IT Security Awareness (Update Available)

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
Federal employees must be aware of the potential threats to the information systems they operate. They also need to be aware of the information assurance regulations governing these systems. In addition, federal employees need to acknowledge and discharge their responsibility to operate these information systems securely. This course outlines the role of federal employees in ensuring the secure operation of federal information systems. This course meets the training requirement under FISMA and NIST pub 800-16.

Target Audience
Federal government employees; employees of federal agencies; supervisors and managers of federal employees; those who buy goods and services for use by the federal government; those who deal with the public who are looking to obtain permits, licenses or to address other regulatory needs

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

IT Security Awareness (Update Available)

recognize how to achieve the goal of information security in an agency

match specific information security threats to examples

identify examples of the types of incidents that can compromise information security

classify attack types

identify the responsibilities federal employees have with regard to maintaining information security

identify security measures and best practices federal employees should use in their everyday work

identify security concerns posed by mobile and remote employees

Course Number:
fgov_01_a02_bs_enus