Developing a Resilient Cyber Secure Community 

Location:

Camp Perry Joint Training Center
100 Lawrence Rd
Port Clinton, OH 43452 

March 21, 2026, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

8 Hours Instructor-Led

This National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC) training course is developed 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 course will provide flexibility to tailor training based on the community’s current capabilities, functions and roles represented, and C2M2 maturity level. It will meet organizations where they currently are, emphasizing whole-of-community coordination, collaboration, and planning. The course will work within the National Preparedness System’s preparedness cycle, focusing on Plan, Train, and Exercise. At the end of this course, participants will be able to measure their current preparedness, identify gaps, and experience role-playing through a community-level response scenario of an event that has either a cyber root cause or a cyber-attack that degrades response. The result of this training would be a more aware, resilient cybersecure community.

Target Audience

The primary audience that should attend this interactive, cybersecurity-focused resilience and response training are leaders or managers, their teams, and response partners who perform planning, training, or exercising critical and business functions within their community or organization as part of its Community Lifelines (FEMA):

-Safety and Security

-Food, Hydration, Shelter

-Health and Medical

-Energy (Power & Fuel)

-Communications

-Transportation

-Hazardous Materials

-Water Systems

These organizations should currently be drafting resilience or response plans or in the process of updating existing plans. It is important for these organizations to align with UTSA's Community Cyber Security Maturity Model (CCSMM) at levels 1 or 2 (Established or Self-Assessed) in order to take full advantage of the curriculum which leads toward level 3 (Integrated). Since the course is designed to pick up where initial gap identification and awareness courses end, being at this level of maturity is important to be able to take advantage of the synergies that a whole-of community response enjoys. Communities that are integrated are more effective in the early stages of response, which leads to more efficient response and recovery.

Secondarily, subject matter experts for critical functions, as well as first responders, and other emergency management personnel, who will add both value to the other participants as well as context and depth to the discussion, activities, and practical exercise.

Prerequisites

Participants should include early to mid-career professionals and experienced subject matter experts. General familiarity with their organization's critical functions and responsibilities is expected, but no advanced technical expertise is required. Attendees should bring practical knowledge of their sector - whether public safety, utilities, information technology, or other essential lifelines - and an interest in strengthening coordination, preparedness, and response capabilities across the community to improve resilience and security.

Participants should have a basic understanding of their community's emergency operations, incident response structures, and the current state of cybersecurity planning. Familiarity with how their organization contributes to sustaining critical lifelines - such as public safety, utilities, or information services - will help ground discussions in real world context. No prior technical expertise in cybersecurity is required; the course introduces core cyber concepts within a holistic approach, making them accessible to both technical and non-technical professionals.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Explain a set of cyber incident response metrics within the context of their organization or community.

Implement standardized protocols for information sharing and the maintenance of shared situational awareness during simulated cyber incident response scenarios.

outline the procedures for benchmarking technology and process availability and the methods used to identify and address organizational gaps in cyber incident response.

begin the integration of metrics, information exchange, and enabling technologies to enhance cyber incident response effectiveness.

demonstrate the ability to manage a simulated cyber incident by applying integrated metrics, technologies, and communication protocols within a multi-stakeholder environment.

Required Materials

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

Register for this course through the form below

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/