CYBERCONTRACTING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

CYBERCONTRACTING™

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

A Multi-Course Program on Cybersecurity Contracting and Organizational Vigilance

Federal Publications Seminars™ announced on February 17, 2015 at the 2015 Government Contracts Year-in-Review Conference in Washington, DC, the a new certificate program for acquisition, procurement, and contract management professionals.

The CyberContracting™ Certificate Program, a multi-course program on cybersecurity contracting and organizational vigilance, will provide contract professionals with a knowledge baseline for preparing and implementing information security plans, practices, and procedures.

New and dynamic cybersecurity, IT, security, privacy, and data protection standards impact contract management and how agencies and contractors must draft, include, meet, and exceed cybersecurity standards and documentation requirements from needs identification through source selection, performance, and closeout in the contracting cycle. Through the CyberContracting™ Certificate Program, contracting professionals can:

Take a leadership role in working with and across departments, organizational disciplines, functional groups and specialists in responding to organizational threats
Jump-start initiatives in this critical area to strengthen acquisition policies, practices, and procedures in the organization’s best interests
Develop a federal acquisition Cyber Risk Management strategy
Demonstrate their interest in Cybersecurity by learning and applying new skills, knowledge, and applications
Ensure compliance with cyber safe and cyber secure standards, mandatory and voluntary frameworks

Candidates are afforded a series of required courses and electives through public seminars, In-House workshops, and online.