About this bundle

7 courses · 8 Foundations chapters and 57 requirement chapters · About 15 hours · Self-paced · 12 months of access

The Technical Safeguards bundle covers the hands-on technical work in Control Mastery. Foundations explains how NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 is built, how to read a requirement, and how assessments work. Access Control, Identification and Authentication, System and Communications Protection, Configuration Management, Audit and Accountability, and System and Information Integrity then cover 57 of the 97 requirements. Each requirement chapter takes you through the same three steps: understand it, implement it, then assess and prove it, in 15 minutes or less.

Who it is for: IT and security staff, system administrators, engineers, consultants, and internal assessors who configure, monitor, and prove the technical safeguards that protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in nonfederal systems.

Bought separately, these seven courses cost $1,393. The bundle is $999.

The seven courses

• NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 Foundations: 8 chapters, about 2 hours
• NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 Access Control Family: 16 requirement chapters, about 3.5 hours
• NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 Identification and Authentication Family: 8 requirement chapters, about 2 hours
• NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 System and Communications Protection Family: 10 requirement chapters, about 2 hours
• NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 Configuration Management Family: 10 requirement chapters, about 2.5 hours
• NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 Audit and Accountability Family: 8 requirement chapters, about 2 hours
• NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 System and Information Integrity Family: 5 requirement chapters, about 80 minutes

You will be able to
• Read each requirement and its assessment objectives the way an assessor does
• Set organization-defined parameter values and record where each one comes from
• Implement access, authentication, boundary and encryption, configuration, logging, and flaw and malware controls
• Name the evidence to keep and the gaps that lead to an "other than satisfied" finding
• Roll up your readiness with owners and dates for your top gaps

Included
• A 3-page Control Reference Guide for every requirement, plus a compiled guide for each family
• The Foundations Readiness Workbook and the Master Readiness Workbook
• A knowledge check after every requirement
• A final assessment in each course (80% to pass, unlimited retries)
• A certificate of completion for each course you finish, 18 CPE hours in total
• A running case example, Harbor Point Machining (a fictional company)

Bundle includes

7 courses · 77 chapters · 386 lessons · about 15 hours

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Instructor

Brian Hubbard

Lead CCA

Brian Hubbard is President of Evolved Cyber and has more than 40 years of cybersecurity experience supporting federal contractors, the defense community, and the intelligence community. A Lead Certified CMMC Assessor and CMMC instructor, he has led certification assessments and helped organizations prepare to demonstrate how their security programs work in practice. Brian also contributed to the original NIST Cybersecurity Framework. In this course, he brings that experience to NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3, helping leaders understand its implications for governance, systems, documentation, suppliers, and assessment readiness.

FAQ

  • Which course should I take first?

    Start with Foundations. Then take Access Control, or take Planning first if your policies and system security plan are thin.

  • I already own Foundations. Do I pay for it again?

    No. Contact us and we will send a coupon for the amount you paid for Foundations.
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  • Which requirements and values apply to my organization?

    The agreements that cover your system determine which requirements and parameter values apply. The courses show you how to find and record them.

  • Is the certificate a professional certification?

    No. Each certificate confirms you completed that course and passed its final assessment.

  • Can I enter real system details in the workbooks?

    Use sanitized descriptions only. Never put CUI in a workbook.

  • How long do I have access?

    12 months from the day you enroll, for all three courses.

Seven courses, one price

Bought separately, Foundations and the six technical family courses cost $1,393. The bundle is $999, with 12 months of access to each course.

Already own Foundations? Contact us for a coupon worth what you paid for it.
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