Safeguard Your DoD Contracts
Get into compliance now before it’s too late!
DoD-Compliance Cybersecurity Course is a 25-hour, 5-week course in the foundations of DoD cybersecurity requirements found in NIST. El Camino College received a DoD grant to develop the curriculum designed to help businesses in Southern California.
Registration and Enrollment
Choose from several course start dates per year!
Course Details
The DoD-Compliance Cybersecurity Course is critical to all organizations wanting to do work with any branch of DoD. Contractors not meeting NIST 800-171r2 requirements, not having a NIST Assessment methodology Score in SPRS, and who are not prepared to meet the requirements of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) when it becomes effective, will no longer be able perform work with DoD. This course provides the foundation for any organization to establish strong cyber security program and provides guidance on how best to meet new DoD Cyber Security requirements.
The course will be taught online, 2 days a week and is capped at 30 participants. They will learn how to assess their operations for proper cybersecurity hygiene (gap analysis), begin to develop a DoD-compliant System Security Plan are introduced to the current requirements of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).
This course includes 2 lectures per class, participant assessments, lab activities, guest industry lecturers, exercises, and Q&A discussions in online team breakout rooms. Those interested in receiving a certification badge for Continuing Education hours, can opt-in to take a weekly quiz and a final test to receive the badge certification.
- Introduce participants to DoD cybersecurity requirements and policies, specifically NIST 800-171r2 and its variants, the NIST Assessment Methodology, the Cyber Maturity Model Certification 2.0 and DFARS 7010, 7012, 7019, 7020 and 7021.
- Learn the essential cybersecurity controls required to protect an organization’s networks and systems for DoD-contracted work.
- Learn configuration management, risk management, incident response, zero trust networks and other required to protect DoD-covered areas.
- Assist in the development of a Systems security Plan (SSP) and Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) by providing all the resources, reference materials, templates and tools.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION NOTE: Facilitators make available a secure ShareFile environment to each participant to utilize for the secure exchange of information. In addition, all required documents/files for each Lab are uploaded to a general folder on ShareFile the day before the Lab for participant download. A Resource folder containing additional recommended resources is also added for the use of all participants.
Dr. Lopez before forming Spearhead Training Enterprises, Inc. a Cyber Security Consulting firm and a small business, and providing training through El Camino College’s Cyber Security Institute, Dr. Lopez spent 16 years working for INDUS Technology, a DoD contractor specializing in engineering, information technology and cybersecurity. Eventually becoming chief information security officer for the company, he was responsible for cybersecurity compliance.
Ms. Breton is currently President of FullCircle Communications, and also provides training through El Camino College’s Cyber Security Institute. Prior to this, she worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for a national cybersecurity program. As a Cyber Security Consutlant she has over 10 years’ experience working on DoD cybersecurity programming, policy development and evaluation, and helping other small business meet current Cyber Security requirements.
$1,400.00 (USD)
The Cyber Labs can be present both in the classroom and 100% remotely/online. It is emphasized to Lab participants and their sponsoring companies that this is a dense, complex subject with high stakes to the corporate enterprise. Therefore, participants in both in- person Labs or online, are expected to give undivided attention to these live educational webinars.
| Course Hours | Start Dates |
|---|---|
| 25 Hours | TBA |
| TOPICS | BENEFITS | VALUE |
|---|---|---|
| Resources | Provides all critical documents, references and materials, saving time and money required to gather these resources. | Save $15 – 30K in outside consulting fees to prepare for audit, and reduce audit recovery time and spend. |
| Compliance | Enables your company to meet DoD’s cybersecurity requirements by providing immediate, actionable cybersecurity & compliance knowledge. Strengthens your company’s cybersecurity compliance efforts across multiple standards (DoD CMMC, NIST CSF, ISO 27001). | Save $15 – 30K in outside consulting fees to prepare for audit, and reduce audit recovery time and spend. |
| Workforce | Adds to corporate and CA ETP workforce up-skilling by providing employees with knowledge and skills base in growing sub sector. | Upskilled / enhanced workforce, CA ETP cost savings for qualified participants of up to $xxx. |
| Credibility | The first and only course developed as a DoD-funded pilot specifically for Small Businesses in the defense industrial base of Southern California. | Low-risk, high-gain outcomes from a known, trusted provider in DoD’s cybersecurity ecosystem. |
| Capability | Provides a collaborative environment where companies can share ideas and discuss current cybersecurity issues working in the DoD space. | Capability extensions for Teaming; community development. |
FAQs
Who is this course designed for?
This course is designed for CEOs, HR and IT staff at companies that do business with the department of defense, or those who want to ensure that they are safe from cyber attacks.
Is this course necessary to do business with the Department of Defense?
Yes!
Does this course comply with SSP and POA&M?
Final development of an organizational SSP and POA&M is up to individual Lab participants and their respective organizations. The scope and duration of this training course does not provide sufficient time in which to complete a detailed and compliant SSP and POA&M nor is its intent to delve into each organization’s proprietary information. The labs provide students the tools and resources to develop a well-formatted SSP and POA&M in MS Word for their own corporate use, as well as additional guidance on available network monitoring tools, resources and artifacts. In addition, they are provided all course lectures and reference materials for their future use and reference, and a certificate of completion.
“Excellent Information and excellently presented – the information and reference resources will be helpful to me in the future – wonderful experience – thanks”
John Doe
IT Support, Organization X