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AWR 136: Developing Cybersecurity Resiliency for Everyone

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Add to Calendar 2025-07-24 08:00:00 2025-07-24 17:00:00 AWR 136: Developing Cybersecurity Resiliency for Everyone Developing Cybersecurity Resiliency for Everyone is an eight (8) hour non-technical introduction to cybersecurity. This awareness-level course will explore cybersecurity and cyber hygiene and demonstrate how cyberattacks can impact, prevent, and/or stop business operations and emergency responses. Participants are introduced to common cybersecurity terminology, fundamental cyber threats and vulnerabilities that can impact individuals and organizations, and best practices and cyber hygiene techniques for securing personal and organizational data, software, and hardware.Registration is reserved for emergency services personnel in the nine-county Kansas City metropolitan area: Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri and Leavenworth, Johnson, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. Travel costs are not provided. Kansas Speedway Corporate Office noreply@marc.org America/Chicago public
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Developing Cybersecurity Resiliency for Everyone is an eight (8) hour non-technical introduction to cybersecurity. This awareness-level course will explore cybersecurity and cyber hygiene and demonstrate how cyberattacks can impact, prevent, and/or stop business operations and emergency responses. Participants are introduced to common cybersecurity terminology, fundamental cyber threats and vulnerabilities that can impact individuals and organizations, and best practices and cyber hygiene techniques for securing personal and organizational data, software, and hardware.

Registration is reserved for emergency services personnel in the nine-county Kansas City metropolitan area: Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri and Leavenworth, Johnson, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. Travel costs are not provided.

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Topics include

  • Analyze the importance of the human layer in defense against cyber-attacks.
  • Assess how cybersecurity threats can impact individuals and their organizations.
  • Implement cyber hygiene practices to improve cybersecurity.

Prerequisites

There are no course prerequisites for this course.

FEMA / SID Number

Students must have a FEMA Student Identification Number (SID) to attend class. You can look up your FEMA SID, or register for a new one, at the following site: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid.

Registration details

Please note that all non-U.S. citizens who wish to attend must be pre-approved by DHS before the start of class. Individuals will need to bring their photo ID to attend the course.

Please refer to your registration confirmation email for further instructions to complete the two-step registration process and confirm your registration in the course.

Target Audience

State, local, tribal, and territorial personnel with no more than a basic understanding of cybersecurity who use computers and other internet-connected devices in public or private organizations. This includes representatives from:

  • Risk Management
  • Emergency Management
  • Public Works/Wastewater and Water
  • Schools/Universities
  • Communication Sector
  • Transportation Sector
  • Energy Sector
  • Defense/Industrial Base Sector
  • Elected and Appointed Officials
  • Financial Sector
  • Health Care Sector
  • Emergency Services Sector

Topics: Emergency Services Training

Focus Area: Safety & Security