Building a Compliance Roadmap for Cybersecurity Maturity

In this 1.5 hour long practical course participants will learn from attorneys Alex Major and Franklin Turner of McCarter & English, cybersecurity expert Ryan Heidorn of Steel Root, and experienced IT auditor Nick DeLena of DGC, how to build and operate a compliant cybersecurity compliance program that will help federal contractors align their current and future technology architecture to the evolving legal requirements inherent in their contracts.  The topics covered will include:

• The obligations under which federal contractors must operate (FAR, DFARS, CMMC, Agency efforts)
• Understanding what “cybersecurity maturity” means (and its implications towards CMMC)
• Defining a system boundary for Controlled Unclassified Information
• Understanding, implementing, and using a System Security Plan (SSP)
• Developing a “Current Profile” and “Target Profile” for your organization
• Crafting policies that align operations and requirements and the Procedures necessary to follow them
• Timelines and strategies for IT and leadership
• Impact of cloud services on cybersecurity obligations
• Cyber incident reporting when things go wrong: why, who, when and how
• How to account for and manage growth and uncertainty

Continuing Education Credits

CLE: This course is recommended for 1.5 CLE credit.

CLP: This course is recommended for 2 CLP credit.

CPE: This course is recommended for 1.5 CPE credit.

CEU: This course is recommended for .2 CEU credit.

PDU: This course is recommended for 1.5 PDU credit.