Interviewing stakeholders to understand how their system works is the starting point of a risk assessment. You are trying to identify potential issues that they haven’t thought about! A successful security analyst knows how to ask questions to spot discrepancies and inconsistencies—signaling areas for further research. Your abilities to listen intently to the client to understand what they do and how it translates to security risks can be honed with practice.

In this Skills Challenge, you will learn how to interview a client to inform your approach to addressing their security needsIn this Skills Challenge you'll sit in the role of a cybersecurity analyst performing a risk assessment for a client. You will conduct a stakeholder interview focused on discovering system vulnerabilities and identifying the highest priority security risks.

In this learning experience, you’ll receive guidance from working professionals currently working in the field of Cybersecurity. They’ll share their knowledge, expertise, and experience to help you understand how the challenge is approached in the real world. You’ll also connect with and learn from peer learners all seeking to explore new careers together.

In this experience, you will learn to:

• Develop a well structured interview protocol to inform project roadmap
• Listen intently to stakeholder replies and craft meaningful follow-ups
• Interpret stakeholder responses and translate them to potential vulnerabilities
• Build upon questions and determine what additional documentation is needed to understand a risk.