Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Duration: 3 days

This course is designed to help candidates prepare for sitting the ISACA CISM certification examination. By taking this course and obtaining CISM certification, your experience and skills in supporting the information security needs of your organization will be validated. Securing the organization’s information is a critical business objective in today’s business environment. The information that an organization depends on to be successful can be at risk from numerous sources. By effectively managing inform

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Description

Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to.

  • establish and maintain a framework to provide assurance that information security strategies are aligned with business objectives and consistent with applicable laws and regulations
  • identify and manage information security risks to achieve business objectives.
  • create a program to implement the information security strategy.
  • implement an information security program.
  • oversee and direct information security activities to execute the information security program.
  • plan, develop, and manage capabilities to detect, respond to, and recover from information security incidents.
Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to.

ü  establish and maintain a framework to provide assurance that information security strategies are aligned with business objectives and consistent with applicable laws and regulations

ü  identify and manage information security risks to achieve business objectives.

ü  create a program to implement the information security strategy.

ü  implement an information security program.

ü  oversee and direct information security activities to execute the information security program.

ü  plan, develop, and manage capabilities to detect, respond to, and recover from information security incidents.

 

Target audience

The intended audience for this course is information security and IT professionals, particularly IT managers who are interested in earning the CISM certification. The course is also applicable to individuals who are interested in learning in-depth information about information security management or who are looking for career advancement in IT security.

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, you should have at least five years of professional experience in information security, as well as at least three years of experience in information security management. You are also required to prove this level of experience to ISACA to obtain certification. Major areas of information security management include:
o Information security governance
o Information risk management
o Information security program development
o Information security program management
o Incident management and response

Detailed Syllabus

The Basics
• Security Concepts
• Governance, Goals, Strategies, Policies, Standards, and Procedures
• Strategy
• Risk Appetite, Tolerance, and Capacity
• Analysis of Risk
• Controlling Threats and Risk
• Controls and Countermeasures
• ALE, RTO, RPO, SDO, MTO, MTD, and AIW
• BCP, DRP, and BIA
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• Testing Incident Response, Business Continuity Plans, and Disaster Recovery Plans
• Roles, Responsibilities, RACI, and Skills
• Due Diligence and Due Care
• Security Principles
• KGIs, KPIs, KRIs, and CSFs
• Technologies
• Standards and Frameworks
• Culture
• Metrics
• Current State, Desired State, and the Gap in Between
• Information Security Infrastructure and Architecture
• Cloud Computing
• Metrics Development
• Business Model for Information Security (BMIS)

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