• 42 chapters

    3 requirements, plus an Overview and Wrap-Up

  • 17 short lessons

    Understand, implement, then assess and prove

  • 7 videos

    Narrated, 3 to 5 minutes each

  • About 50 minutes

    Self-paced, with 12 months of access

  • 1 workbook

    Your Planning rows, filled in as you go

  • Certificate

    Pass the final assessment at 80%. Earn 1 CPE

Two audiences, one training rhythm

Awareness and Training is a small family with a wide reach. Its 2 requirements cover everyone who uses the system and the people with security duties, and they break into 25 determination statements in SP 800-171A. Eight of those are organization-defined parameters that set how often training happens, which events trigger it, and when the content gets updated. One Revision 2 requirement, 03.02.03, is now withdrawn and folded into 03.02.01.

This course takes every requirement through the same three steps. First you learn what it asks for and the risk behind it. Then you see a practical way to put it in place that fits your environment. Last, you learn how it gets assessed and what evidence proves it. A running case, Harbor Point Machining (a fictional company), shows each step on a system that looks like yours.

By the end, you'll be able to

  • Explain what each Awareness and Training requirement asks for and the risk it addresses

  • Set the family's 8 organization-defined parameter values and record who approved each one

  • Plan literacy training for every user and role-based training for staff with security duties, including the events that trigger a refresh

  • Choose evidence for each determination statement and spot the gaps that lead to "other than satisfied"

  • Roll up your Planning readiness with your top gaps, owners, and dates

Leave with your Awareness and Training rows filled in, not just notes

In the Overview you'll download the Master Readiness Workbook, the one spreadsheet you'll use across every family course, along with a Control Reference Guide for both requirements. Every chapter ends with you recording that requirement's parameter values, evidence, owners, and gaps. In the Wrap-Up you roll the family up into one readiness view, with your top three gaps and an owner and date for each. Use sanitized descriptions only, and never enter CUI. The workbook is a working record. It moves the work forward, but it isn't proof of compliance.

Course curriculum

4 chapters · 17 lessons · about 50 minutes

    1. Awareness and Training Overview | Family Overview

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    2. Awareness and Training Overview | Your Downloads

    1. 03.02.01 | Control Reference Guide

    2. 03.02.01 | Lesson 1: Understand the Requirement

    3. 03.02.01 | Lesson 2: Implement the Requirement

    4. 03.02.01 | Lesson 3: Assess and Prove the Requirement

    5. 03.02.01 | Knowledge Check

    6. 03.02.01 | Requirement Summary

    1. 03.02.02 | Control Reference Guide

    2. 03.02.02 | Lesson 1: Understand the Requirement

    3. 03.02.02 | Lesson 2: Implement the Requirement

    4. 03.02.02 | Lesson 3: Assess and Prove the Requirement

    5. 03.02.02 | Knowledge Check

    6. 03.02.02 | Requirement Summary

    1. Awareness and Training Wrap-Up | Family Readiness Roll-Up

    2. Awareness and Training Wrap-Up | Awareness and Training Assessment

    3. Awareness and Training Wrap-Up | Completion and Next Steps

    1. Course Survey

About this course

  • $149.00

Everything in the course, for 12 months

One payment covers both Awareness and Training requirement chapters, a Control Reference Guide for each requirement, the Master Readiness Workbook, the final assessment, and your certificate. Work at your own pace, with 12 months of access.

People responsible for putting NIST SP 800-171 Awareness and Training requirements in place at federal contractors that handle CUI. We recommend taking NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 Foundations first.

  • Compliance leads

    Who own the training plan, its schedule, and the records that prove it happened.

  • IT and security staff

    Who carry security duties and often deliver the role-based content.

  • Consultants and MSPs

    Who build training programs that hold up across many clients.

  • Managers

    Who set training frequencies and make sure people actually complete it.

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

  • Do I need to take Foundations first?

    It's recommended, not required. Foundations teaches the method for reading Revision 3 requirements, parameters, and assessment objectives that every family course builds on.

  • Which requirements and values apply to my organization?

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

  • Is the certificate a professional certification?

    No. It confirms you completed this course and passed its final assessment.

  • Can I enter real system details in the workbook?

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

  • How long do I have access?

    12 months from the day you enroll.

  • Is this course part of a bundle?

    Yes. Awareness and Training is in the Governance and Risk bundle ($499) and the Complete bundle ($1,495). Every bundle includes Foundations.

One requirement at a time, from reading it to proving it.

Fifteen minutes or less per requirement, and every one ends with something real in your workbook.

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