NCPC Courses

AWR-383 Cybersecurity Risk Awareness for Officials and Senior Management

Location:

The 3rd Annual Florida's Training for Emergency Management
The Hyatt Grand Cypress Hotel
1 Grand Cypress Blvd
Orlando, FL 32836

June 2, 2026, 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

4 Hours Instructor-Led

This course is designed to develop awareness of cybersecurity risks so that elected officials, appointed officials, and other senior managers are better informed in order to properly protect the jurisdiction/organization from a cyber incident.

This National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC) training course is developed by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service and delivered by Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI). NCPC courses are fully funded by DHS/FEMA and provided at no direct cost to participants.

Course Description

This is a non-technical course meant to help officials and senior management work more effectively with their Information Technology (IT) and other departments to mitigate cyber threats. The training is tailored to government, critical infrastructure, and private sector personnel who have the responsibility for directing and developing policy within their organization.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Explain the basic concepts involved in cyber threats and cyber attacks
Describe how their jurisdiction/organization is at risk for a cyber attack and the impacts an incident could produce.
Formulate strategic actions the jurisdiction/organization can implement to better protect against, respond to, and recover from a cyber incident.

Target Audience

Whole Community; public, private, and non-profit
Executives
Management
Elected and appointed officials
Directors of critical infrastructure
Senior leadership roles in any organization

Prerequisites

It is recommended that participants take the online course, AWR175-W Information Security for Everyone prior to attending this training. AWR175-W is sponsored by FEMA with no-cost to the participant. Register at https://TEEX.org/cyber United States citizen, permanent resident, or prior approval is required to attend this class.

Required Materials

Participants are required to have a laptop computer that can access a public wifi connection.

For registration issues, contact us at:
nuaritraining@nuari.org

NUARI, as a member of the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC), is a FEMA training provider.

A FEMA Student Identification (SID) number is necessary for registering and participating in any training offered by FEMA, as well as for the registration systems and enrollment processes of all FEMA training providers. The FEMA SID will serve as your unique identifier and be used to maintain the record of any FEMA training you attend. Obtaining and registering with FEMA’s Student Identification system is a one-time step, and the number can then be used to take training with FEMA or any FEMA training provider. Registering with a FEMA SID number ensures NUARI and the NCPC can continue to provide training at no cost, made available through congressionally designated funding awarded by FEMA’s U.S. Department of Homeland Security National Training and Education Division. For further information about the FEMA SID number, please see https://cdp.dhs.gov/FEMASID/