Building an Effective Cybersecurity Program for Your Startup
1h 58mIntermediate2022-08-09
Authors
Jerod Brennen
Security Architect, Advisor, Speaker, Teacher
Course details
The startup world is fun and exciting, but startups are often more vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks than other enterprises. Startups move quickly as they juggle multiple competing priorities, and while cybersecurity should be one of those priorities, many startup founders have no idea where to even start. In this course, Jerod Brennen shares lessons he’s learned from experience in both the enterprise world and the startup world, helping founders and their executive leadership teams better understand how to build an effective cybersecurity program for their startup. Jerod also details the expectations that investors and board members are likely to have, and provides practical advice for anyone in a startup who’s concerned with cybersecurity to get from where they are today to where they want to be, even if they have little to no knowledge of cybersecurity.
Skills covered
Incident ResponseCybersecurityOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Startups and cybersecurity
Building Security In
- Why cybersecurity matters
- A market differentiator
Understanding the Basics
- Threats, vulnerabilities, and risks
- Controls and countermeasures
- Security vs. privacy
- Integrated risk management
Assessing Your Current State
- Leveraging assessments
- Risk assessments
- Security controls assessments
- Compliance assessments
- Penetration tests
- The capability maturity model
Building Trust Relationships
- People who work for your startup
- People who work with your startup
- Service providers
- Virtual CISOs
- Finding your community
Rolling Up Your Sleeves
- Embrace simplicity
- Securing access
- Securing assets
- Securing data
- Securing people
- Ensuring resilience
Conclusion
- It's all about balance