The Information Security Manager: Fundamentals of Managing Information Security

Course Overview

CPE Credits: 8
Prerequisites: None
Learning Level: Basic
Instructional Method: Group-live
Field of Study: Information Technology – Technical

Course Revision Date: March 1, 2023

Course Description

This five day seminar is an introduction to the various technical and administrative aspects of Information Security and Assurance. This seminar provides the foundation for understanding the key issues associated with protecting information assets, determining the levels of protection and response to security incidents, and designing a consistent, reasonable information security system, with appropriate intrusion detection and reporting features.

The purpose of the seminar is to provide the attendee with an overview of the field of Information Security and Assurance. Attendees will be exposed to the spectrum of security activities, methods, methodologies, and procedures. Coverage will include inspection and protection of information assets, detection of and reaction to threats to information assets, and examination of pre- and post-incident procedures, technical and managerial responses and an overview of the information security planning and staffing functions.

Audience

System administrators, managers of telecommunications, directors of corporate security, safety and continuity planning, and IT professionals who through their involvement in managing or directing their organization’s IT infrastructure are responsible for establishing and maintaining information security policies, practices and procedures. This seminar would also be of value to financial and operational audit professionals as well as non-IT professionals tasked with the responsibility for assessing their organization’s IT operations, infrastructure, and security.

Objectives

After completing this seminar, attendees will be able to:

Understand what information security is and how it came to mean what it does today
Comprehend the history of computer security and how it evolved into information security
Understand the key terms and critical concepts of information security as presented in the chapter
Outline the phases of the security systems development life cycle
Understand the role professionals involved in information security in an organizational structure. Identify and prioritize information assets
Identify and prioritize threats to information assets
Define an information security strategy and architecture
Plan for and respond to intruders in an information system
Describe legal, ethical and public relations implications of security and privacy issues
Present a disaster recovery plan for recovery of information assets after an incident

Course Outline

Please contact Al with a request for a detailed course outline…

albert@bac-mail.com

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