DVMS Cyber Resilience Professional Awareness Self-Paced Online

The DVMS Professional® Digital Business Risk Awareness course teaches participants the fundamentals of digital business, its risks, and their role in creating, protecting, and delivering resilient digital business value.

This Awareness course will cover:

• the evolving cyber threat landscape
• the fundamentals of business risk
• and how organisations can adopt and adapt the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) to create a culture-driven, cyber-resilient enterprise.

This self-paced online course provides you access to your own online learning portal to work through the course materials. Approx. 1-hour 15-mins of content is included as instructor-led videos and downloadable resources. 

Course Overview & Learning Outcomes

In today’s digital-first economy, every employee plays a role in securing the value of digital business services. Cybersecurity is not just an IT problem—it is a strategic and cultural imperative.

This foundational program is the first in the DVMS Professional® training series, preparing participants to understand digital business risk and the shared responsibility of protecting organisational value. Key takeaways include;

• Digital evolution is both an opportunity and a source of risk.
• Cybersecurity must be reframed as a business enabler.
• The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides a common language for resilience.
• Culture, leadership, and practice, not technology alone, drive organisational protection of digital value.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain what it means to “become digital” and how digital evolution increases risk.
• Recognise the components of cyber risk; threats, vulnerabilities, assets, and controls.
• Understand the basics of risk assessment and the role of frameworks like NIST CSF.
• Describe how cybersecurity enables business value rather than restricts it.
• Appreciate the importance of culture and leadership in building resilience.

Course Structure

Chapter 1 – Digital Business Evolution

• From industrial to digital enterprise
• The digital mindset and expanding threat surface
• How leadership must adapt in the digital age
  

Chapter 2 – Digital Business Risk & Cybersecurity

• What cyber risk is and why it matters to business
• Threats, vulnerabilities, assets, and controls
• Basics of risk assessment and the Cyber Kill Chain™
• Why cybersecurity is a business opportunity, not just an IT challenge
  

Chapter 3 – Adopting & Adapting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

• Role of NIST CSF in digital evolution
• The six functions: Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover
• Adoption as a strategic decision; adaptation as a cultural discipline
• How to embed continual improvement into the organisation

Who should attend

This course is designed for employees at all levels who:

• Contribute to the creation, protection, or delivery of digital services
• Need a practical understanding of cybersecurity as business risk
• Want to become part of a culture of resilience within their organisation

Pre-requisites

There are no pre-requisites for this Awareness course

Course Material & Inclusions

Access to your own online learning portal for 12-months to work through the course materials. Material for this course will be provided by TSO (The Stationary Office) and can be viewed on a variety of devices.  

• Self-Paced Video Learning, Approx. 1-hour, 15-mins
• Access to The Fundamentals of Adopting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Body of Knowledge Publication
• Digital Badge: Earn your DVMS Professional® recognition and share your achievement
  
• Mentoring Community: Access to the DVMS NIST Cybersecurity Framework Community of Practice on LinkedIn