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DVMS Cyber Resilience Professional Practitioner

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    Apply systems thinking and practitioner-level decision-making to manage digital value and risk.
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    Build and operate an integrated DVMS Governance, Resilience, and Assurance System® that aligns strategy, risk, and culture.
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    Map frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO, and ITSM into a unified model of continual improvement.
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    Design and validate Minimum Viable Capabilities (MVCs) that enhance organisational resilience and agility.
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    Use Goal–Question–Metric (GQM) and QO–QM frameworks to align governance metrics with strategic outcomes.
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    Assess cultural maturity and innovation readiness using the Digital Value Capability Maturity Model (DVCMM).
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    Synthesize course concepts into a measurable, improvement-drive practitioner plan through a capstone project.

Overview

Off the shelf (OTS)
Target audience
This course is designed for:
• ITSM, GRC, cybersecurity, and business professionals responsible for designing, implementing, or operating integrated governance and resilience systems.
• Practitioners seeking to develop strategic, adaptive, and culture-driven approaches to managing cyber risk.
• Professionals involved in compliance, operational resilience, or enterprise assurance programmes aligned with government or regulatory standards.
Prerequisites
Participants should have:
• A foundational understanding of cybersecurity, IT service management (ITSM), governance, or risk management principles.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams that manage or support technology-enabled business services.
• Completion, and exam pass of the DVMS Cyber Resilience Professional Foundation certification
Overview
This course develops practitioner-level competencies in building a Digital Value Management System® (DVMS) to transform systemic cyber risk into operational resilience. Learners explore how to unite fragmented frameworks and standards—such as NIST, ITSM, GRC, and ISO—into an adaptive Governance, Resilience, and Assurance (GRA) operating system that enables digital business continuity despite disruption.
Participants build progressively from mindset and systems thinking to governance integration, capability measurement, and continual improvement. The course culminates in a capstone synthesis project, where learners apply all models and frameworks to design and justify a resilient, culture-driven governance system. This training leads to the DVMS Cyber Resilience Professional Practitioner certification, equipping professionals to align strategy, risk, and operations for sustainable resilience and assurance.
Outline
• Practitioner foundations
• Systems thinking and operational integration
• Governance, capabilities, and measurement
• Innovation, maturity, and adaptation
• Integration, improvement, and mastery
Exams and assessments
• Format: Online, proctored, open-book examination.
• Duration: 150 minutes (2.5 hours).
• Structure: 65 multiple-choice questions (one correct answer each).
• Scoring: 65 total points; passing score 39 (60%).
• Focus: Application, analysis, and evaluation at Bloom’s Levels 3–5.
• Permitted resources: Course book, slides, and case study materials (unaltered).
• Outcome: Pass/Fail; successful candidates earn the DVMS Cyber Resilience Professional Practitioner certification.
Successful completion of this course requires access an external online assessment. The online assessment platform may not be accessible from Civil Service department IT due to security restrictions. If you have any questions or believe you may be impacted by these restrictions, please contact support@governmentcampus.co.uk.
Delivery method
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Face to face

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Virtual

Course duration
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35 hours

Competency level
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Working

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Delivery method
  • face to face icon

    Face to face

  • Virtual icon

    Virtual

Course duration
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35 hours

Competency level
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    Working