Lead process vulnerability and threat data from a variety of internal and external sources to provide actionable intelligence to internal consumers to implement countermeasures and maintain and enhance the defenses for your Information Systems and resources.

More Uses of the CFA Toolkit:


• Lead the selection of your organizations common Security Controls and in determining suitability for use in the information system.
  
  

• Be accountable for representing security as the initial single on point contact for any confirmed or potential high severity incidents and ensures interested parties and executives are alerted via an internal executive facing chatter group.
  
  

• Be certain that your group supports the design and implementation of Security Response automation, integrating various information and Information security tools to create fast, intelligent responses to common and/or critical Cyber incidents.
  
  

• Ensure your group contributes to Information security Intellectual Capital by making process or procedure improvements and enhancing team documentation.
  
  

• Make sure that your project performs system and network Log Analysis by reviewing applicable log files and centralized log reports for specific activity.
  
  

• Develop working relationships with cross functional teams from Information Technology, Human Resources, Marketing, Legal, and Third Party Vendors to effectively respond to security incidents.
  
  

• Contribute to the execution of CyberSecurity Operations, Incident Response, and investigations spanning across all functions of the Corporate Security organization.
  
  

• Be accountable for ensuring flawless execution of the incident resolution process, with transparent communication that drive very high levels of internal/external Customer Satisfaction.
  
  

• Be certain that your organization supports development of technical solutions to support clients requirements in solving moderately complex network, platform, and system security problems.
  
  

• Utilize a range of data sources, systems, and tools to collect, search, recover, sort, and organize large volumes of digital evidence during all phases of the investigative process.
  
  

• Collaborate with management in developing technical directions, setting objectives, and setting realistic and challenging goals.
  
  

• Support Information security and Cyber Threat Management programs responding to Cyber incidents in a multiple Team Environment.
  
  

• Steer: closely partnering and collaborating with infrastructure, engineering, operations, Technical Support, Customer Success and sales leadership to ensure alignment across the business.
  
  

• Be accountable for ensuring all agreed to operational Policies and Procedures are adhered to and championing the Incident Response process.
  
  

• Arrange that your business supports Information Sharing and integration procedures across Information security through the exchange of Threat Intelligence and Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessment data.
  
  

• Develop tactical and strategic Cyber intelligence from acquired Threat Intelligence and technical indicators from external and internal sources.
  
  

• Ensure your organization promotes and implements Information security education and awareness policies, procedures, standards and controls in collaboration with stakeholders across your organization.
  
  

• Be certain that your venture complies; designs and develops new systems, applications, and solutions for external customers enterprise wide Cyber systems and networks.
  
  

• Head: monitor Information Systems for security incidents and vulnerabilities; develops monitoring and visibility capabilities; reports on incidents, vulnerabilities, and trends.
  
  

• Establish that your corporation supports the design, engineering, implementation and operation of Information security processes, policies, procedures, standards, systems and controls based on business and technical requirements.
  
  

• Initiate: Risk Assessments, cloud workgroup meetings, Contract Negotiation, develop standards and policy related to cloud, Machine Learning, AI and Big Data.
  
  

• Be accountable for managing resources assigned to the incident and ensures the incident is receiving the proper support to drive resolution as quickly as possible.
  
  

• Utilize Data Analysis and Data Visualization tools to identify risks to sensitive information and support Cyber enabled investigations.
  
  

• Be accountable for using Advanced Analytics, visualization technologies and Artificial intelligence, CFA is actively working on the future of assurance.
  
  

• Be certain that your venture supports Information security assessment activities in collaboration with technical and non technical teams across your organization.
  
  

• Create scripts and integrations with other IT Security Tools as appropriate to ensure full investigations and efficient Incident Response.
  
  

• Perform configuration, network and application technical Vulnerability Assessments and work with teams to remediate identified issues.
  
  

• Confirm your design complies; conducts forensic inspections, acquisitions and analysis of digital devices and media during perimeter compliance inspections.
  
  

• Be a member of an Agile team focused on analysis, System Design, documentation, testing, implementation and support for highly complex Security Operations and processes.
  
  

• Initiate: design and implement threat and event analysis automation to improve the speed and accuracy of incident identification and mitigation.
  
  


Save time, empower your teams and effectively upgrade your processes with access to this practical CFA Toolkit and guide. Address common challenges with best-practice templates, step-by-step Work Plans and maturity diagnostics for any CFA related project.

Download the Toolkit and in Three Steps you will be guided from idea to implementation results.

The Toolkit contains the following practical and powerful enablers with new and updated CFA specific requirements:

STEP 1: Get your bearings

Start with...


• The latest quick edition of the CFA Self Assessment book in PDF containing 49 requirements to perform a quickscan, get an overview and share with stakeholders.


Organized in a Data Driven improvement cycle RDMAICS (Recognize, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control and Sustain), check the…


• Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation


Then find your goals...

STEP 2: Set concrete goals, tasks, dates and numbers you can track

Featuring 999 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of Process Design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which CFA improvements can be made.

Examples; 10 of the 999 standard requirements:


1. What information do users need?
   
   

2. Who is gathering information?
   
   

3. In a project to restructure CFA outcomes, which stakeholders would you involve?
   
   

4. Which measures and indicators matter?
   
   

5. Are problem definition and motivation clearly presented?
   
   

6. How long to keep data and how to manage retention costs?
   
   

7. What is the CFA Driver?
   
   

8. How do you catch CFA definition inconsistencies?
   
   

9. Is there any other CFA solution?
   
   

10. What CFA data will be collected?
    
    


Complete the self assessment, on your own or with a team in a workshop setting. Use the workbook together with the self assessment requirements spreadsheet:


• The workbook is the latest in-depth complete edition of the CFA book in PDF containing 994 requirements, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...


Your CFA self-assessment dashboard which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next:


• The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard; with the CFA Self-Assessment and Scorecard you will develop a clear picture of which CFA areas need attention, which requirements you should focus on and who will be responsible for them:
  
  


• Shows your organization instant insight in areas for improvement: Auto generates reports, radar chart for maturity assessment, insights per process and participant and bespoke, ready to use, RACI Matrix

• Gives you a professional Dashboard to guide and perform a thorough CFA Self-Assessment

• Is secure: Ensures offline Data Protection of your Self-Assessment results

• Dynamically prioritized projects-ready RACI Matrix shows your organization exactly what to do next:



STEP 3: Implement, Track, follow up and revise strategy

The outcomes of STEP 2, the self assessment, are the inputs for STEP 3; Start and manage CFA projects with the 62 implementation resources:


• 62 step-by-step CFA Project Management Form Templates covering over 1500 CFA project requirements and success criteria:


Examples; 10 of the check box criteria:


1. Cost Management Plan: Eac -estimate at completion, what is the total job expected to cost?
   
   

2. Activity Cost Estimates: In which phase of the Acquisition Process cycle does source qualifications reside?
   
   

3. Project Scope Statement: Will all CFA project issues be unconditionally tracked through the Issue Resolution process?
   
   

4. Closing Process Group: Did the CFA Project Team have enough people to execute the CFA Project Plan?
   
   

5. Source Selection Criteria: What are the guidelines regarding award without considerations?
   
   

6. Scope Management Plan: Are Corrective Actions taken when actual results are substantially different from detailed CFA Project Plan (variances)?
   
   

7. Initiating Process Group: During which stage of Risk planning are risks prioritized based on probability and impact?
   
   

8. Cost Management Plan: Is your organization certified as a supplier, wholesaler, regular dealer, or manufacturer of corresponding products/supplies?
   
   

9. Procurement Audit: Was a formal review of tenders received undertaken?
   
   

10. Activity Cost Estimates: What procedures are put in place regarding bidding and cost comparisons, if any?


 
Step-by-step and complete CFA Project Management Forms and Templates including check box criteria and templates.

1.0 Initiating Process Group:


• 1.1 CFA project Charter

• 1.2 Stakeholder Register

• 1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix


2.0 Planning Process Group:


• 2.1 CFA Project Management Plan

• 2.2 Scope Management Plan

• 2.3 Requirements Management Plan

• 2.4 Requirements Documentation

• 2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix

• 2.6 CFA project Scope Statement

• 2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log

• 2.8 Work Breakdown Structure

• 2.9 WBS Dictionary

• 2.10 Schedule Management Plan

• 2.11 Activity List

• 2.12 Activity Attributes

• 2.13 Milestone List

• 2.14 Network Diagram

• 2.15 Activity Resource Requirements

• 2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure

• 2.17 Activity Duration Estimates

• 2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet

• 2.19 CFA project Schedule

• 2.20 Cost Management Plan

• 2.21 Activity Cost Estimates

• 2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet

• 2.23 Cost Baseline

• 2.24 Quality Management Plan

• 2.25 Quality Metrics

• 2.26 Process Improvement Plan

• 2.27 Responsibility Assignment Matrix

• 2.28 Roles and Responsibilities

• 2.29 Human Resource Management Plan

• 2.30 Communications Management Plan

• 2.31 Risk Management Plan

• 2.32 Risk Register

• 2.33 Probability and Impact Assessment

• 2.34 Probability and Impact Matrix

• 2.35 Risk Data Sheet

• 2.36 Procurement Management Plan

• 2.37 Source Selection Criteria

• 2.38 Stakeholder Management Plan

• 2.39 Change Management Plan


3.0 Executing Process Group:


• 3.1 Team Member Status Report

• 3.2 Change Request

• 3.3 Change Log

• 3.4 Decision Log

• 3.5 Quality Audit

• 3.6 Team Directory

• 3.7 Team Operating Agreement

• 3.8 Team Performance Assessment

• 3.9 Team Member Performance Assessment

• 3.10 Issue Log


4.0 Monitoring and Controlling Process Group:


• 4.1 CFA project Performance Report

• 4.2 Variance Analysis

• 4.3 Earned Value Status

• 4.4 Risk Audit

• 4.5 Contractor Status Report

• 4.6 Formal Acceptance


5.0 Closing Process Group:


• 5.1 Procurement Audit

• 5.2 Contract Close-Out

• 5.3 CFA project or Phase Close-Out

• 5.4 Lessons Learned


Results

With this Three Step process you will have all the tools you need for any CFA project with this in-depth CFA Toolkit.

In using the Toolkit you will be better able to:


• Diagnose CFA projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices

• Implement evidence-based Best Practice strategies aligned with overall goals

• Integrate recent advances in CFA and put Process Design strategies into practice according to Best Practice guidelines


Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role; In EVERY company, organization and department.

Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?'

This Toolkit empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make CFA investments work better.

This CFA All-Inclusive Toolkit enables You to be that person.

Includes lifetime updates

Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.