A serious cyber incident such as ransomware, data theft or system compromise quickly becomes a business crisis affecting operations, customers, regulators and reputation. This course prepares managers and technical leaders to respond in a coordinated way. Participants learn incident response planning, roles and decision-making, technical containment priorities, legal and regulatory notifications, crisis communication, recovery and post-incident learning. A realistic ransomware simulation brings together technical, business and communication perspectives.
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Organisations that rehearse their response recover faster and suffer less damage. This course helps you build and test an incident response capability that connects IT security teams with executives, legal, communications and business continuity functions.
The programme explores practical approaches to the following challenges. Results depend on how the learning is applied in your organisation.
Learning is highly interactive, with incident response frameworks, playbook development, a multi-stage ransomware tabletop exercise, communication role plays and lessons-learned workshops. No advanced technical knowledge is required.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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Participants will develop competencies in:
A focused, practical outline with time to explore, apply and reflect.
The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.
Confirmed dates accept registration requests. Tentative dates are enquiry only.
Our classroom programmes combine facilitated discussion, case studies, exercises and reflection. The precise format will be confirmed before enrolment.
Yes, you can enquire about a tailored programme. Share your goals, group size and preferred dates with our learning team.
Participants who complete the programme receive a Smart Horizon UK certificate of attendance. Smart Horizon UK programmes are not externally accredited and do not award a professional qualification, licence or designation. Where a course title or outline refers to a professional certification (for example, AACE International's Certified Cost Professional), the programme supports learning and preparation only; the credential itself is awarded solely by the relevant professional body under its own application and examination requirements.
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