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Leadership and Management Career Path

Effective Leadership and Management is critical to any security-related function. Leaders and Managers are responsible for providing the vision and advocacy required for an organization to effectively manage cyber risks. This career path is designed to provide you with foundational knowledge and key skills required to succeed as an effective leader within any security domain.

Purpose Statement

Cybrary Career Paths are comprehensive training programs designed to prepare you for the most in-demand roles in the cybersecurity workforce. Each path follows a Learn, Practice, Prove model and includes different activity types aligned to key topics within the path’s security domain. As you progress through the path, your progress will be measured in real time using Experience Points (XP) that serve as a comprehensive capability score for each topic. Upon completing all of the requirements for a path, you will be rewarded with a shareable digital badge via Credly.
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Overview

Effective Leadership and Management is critical to any security-related function. Leaders and Managers are responsible for providing the vision and advocacy required for an organization to effectively manage cyber risks. This career path is designed to provide you with foundational knowledge and key skills required to succeed as an effective leader within any security domain. Upon completing the career path, you will earn a Credly digital badge that will demonstrate to employers that you’re ready for the job.

Over the course of 20+ courses, you will learn Leadership and Management Fundamentals, Soft Skills, Leadership Principles, Cybersecurity Leadership, and Strategic Leadership.

Completing this career path and the associated Assessments will prepare you for pursuing a career as a leader or manager for IT and cybersecurity-related functions.

Highlights

  • Learn, Practice, Prove - Develop and refine new skills across a complete curriculum composed of Courses, Labs, Challenges, and Assessments.
  • Get Hands-On - Learn by doing with live operating systems and real security tools in our on-demand lab environment.
  • ‍Measure Your Progress - Track your skills development from lesson to lesson using the Cybrary Skills Tracker.
  • Share Your Achievements - Show the world you're prepared for the job with milestone badges from Cybrary and a digital credential from Credly for completing the entire path.
  • Connect with the Community - Have questions? Connect with a community of peers and experts in our Forums and Discord Community.
  • Who is this for?

    This career path is designed for learners with prior experience in cybersecurity, who wish to make the transition from an individual contributor to management. Experienced leaders and managers will also benefit from reviewing core concepts and testing their skills in this path's Challenge and Assessment modules.

    Topics

  • Leadership and Management Fundamentals - Learn the foundational theory and core functions of Leadership and Management. This topic will cover Leadership Basics, Mentorship, and Types of Leadership.
  • Soft Skills - Soft Skills are the traits required for positive and constructive interactions with other people. This topic will cover Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Problem Solving, and Time Management.
  • Leadership Principles - Leadership Principles are the core pillars of effective leadership. This topic will cover Directing Your Team, Empowerment, Innovation, Leading Successful Teams, and Executive Presence and Branding.
  • Cybersecurity Leadership - Becoming an effective Cybersecurity Leader requires you to consider traditional Leadership considerations through a security-centric lens. This topic will cover Financial Principles, Business Strategy, Cybertalk in Business Terms, Negotiation, and Networking and Relationship Management.
  • Strategic Leadership - Strategic Leadership is all about looking at the big picture or the long game. This topic will cover Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Vision and Mission Statements, Key Skills for Strategic Leadership, and Recruitment and Retention.
  • Purpose Statement: Cybrary Career Paths are comprehensive training programs designed to prepare you for the most in-demand roles in the cybersecurity workforce. Each path follows a Learn, Practice, Prove model and includes different activity types aligned to key topics within the path’s security domain. As you progress through the path, your progress will be measured in real time using Experience Points (XP) that serve as a comprehensive capability score for each topic. Upon completing all of the requirements for a path, you will be rewarded with a shareable digital badge via Credly.

    Description: Effective Leadership and Management is critical to any security-related function. Leaders and Managers are responsible for providing the vision and advocacy required for an organization to effectively manage cyber risks. This career path is designed to provide you with foundational knowledge and key skills required to succeed as an effective leader within any security domain.

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    What Will I Learn?
    Foundations
    Focused on the core IT competencies that cybersecurity professionals need to succeed in any career path.
    Defensive Security
    Focused on trying to find the bad guys. Topics such as threat intelligence, threat hunting, network monitoring, incident response. Defensive security is a reactive measure taken once a vulnerability is found through prevention, detection, and response.
    Engineering and Operations
    Focused on building and operating information systems.
    Governance, Risk, and Compliance
    Focused on the core IT competencies that cybersecurity professionals need to succeed in any career path.
    Leadership and Management
    Focused on program design and oversight. Covers project and program management.
    Offensive Security
    Focused on validating security controls by trying to break them (i.e. penetration testing or ethical hacking). Topics such as Kali Linux, metasploit, scanning, and privilege escalation. Offensive security seeks out the problem or vulnerability through ethical hacking and finds a solution to disable the operation.
    Offensive Security
    Focused on the core IT competencies that cybersecurity professionals need to succeed in any career path.
    Path Outline
    • Leadership Basics
    • Mentorship
    • Types of Leadership
    • Communication
    • Emotional Intelligence
    • Problem Solving
    • Time Management
    • Directing Your Team
    • Empowerment
    • Innovation
    • Leading Successful Teams
    • Executive Presence and Branding
    • Financial Principles
    • Business Strategy
    • Cybertalk in Business Terms
    • Negotiation
    • Networking and Relationship Management
    • Strategic Leadership Basics
    • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
    • Vision, Scope, and Mission Statements
    • Key Skills of a Strategic Leader
    • Recruitment and Retention

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