How To Write Powerful Executive Reports in Infosec

How To Write Powerful Executive Reports in Infosec, available at $34.99, has an average rating of 3.8, with 36 lectures, based on 31 reviews, and has 147 subscribers.

You will learn about Youll learn the elements of a professional executive report Youll learn what executives love to see in a report Youll learn what disgusts and irritates executives in a report Youll learn how to follow a structured approach using DIKW in crafting content for executive reports Youll learn how to fit your report in one page Youll learn how to professionally construct the appendix section of your executive report Youll learn how to extract the key findings from your assessment and present it to executives Youll learn what makes your report powerful Youll learn how to separate the executive report from the detailed technical report Youll learn how to use concise, but detailed sentences in crafting content for executive reports Youll learn how to make neat, professional annotations on screenshot POCs Youll learn how to call executives to action with your reports Youll learn how to cut out all the noise and remove irrelevant details in the content of your report Youll learn how to perform data analysis using the DIKW model on vulnerability scans and other forms of raw data This course is ideal for individuals who are Any person in any cyber security related field whos required to write and submit reports to executives or Any person who wishes to join any cyber related field in the corporate world It is particularly useful for Any person in any cyber security related field whos required to write and submit reports to executives or Any person who wishes to join any cyber related field in the corporate world.

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Summary

Title: How To Write Powerful Executive Reports in Infosec

Price: $34.99

Average Rating: 3.8

Number of Lectures: 36

Number of Published Lectures: 36

Number of Curriculum Items: 36

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 36

Original Price: $19.99

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What You Will Learn

Youll learn the elements of a professional executive report

Youll learn what executives love to see in a report

Youll learn what disgusts and irritates executives in a report

Youll learn how to follow a structured approach using DIKW in crafting content for executive reports

Youll learn how to fit your report in one page

Youll learn how to professionally construct the appendix section of your executive report

Youll learn how to extract the key findings from your assessment and present it to executives

Youll learn what makes your report powerful

Youll learn how to separate the executive report from the detailed technical report

Youll learn how to use concise, but detailed sentences in crafting content for executive reports

Youll learn how to make neat, professional annotations on screenshot POCs

Youll learn how to call executives to action with your reports

Youll learn how to cut out all the noise and remove irrelevant details in the content of your report

Youll learn how to perform data analysis using the DIKW model on vulnerability scans and other forms of raw data

Who Should Attend

Any person in any cyber security related field whos required to write and submit reports to executives

Any person who wishes to join any cyber related field in the corporate world

Target Audiences

Any person in any cyber security related field whos required to write and submit reports to executives

Any person who wishes to join any cyber related field in the corporate world

Welcome to this course. Here, you’ll learn how to craft professional, powerful executive reports in any Infosec field.

One of the biggest challenge in the Infosec space isn’t bordered on deficiency of technical skills, but a deficiency in proper communication – especially reporting to C level executives. Many pros in this field always make the mistake of submitting technical reports to non-technical executives.  As a result, there’s always a huge communication gap between the security pro and the executive team.

Your report is powerful if: 

1. Executives understand every bit of what you’re saying

2. Executives go ahead to act based on the actionable advice drawn from your report.

If your reports can’t make executives call stakeholders to action, then the purpose of the security assessment exercise in any field is defeated.

In this course, you’ll learn:

How to convert technical statements to business related statements

How to use visualization to communicate statistical findings

How to ensure that your report fits one page

How to include only relevant details in your report

How to polish your report and make it appealing

How to make executives take action based on what you’ve communicated

How to use your findings from the assessment exercise to find gaps in compliance standards (PCIDSS, NIST 800-53)

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Why you need this course

Lecture 3: Who should take this course

Lecture 4: What to expect

Chapter 2: What makes a report professional and powerful?

Lecture 1: Put your report in business context

Lecture 2: Skip storytelling, executives dont enjoy that

Lecture 3: Visualize your statistical findings

Lecture 4: Make your reports actionable

Lecture 5: Record only certainties, skip assumptions

Lecture 6: Find gaps in compliance standards

Lecture 7: Annotate all screenshot POCs

Lecture 8: Polish with proper grammar and formatting

Chapter 3: Writing the executive report – Penetration Testing

Lecture 1: The introductory summary

Lecture 2: Summary of results

Lecture 3: Summary of conclusions

Lecture 4: Summary of recommendations

Lecture 5: Presenting the penetration test report template

Chapter 4: Writing the executive report – Incident Response and Forensics

Lecture 1: The introductory summary

Lecture 2: Summary of results

Lecture 3: Summary of conclusions

Lecture 4: Summary of recommendations

Lecture 5: Presenting the incident response/ forensics report template

Chapter 5: Writing the executive report – Vulnerability Management

Lecture 1: The introductory summary

Lecture 2: Summary of results

Lecture 3: Summary of conclusions

Lecture 4: Summary of recommendations

Lecture 5: Presenting the vulnerability assessment report template

Chapter 6: Writing the executive report – Threat Intelligence

Lecture 1: The introductory summary

Lecture 2: Summary of results

Lecture 3: Summary of conclusions

Lecture 4: Summary of recommendations

Lecture 5: Presenting the threat intelligence report template

Chapter 7: Writing snapshot reports

Lecture 1: Snapshot reports

Chapter 8: Performing data analysis with DIKW

Lecture 1: Introduction to data analysis with DIKW

Lecture 2: Presenting the resultant snapshot report

Chapter 9: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Conclusion

Instructors

Charles Chibueze
Penetration Tester | Information Security Analyst

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4 stars: 11 votes

5 stars: 12 votes

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