Course Individually
Project managers are required to use computers, mobile data devices, and mobile phones to communicate during a project. However, cybercriminals make a living by trying to infect these devices in order to steal your personal information, steal client information, infiltrate your corporate network or to disable your computing devices.
Project managers must be in control and manage the information contained in the Project Management Information System. Project managers must learn the best practices for keeping project data safe so it is reliable and available when needed. Keeping Project Data Safe is a course that will describe the importance of protecting the three critical facets of project data – Availability, Reliability and Confidentially. Cybercriminals can bring a project to a halt by blocking the availability of project data, undermining project data reliability or accessing confidential project information. Cybercriminals may be seeking confidential business information, stakeholder information or seeking financial gain through the use of ransomware attacks that encrypt project data so it is unusable unless a ransom is paid. This course will identify the vulnerabilities for project information and define safeguards that must be implemented by all stakeholders to protect project information from all threat actors. This course will identify the project processes that rely on PMIS data such as scheduling, cost estimating, resource management, resource calendars, project documents, stakeholder communication management, risk responses, and knowledge data repositories.
This course will identify the different forms of malware that can infiltrate computers, mobile devices and networks. This course will describe phishing attacks and the various ways these threats are carried out. This course will the most common identity theft methods. Finally, this course will identify basic safeguards that should be implemented by all project managers to keep computers, mobile devices, networks and important data safe from these threats.
This course has been registered with the Project Management Institute (PMI) and provides 8 Business Acumen PDUs.
