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Patrick M. Hayes

Integrated Assurance Academy

Learn to see the organization differently.

The Integrated Assurance Academy brings Patrick M. Hayes's work into a structured learning environment designed for students and professionals exploring the relationship between enterprise IT, cybersecurity, risk, governance, operations, and organizational resilience.

The objective is not simply to learn cybersecurity concepts. It is to understand how those concepts interact across a modern enterprise and how the decisions made in one part of the organization affect risk and resilience elsewhere.

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The program

Integrated Assurance: Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, and Operational Alignment

16 Chapters · 4 Parts · 4 Capstone Projects

Chapter 1 is available now. The remaining chapters and capstone projects are coming later.

Part 1

IT Operations Management and Cybersecurity Landscape

  1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Enterprise IT and CybersecurityAvailable
  2. Chapter 2. Enterprise IT Operations Management EssentialsComing later
  3. Chapter 3. Enterprise Cybersecurity Risk Management EssentialsComing later
  4. Chapter 4. Exploring the Evolving Landscape of Technology in Large EnterprisesComing later
  5. Part 1 CapstoneComing later

Part 2

Enterprise IT and Cybersecurity Complexity

  1. Chapter 5. The Role of IT and Cybersecurity Process, Policies, and Controls in Enterprise OrganizationsComing later
  2. Chapter 6. The Use of Compensating ControlsComing later
  3. Chapter 7. Resourcing Cybersecurity and Enterprise OrganizationsComing later
  4. Chapter 8. Outsourcing and Third-Party Risk ManagementComing later
  5. Part 2 CapstoneComing later

Part 3

The Case for Cybersecurity and Operational Alignment

  1. Chapter 9. Cybersecurity and IT Operations AlignmentComing later
  2. Chapter 10. DevSecOps and DevOps AlignmentComing later
  3. Chapter 11. IT Operations, Cybersecurity and Governance, Risk, and ComplianceComing later
  4. Chapter 12. Aligning IT Operations and Cybersecurity with Business ObjectivesComing later
  5. Part 3 CapstoneComing later

Part 4

Integrated Assurance Unified Risk Strategy

  1. Chapter 13. Integrated Assurance - Unifying Cybersecurity and IT Operations for the EnterpriseComing later
  2. Chapter 14. Integrated Assurance as an Organizational CompetencyComing later
  3. Chapter 15. Implementing Integrated AssuranceComing later
  4. Chapter 16. The Future of Integrated Assurance in Enterprise SecurityComing later
  5. Part 4 CapstoneComing later
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