800-171 Specialist Certification Training

Description & Target Audience

The DVMS^® 800-171 Specialist certificate covers the impact of adopting and adapting a principled approach to digital business risk management using the NIST 800-171 controls and management systems. The program guides students on a best practice approach to engineering a comprehensive, NIST-CSF, 800-171 risk management program that is implemented for use and auditable for purpose.

The DVMS^® 800-171 Specialist looks at the impact of adapting a principled approach to enterprise risk management framework to better support cybersecurity decisions within the context of the NIST 800-171 informative reference.

Target Audience:

This course is for those resources involved in the design, adaption, operation, and continuous improvement of a cyber security risk management system. This course is intended for those team members involved in the “heavy lifting” associated with designing and implementing a security-based Governance, Risk Management, and/or Compliance program based on the NIST 800-171 informative reference.  This course is also ideal for US DoD contractors looking to go beyond the core NIST 800-171 & CMMC requirements to build an ongoing program of Continual Security Improvement (CSI).

Objectives & Outcomes

• Gain insight on the best approach to adapt, implement, and operate (AIO) a comprehensive cybersecurity program that integrates into existing organizational capabilities incorporating the NIST 800-171 requirements.
• Understand the practical approach to building and maintaining cybersecurity and cyber-risk management programs to support the NIST 800-171 informative reference.
• ​Understand the integration of typical enterprise capabilities with cybersecurity from the perspective of the NIST 800-171 informative reference.
• Learn systems thinking in the context of the Service Value Management System composed of three aspects, governance, assurance, and the Z-X Model.
• ​Understand the approach to adapt, implement, operate & improve the organizational cybersecurity posture that builds on the application of the FastTrack™ presented in the DVMS^® 800-53Practitioner course.

Pre-Requisites

Candidates must have obtained the DVMS^® Foundation certification and attended and completed the DVMS^® 800-53 Practitioner course to participate in this course.

Body of Knowledge

This course is based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, version 1.1. and A Practitioner’s Guide to Adapting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Publication from the DVMS Institute^®.

Examination

• 65 multiple-choice questions per exam
• 120-minute exam
• Pass Mark – 60% (39 marks)
• Open Book
• Blooms Level 2, 3, 4, & 5  
• Paper-based & online availability (including ProctorU)

Delivery Formats

• Instructor Led, 2-Day Classroom
• Instructor Led, 2-Day Virtual Classroom

Student Kit

• Digital – “A Practitioner’s Guide to Adapting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework book” 
• Digital – Student Courseware and Resource Materials
• Digital – APMG Exam Voucher – issued upon successful completion of the training
• Certificate of Completion

Syllabus & Course Outline

• Link to Syllabus

Professional Development Credits Earned

• 32 CEU Credits

Next Steps

DVMS® ISO 27001 Specialist. The DVMS^® ISO 27001 Specialist certificates cover the impact of adopting and adapting a principled approach to digital business risk management using ISO 27001 controls and management systems.

– DVMS®  ISO 27001 Specialist (ILT / VILT Delivery)