The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is a formal interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions. The level of cybersecurity inherent risk varies significantly across financial institutions. It is important for management to understand the financial institution's inherent risk to cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities when assessing cybersecurity preparedness.

The areas of cyber importance include Risk Management and Oversight, Threat Intelligence and Collaboration, Cybersecurity Controls, External Dependency Management, and Cyber Incident Management and Resilience. The FFIEC Cybersecurity Part II ensures personnel has the necessary knowledge and skills to implement FFIEC principles and perform maturity assessments with the help of a detailed case study.

The course includes ready templates useful for assessments and reporting. Also, the course includes knowledge tests as users progress through the training.