Improving Cyber Security, and the DSP Toolkit Training Course (London)
1 day course (or day 3 of 3 day course)
Improving Cyber Security, and the DSP Toolkit
(1 day course or day 3 of 3 day course)
A 1-day course to boost your understanding of good cyber security practice and how it shapes the DSP Toolkit. The course provides an overview of why good cyber security plays an increasing role in healthcare delivery, what good security looks like and how good security is achieved.
Designed as a foundation course, it provides a gentle introduction to cyber-security and information security practices. The course is relevant to all categories of organisations from a GP (or commercial organisation) through to the more extensive requirements for an NHS Trust or an Integrated Care Board (ICB).
The course will help you develop a practical understanding of cyber security and an appreciation of the tasks and skills required to apply in your day-to-day work to meet the DSP standards and help
improve cyber security in the workplace.
The course is relevant to anyone who is required to submit or assist with a DSP Toolkit submission
project or is new or unfamiliar with cyber-security. The course will typically be beneficial for those staff who have some responsibility for information governance, privacy, audit, IT, compliance or cyber security in an organisation that processes NHS patient data. These roles will include Senior Managers, Caldicott Guardian’s, IG Managers, IT Managers, Legal staff, Departmental Managers plus others.
This course can be taken as an individual day or part of the full 3 day course. This is day 3 of the full 3 day course.
These courses are also available to run on a clients site. For details contact us below
Course delivered by privacy and cyber security experts
All courses will be delivered by two privacy and cyber security experts who have significant project
experience working with clients on NHS DSPT and other compliance-related projects.
During the courses, the consultants will lead a lively debate on the challenges, solutions, practical issues and other details involved with establishing good privacy and cyber security controls within organisations of all sizes.
Their industry certifications include (ISC)2 CISSP, IAPP CIPP/E, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, ISO 27001 Lead
Implementer and ISACA CISM.
The consultants have delivered over 40 IG and DSPT projects from GP surgery’s, NHS bodies, NHS healthcare providers, specialist health diagnostic’s organisations, pharmaceutical companies and other’s.
Improving Cyber Security, and the DSP Toolkit training course Outcomes
This course is made up of 4 sessions. After completing this course, attendees should be able to:
- Explain the principles of good cyber security and how they help safeguard patient data
- Understand the cyber security requirements for making a successful DSP Toolkit submission
- Identify and explain the key steps to establishing a cyber security protection programme to minimise the risk of an adverse information security event such as a cyber attack
- Appreciate the importance of effective risk management when protecting information assets in a healthcare environment
- Describe how the DSP standards relate to established cyber security standards
- Understand how to keep up-to-date with important developments in cyber security
- Outline techniques that can be utilised to boost improvements in cyber security and help minimise the risk of a cyber attack
- Understand how to make your organisation more secure from cyber threats and how to do this cost-effectively
Cyber Security and the DSP Toolkit
This course focuses on the need for good cyber security and how information security management is used to help reduce and manage risk. The course covers the key principles of managing cyber risk and includes practical solutions and guidelines for implementing an effective cyber security protection programme as part of an organisation’s DSP Toolkit project. The course will principally focus on meeting the IT security elements of the DSP Toolkit submission and provide the background information that explains why particular assertions are required. The course also includes practical exercises to help students develop their cybersecurity skills to help them with their day-to-day work.
Session 1
(1 day course or day 3 of 3 day course)
IT Security in Healthcare
- Why is IT security increasingly vital in Healthcare?
- How is technology impacting Healthcare?
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- Growth of SaaS within healthcare service delivery
- Use of Internet of Things (IOT) devices in patient care
- Understanding the challenges to effective cybersecurity
- What are the principal threats
- How can threats be minimised?
- What are the IT security requirements/obligations (UK GDPR, Computer Misuse Act etc)?
- Fundamentals of Information security
- The DSPT and IT security
- Importance of Cyber Security standards
- Role of Cyber Essentials
- Role of ISO 27001
Session 2 - IT Security in Healthcare
(1 day course or day 3 of 3 day course)
- What are the key principles of good IT security?
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- Vital elements of cyber security/information security management
- What are the risks?
- How are risks managed?
- Information Security Policies
- The organisation of Information Security
- Human Resource Security
- Mapping these principles to DSPT standards
- Workshop 1
Session 3
(1 day course or day 2 of 3 day course)
IT Security in Healthcare:
- What are the key principles of good IT security?
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- Asset Management
- Access Control
- Cryptography
- Physical and environmental security
- Operational Security
- Communication security - Network security management and Information Transfer
- Business continuity management
- Mapping these principles to DSPT standards
- Workshop 2
Session 4
(1 day course or day 2 of 3 day course)
IT Security in Healthcare
- Additional aspects of good IT security
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- System acquisition, development and maintenance
- Supplier management
- Incident management
- Mapping these principles to DSPT standards
- Role of education & training concerning maintaining effective Cyber Security
- Compliance
Optional CPD Test
An optional multiple-choice test is available for attendees
These courses are also available to run on a clients site. For details contact us below
Booking
Any individual day DSPT Training Course
£425*
If you have more than one delegate, an additional discount of 20% is available.
Organisations will receive a training voucher worth 50% of booking fees for other courses**
3 Day DSPT Training Course
£1,185*
If you have more than one delegate, an additional discount of 20% is available.
Organisations will receive a training voucher worth 50% of booking fees for other courses**
- All bookings paid for online will attract a 10% discount.
- Additional delegates from the same organisation are eligible for a 20% discount on the same DSPT course. A DSPT course is run once a month and consists of 3 available days.
- Oranisation’s will also receive a training voucher worth 50% of booking fee that can be used for other delegates attending DSPT courses**
- All delegates will be eligible for a free consultation (of up to 3 man-hours) for a DSP Toolkit related query. The free delegate consultancy must be claimed by 1st July 2023.
- Course are also scheduled for January, February and March 2023. See www.dlp-assured.com/training for dates.
- Rail strike—the course will not run if a rail strike or other disruption occurs. In this event, delegates can select another course date in the next 3 months. Delegates will be notified at least 3 weeks in advance of the confirmed course date.
- All attendees will receive a course certificate. An optional multiple choice test is available for those wanting to certify.
- Courses will be run in central London.
- DLP Assured is a G-Cloud approved supplier.
- * price quoted excludes VAT
- Course day counts as 6 hours towards your Continual Professional Development (CPD)
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