, and want to strengthen their knowledge of cybersecurity fundamentals. Whether you are a branch manager, risk officer, IT Lead, or fraud analyst, this course will equip you with practical tools to identify, respond to, and prevent cyber threats in the banking environment. 

Express Grant

The course ID for the Intro to Cybersecurity Webinar Series is C-14614. Banks with 50 or fewer employees can be reimbursed 100 percent for the program's cost. For more information on the Commonwealth Corporation's Workforce Training Fund Program, please visit their website. If you need assistance with the Express Grant, please contact the Commonwealth Corporation directly. 

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