RSK-201Risk Management

Risk Assessment as a Craft: Scoping, Scenarios and Judgement

Good risk assessment is judgment, not a spreadsheet. Scope an assessment, build realistic scenarios and write down assumptions others can challenge.

6 lessons About 3.5 hours 3 ALCs Certificate on completion

Prepares you for: CISSP · CISM · CRISC · Open FAIR Foundation

What you'll be able to do

  • Scope an assessment so it answers a real business question
  • Build scenarios around threats, assets and consequences
  • State your assumptions so others can test them
  • Write conclusions that lead to a decision
You finish with

A scenario-based risk assessment

What's in it. Threat, asset, consequence and the assumptions you made, written to be challenged.

You build it lesson by lesson, using your own organization, and submit it for your certificate. It's yours to keep and adapt.

Who it's for

Risk analysts, security and GRC professionals, and managers who assess risk.

What's inside

  1. Part 1Where the requirement comes from 16 min
  2. Part 2How small teams and enterprises meet it 14 min
  3. Part 3The method, step by step 20 min
  4. Part 4Hands-on lab: small team choose one 120 min
  5. Part 5Hands-on lab: enterprise choose one 150 min
  6. Part 6Finish and submit your deliverable 20 min

Built for your size

The requirement is the same everywhere. How you meet it depends on who you have. You pick the lab that matches your organization.

Small team or early-stageOne workshop, five scenarios.
EnterpriseAssessment programme with consistency review across teams.

How you earn the certificate

Submit your finished deliverable, which is scored against a published rubric, and pass a short scenario quiz. Your certificate goes to your wallet and can be checked by anyone on the public register.

Ready to build a scenario-based risk assessment?6 lessons, about 3.5 hours. Start whenever you're ready.
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