YCP Mentor Notes: Cyber Resilience Fundamentals Certification (A/CCRF) by Akylade

Way back on March 17th of this year, I told you I partnered with Jason Dion and formed a new company specifically to offer a whole new set of certifications. It’s called “Akylade”.

Well, I’m excited to tell you that we just granted the “Cyber Resilience Fundamentals” certification to our first cohort!

This certification shows your proof of basic competence with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

Folks in this group had to take the beta exam, which wasn’t a walk in the park! There were over 100 questions as compared to the 50 on the publicly released exam.

Speaking of which, if you’re interested in getting your own A/CCRF certification, now that it’s live:

1. start by downloading the exam objectives here .
2. Your next step is to grab a copy of the official textbook, “Mastering Cyber Resilience” from Amazon.
3. If you’d like training to supplement the textbook, we suggest taking our Udemy course “Implementing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework”. You can get the best price available by using the link on this webpage.
4. After you’ve studied and are you’re ready to take the exam, you can sign up here .

NOTE: You’ll only have a few days to take the exam once you sign up, so bear that in mind.

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-Kip

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Newest YCP Podcast EP 106: “All About Internships”

In this episode, we are discussing the much-anticipated topic of Internships! Internships are not that common in cybersecurity and that’s because they are a huge long-term investment, which is risky for lots of organizations, especially in the private sector.

Some of the issues that come along with internships are the time and resources that must be invested, and on the side, the risk of all these resources being blown away when the intern decides to not continue with the organization.

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Kip Boyle is a husband, dad, entrepreneur, and experienced cyber risk manager. He founded Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC in 2015, after seven years as the CISO of PEMCO Insurance in Seattle. As a captain on active duty in the US Air Force, he served in the Combat Archer and F-22 Stealth Fighter programs where he was the director of enterprise network security. These days, he serves as virtual chief information security officer for many customers, including a professional sports team and fast-growing FinTech and AdTech companies. Over the years, Kip has built teams by interviewing hundreds of cybersecurity professionals. And now, he’s sharing his insider’s perspective with you!

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