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Course Syllabus

Our Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) training course will cover the following topics:

Module 1: Information Security Governance

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Establish and maintain an information security strategy and align the strategy with corporate governance
• Identify internal and external influences to the organisation
• Define roles and responsibilities
• Establish, monitor, evaluate, and report metrics

Module 2: Information Risk Management and Compliance

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Establish a process for information asset classification and ownership
• Identify legal, regulatory, organisational, and other applicable requirements
• Ensure that risk assessments, vulnerability assessments, and threat analyses are conducted periodically
• Determine appropriate risk treatment options
• Evaluate information security controls
• Identify the gap between current and desired risk levels
• Integrate information risk management into business and IT processes
• Monitor existing risk
• Report noncompliance and other changes in information risk

Module 3: Information Security Programme Development and Management

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Establish and maintain the information security program
• Identify, acquire, manage, and define requirements for internal and external resources
• Establish and maintain information security architectures
• Establish, communicate, and maintain organisational information security standards, procedures, and guidelines
• Establish and maintain a programme for information security awareness and training
• Integrate information security requirements into organisational processes, as well as into contracts and activities of third parties
• Establish, monitor, and periodically report programme management and operational metrics

Module 4: Information Security Incident Management

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Establish and maintain an organisational definition and severity hierarchy for information security incidents
• Establish and maintain an incident response plan
• Develop and implement processes to ensure timely identification of information security incidents
• Establish and maintain processes to investigate and document information security incidents
• Establish and maintain incident escalation and notification processes
• Organise, train, and equip teams to effectively respond to information security incidents
• Test and review the incident response plan periodically
• Establish and maintain communication plans and processes
• Conduct post-incident reviews
• Establish and maintain integration among the incident response plan, disaster recovery plan, and business continuity plan