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It builds progressively from mindset and models to systems thinking, governance integration, and continuous improvement, culminating in a capstone synthesis project.
Virtual Instructor-Led Training
4 days / 32 hours
DVMS Cyber Resilience Professional Practitioner Training Course Outline
- 1.1 Transitioning to a Practitioner’s Mindset
- Differentiate between compliance-driven and practitioner (strategy-risk-aligned) mindsets.
- Understand adaptive, proactive decision-making in cybersecurity operations.
- Identify behaviors and mindsets that enable value creation.
- 1.2 The 3D Knowledge Model
- Describe X and Y axes of the model for mapping knowledge and dependencies.
- Apply both axes to enhance decision-making and resilience.
- 1.3 3D Knowledge Model: Z-Axis
- Explore culture and leadership as drivers of practitioner effectiveness.
- Evaluate how culture influences resilience and governance.
- Develop strategies for building generative culture.
- 1.4 The Role of Questions
- Formulate practitioner-level diagnostic and strategic questions.
- Use inquiry to uncover hidden risks, dependencies, and assumptions.
- Embed questioning as a foundation for proactive cybersecurity.
- 1.5 Strategy-Risk
- Explain the unity of strategy and risk.
- Apply the space-time analogy to decision-making.
- Evaluate the consequences of siloed strategy and risk management.
- 2.1 Systems Thinking Fundamentals
- Understand system structure, behavior, and culture in cybersecurity.
- Apply systems tools (causal loops, iceberg, BOT graphs).
- Identify feedback loops and leverage points for resilience.
- 2.2 Strategy-Risk: Reinforce & Operationalize
- Integrate strategy-risk thinking into daily cybersecurity practices.
- Design cross-functional collaboration processes for alignment.
- 2.3 Deep Dive into the CPD Model
- Analyze workflows through the CPD (Create-Protect-Deliver) Model.
- Map assurance loops and feedback mechanisms.
- 2.4 MVC Operationalized by CPD
- Describe how CPD loops enable Minimum Viable Capabilities (MVC).
- Map NIST CSF core functions to CPD and MVC for execution alignment.
- 2.5 Be the Menace
- Apply use and misuse cases to anticipate threats.
- Integrate adversarial modeling into assurance and measurement planning.
- 3.1 DVMS as a Governance Overlay
- Understand DVMS as a system overlay linking governance, strategy, and execution.
- Map workflows to MVCs and assess governance loops.
- 3.2 Minimum Viable Capabilities (MVC)
- Explain and apply the seven MVCs across workflows.
- Use the 3D Knowledge Model (Z-axis) to identify cultural barriers.
- 3.3 QO–QM Validation & Metrics
- Apply GQM (Goal–Question–Metric) and QO–QM frameworks.
- Align metrics with strategic outcomes and continuous improvement.
- 3.4 FastTrack™ Approach
- Sequence capability deployment based on maturity and culture.
- Use governance feedback and cultural diagnostics for dynamic adaptation.
- 3.5 Risk Team Structure & Collaboration
- Design and assess cross-functional risk teams.
- Integrate DVMS, MVC, and QO–QM in governance and decision-making.
- 4.1 The Four Aspects of Innovation
- Distinguish incremental, sustaining, adaptive, and disruptive innovation.
- Apply systems thinking to identify innovation leverage points.
- 4.2 Nonlinear Adoption – Revisiting Phases
- Contrast linear and nonlinear adoption models.
- Map feedback loops that drive adaptation and cultural learning.
- 4.3 DVCMM (Digital Value Capability Maturity Model)
- Define DVCMM levels (0–3) across MVCs.
- Benchmark maturity and link Govern/Assure to capability deployment.
- 4.4 Bridge to Day 5 – Synthesis Preparation
- Integrate systems thinking, governance, culture, and measurement.
- Formulate a capstone action plan for cyber resilience improvement.
- 5.1 Continual Improvement & Innovation Loops
- Design feedback mechanisms for single- and double-loop learning.
- Embed continuous improvement into operations and culture.
- 5.2 Integrating Governance, Measurement, and Culture
- Unify DVMS governance, GQM/QO–QM measurement, and cultural diagnostics.
- Design feedback loops for adaptive improvement and resilience.
- 5.3 Capstone Synthesis & Practitioner Reflection
- Apply all course models to a real-world cybersecurity challenge.
- Develop an actionable improvement plan aligned with strategy-risk priorities.
- Reflect on practitioner growth and continuous learning.
- Format: Online, proctored, open-book examination.
- Duration: 150 minutes (2.5 hours).
- Questions: 65 multiple-choice (1 correct answer each).
- Weighting: 65 total points; passing score = 39 (60%).
- Focus: Application, analysis, and evaluation (Bloom’s Levels 3–5).
- Resources: Book, slides, and case study materials (unaltered).
- Outcome: Pass/Fail.


