NIST Cybersecurity Professional
certification from itSM Solutions


TSO has been appointed as exclusive publisher for itSM Solutions' NIST Cybersecurity Professional (NCSP) portfolio.

About NCSP

NCSP is the industry's first accredited training program designed to help enterprises build a workforce to engineer and operationalize the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NCSF) across its enterprise and supply chain.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. NIST implements practical cybersecurity and privacy through outreach and effective application of standards and best practices.

The NCSF provides a policy framework of security guidance for how organizations can assess and improve their ability to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber attacks. The framework is now being used by a wide range of businesses and organizations, and helps shift organizations to a proactive approach to risk management. It has been adopted in more than 27 countries, and Japan and Australia have made NCSF central to its government programs.

TSO's partnership with itSM Solutions will provide quality content for students taking NCSP accredited training around the world.

Benefits of NCSP certification

  • Stay relevant and up to date with NCSP! Boost your career development in cybersecurity by keeping in step with emerging best practice as the adoption of NCSF is driving demand for certified practitioners.

  • Be employable! Find work in a sector that has a large skills gap and increased workforce demand by completing training and getting certified with NCSP. Get certified to earn your digital badge.

  • Keep pace with industry! As the global adoption of the framework increases, the contractual obligations related to it become a requirement.

  • Stay compliant! Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements based on the NCSF is important for governance and business continuity.

  • Protect your business! NCSF implementation can help reduce risk associated with incidents and also enable recovery. Adoption supports general business improvement through effective risk management.

  • Recommended and trusted Accredited through APMG International and listed as qualified training by DHS CISA in the U.S. and GCHQ NCSC in the UK, the NCSP accredited training programs teach organizations how to rapidly engineer, operationalize and automate the NIST-CSF informative reference controls and management systems required to deliver the business outcomes expected by executive management, government regulators and industry auditors.


About TSO

TSO is a leading specialist publisher of professional and technical content with an impressive heritage and proven track record of delivery. TSO delivers high quality, trusted content that is tailored to user needs for business-critical outcomes. TSO combines publishing and technology capabilities to deliver quality content to students and organizations across the world.

"TSO is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with itSM Solutions. Publishing the curriculum and courseware for the NIST Cybersecurity Framework enables students to get the most from the course. It is also impressive to see the adoption of this cybersecurity framework across both the public and private sector. It is an exciting time to add this content to our portfolio!" Andrew Prince, TSO Business Director.


About itSM Solutions®

itSM Solutions is a global consortium of academic, government and industry thought leaders working together to create accredited training programs based on the frameworks and publications created by the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) and the Institute for Digital Transformation.

"itSM Solutions is proud to partner with TSO on this very exciting opportunity," stated Rick Lemieux, Managing Partner and Chief Revenue Officer at itSM Solutions. "TSO's commitment to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework will enable training providers to deliver knowledge and skills to businesses to build a NIST/COSO cybersecurity program capable of identifying, protecting, detecting, responding and recovering from a cyber attack."



Find out more

To find out more about NCSP visit https://www.itsmsolutions.com/ or contact ibp@wlt.com.