Information Security Management

Improve every aspect of your information security!

Improve every aspect of your information security!
Your information assets have never been more crucial, more valuable, or more at risk. This is why information security is becoming a crucial business priority in many organisations.
Moreover, complying with (international) information standards and guidelines (such as the NIST Handbook, ISO 17799, CobiT, and ITIL Security Management) is becoming a hot issue worldwide.

This unique distance learning course provides you with vital information for developing or reviewing your information security management framework. The course will help you determine the levels of risk your organisation is facing and the steps you will need to take to provide adequate protection.

Target group
The course will be of particular benefit to:

CIOs, CISOs and anyone who has direct line responsibility for information security
Business Continuity Planners, Asset Managers, Risk Managers
Legal Advisors and Corporate Security Consultants
Company Secretaries, Finance Directors and Auditors

For courses in Dutch, please have a look at www.imf-online.com.

In-house training:

saves time and money;
enables you to train in the comfort of your own working environment;
can be arranged for groups from 6 people or more;
will take place at a time chosen by and convenient to you; and
sensitive issues can be openly discussed because there are no ‘outsiders’.

Are you interested? Please call us at +31 (0)40 - 246 02 20 or send an e-mail to info@imf-online.com to discuss the possibilities.

LESSON I
Importance of Information Security and Risk Management

What is covered by information security, and its business relevance
How your risks determine which assets require protection
Choose an approach to form control objectives and select appropriate controls
Adopt a best practice framework

LESSON II
Information Security Governance

Do the board and senior management direct and support your information security efforts?
Is there an adequate organisational structure in place to protect your information?
What controls have been established to monitor the performance of your information security arrangements?

LESSON III
Asset Classification and Control

What information assets do you wish to protect?
Do you have a complete asset inventory and how is this maintained?
Information classification systems

LESSON IV
Training and Content Monitoring

Awareness of and training in information security
Mechanisms to verify and validate your information
Assessing your defences against their vulnerability
How are mechanisms monitored on a daily basis?

LESSON V
Physical and Environmental Security

Arrangements to provide appropriate physical security for your information assets
Protection of your IT equipment with respect to procurement, security, and maintenance and disposal

LESSON VI
Communications and Operations Management

What policies, procedures and responsibilities are in existance regarding your IT operations?
System planning and acceptance procedures
Protection to counteract malicious software
Housekeeping arrangements to maintain the integrity and availability of information services
Network security controls
Measures to prevent damage to assets and interruption of business activities and to protect data and information exchanges in e-business activities

LESSON VII
Access Control Management

Which business roles need system access?
User access management procedures and the asociated user responsibilities
Network access controls, computer access controls, and application access controls
Monitoring of system access mechanisms

LESSON VIII
Systems Development and Maintenance

Security requirements for new systems
Security arrangements for the ongoing maintenance of existing systems
Protection of application system files
Security arrangements with regard to the development, support, and production environments

LESSON IX
Business Continuity Management

Business continuity processes
Business continuity frameworks
Testing business continuity plans
Updating business continuity plans

LESSON X
ISO/IEC 17799 and BS7799 compliance auditing using the CobiT Audit Guideline

ISO/IEC 17799 and BS7799 compliance auditing
CobiT Audit guidelines
Using the CobiT Audit guidelines to perform BS7799 compliance audits
Conclusion

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The authors all work within the Security Services Group of Deloitte’s Enterprise Risk Services practice and are located in London, Brussels, and Amsterdam. They are:

Ward Duchamps, Manager - Security Services Group Brussels
Yag Kanani, Lead Partner - Security Services Group London
Ian Blatchford, Senior Manager - Security Services Group London
Ernst Oud, Senior Manager - Security Services Group Amsterdam
Danny van der Ploeg, Senior Manager - Security Services Group Amsterdam
Vernon Poole, until May 2003 Senior Manager at Deloitte, now Consultant at Sapphire and co-editor and author of this course.
Mike Murphy, Senior Manager - Security Services Group Amsterdam and chief editor of the course

Personal assistance
Should you have any questions about the lessons, please feel free to contact the authors.

The distance learning course 'Information Security Management' starts on 19 January 2012 and 16 February 2012 . On the date of your choice you will receive your first lesson. Subsequently you will receive a new lesson every week. Since it concerns a distance learning course, you also have the possibility to start at another date. Please select your preference in the form below. At the end of the distance learning course 'Information Security Management' you will receive a certificate of participation.

The fee for this distance learning course is € 2.180,- for VAT registered companies in the EU countries (0% VAT). For participants from all other countries the course fee  is $ 3.075,- (all-in)*. Please ask for our attractive group discounts.

*USD price is an approximate value. The actual USD price is based on the invoice date's exchange rate.

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