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This course prepares leaders responsible for securing critical infrastructure and operational technology environments. Learn to develop and sustain ICS/OT security programs, align industrial cyber risks with business goals, build skilled security teams, and foster a culture of safety, reliability, and security across your organization.
Overview
Empower yourself to lead ICS/OT security programs that protect critical infrastructure while aligning with business objectives. ICS418 addresses the unique challenges leaders face in operational technology environments.
This two-day course bridges the gap between leadership skills and ICS technical understanding, whether you are stepping over from IT, stepping up from practitioner roles, or developing existing leadership capabilities.
What You Will Learn:
ICS Security Foundations for Leaders
- Understand differences between IT and OT security approaches
- Learn ICS-specific threats, vulnerabilities, and attack history
- Map industrial cyber risk to business risk decisions
- Navigate compliance with ICS-specific frameworks and regulations
Program Development and Governance
- Build and sustain ICS cybersecurity programs with challenging constraints
- Apply the GOES model: Governance, Oversight, Execution, and Support
- Develop metrics that demonstrate value to executives and boards
- Plan for evolving technologies and emerging trends
Team Building and Culture
- Build and retain ICS security teams through workforce planning
- Address gaps in hiring, training, and retention
- Foster a culture of safety, reliability, and security
- Manage constraints across IT, OT, engineering, and physical security
Incident Response Leadership
- Implement best practices for ICS incident detection and response
- Leverage threat intelligence to strengthen security programs
- Walk through tabletop exercises for ICS environments
Includes Cyber42 Industrial Edition simulation for leadership decision-making practice. 12 hands-on exercises. 12 CPEs.
Highlights
- Develop ICS/OT security programs that align cyber risk with business objectives, measure success with executive-ready metrics, and foster safety culture
- 12 hands-on exercises including Cyber42 Industrial Edition simulation, incident response tabletops, risk evaluation, and workforce planning drills
- For IT managers transitioning to OT, practitioners promoted to leadership, and existing ICS security managers. 12 CPEs.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
|---|---|---|
ICS418 - Single User | Single user license for ICS - ICS418: ICS Security Essentials for Leaders | $3,505.00 |
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This listing offers one pricing option: a single user license billed as a contract. You pay per license for one person to access the ICS418: ICS Security Essentials for Leaders course. Pricing is measured in units, where each unit covers one user. To train more than one person, you buy additional units. The structure is flat and scales only by the number of individual licenses you purchase. There are no tiers, usage-based charges, or add-on dimensions in this listing.
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One license gives one person access to the ICS418: ICS Security Essentials for Leaders course. The course is self-paced, delivering 12 CPE credits over 12 hours with 12 hands-on labs. Each license is tied to one individual and cannot be shared across multiple people.
You buy one unit per person. Each unit is a single user license for one individual. To train a team, you purchase additional units, one for each learner. The pricing stays flat per license and scales only by the count of licenses you buy.
No. This listing covers the single user course license only. The course delivers self-paced training with CPE credits and hands-on labs. Any separate certification attempt is not part of this unit and would need to be arranged separately with the vendor.
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