Workshop on Information Security Management

 Information is the lifeblood of all organizations, without it, it would be severely impacted and ultimately cease to function. Information is knowledge and knowledge is power. With an ever-changing climate of technology and threats (both technical and human), the need for trained security personnel to protect our information becomes an increasingly critical evolutionary task.

Information is at risk from many sources, legal, electronic, physical, internal, and external to mention a few. It is paramount that security and related management personnel understand the risks, controls, and countermeasures that are available to secure information and technology within an effective management framework. Furthermore, this Information Security Management training course will feature utilizing counter measures, best practices, and management techniques that will mitigate electronic and physical risks and enhance protection of an organization.

Duration:        5 Days.

Target Audience

• Risk Management
• IT Security and IT Security Auditing
• Technical IT Management
• Those with involvement of systems integration and corporate IT development
• Financial controllers with a technical interest may also benefit from the seminar.

Objectives

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

•  Gain knowledge of the concepts relating to information security management (confidentiality, integrity, availability, vulnerability, threats, risks, counter measures, etc.)
• Understand the current legislation and regulations which impact upon information security management.
• Be fully aware of current national and international standards such as ISO 27002, frameworks and organizations which facilitate the management of information security.
• Understand the current business and common technical environments in which information security management must operate.
• Gain knowledge of the categorization, operation, and effectiveness of controls of different types and characteristics 

Course Outline

Module 1: Overview of Information Security

• What is Information Security?
• Examples of Information Security Incidents
• What is Information Security Management?
• Human Aspect of Information Security
• Social Engineering

Module 2: Information Security for Server Systems

• Attacks for Personal Computers and Smart phones and counter measure
• Information Security Risk Management
• What is the Risk Management process?
• Identifying Information Assets
• Identifying Security Risk and evaluation
• Risk Treatment

Module 3: Security Risk Management as An Organization

• Information Security Governance
• Information Security Management System (ISMS)
• Information Security Policy, Standards and Procedures
• Information Security Evaluation
• Security Incident Response

Module 4: Information Security and Cryptography

• Requirements for Secure Communication
• What is Cryptography?
• Classic and Modern Cryptography
• Common Key Cryptography algorithms: DES, Triple DES, AES
• Problems of Key distribution for Common Key Cryptography

Module 5: Data Integrity and Digital Signature

• Integrity of Data
• Hash Function
• Digital Signature
• Public Key Certificate and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Certificate Authority

Certification

• Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a Macskills Training and Development Institute Certificate

Training Venue

• Training will be held at Macskills Training Centre. We also tailor-make the training upon request at different locations across the world.

Airport Pick Up and Accommodation

• Airport pick up and accommodation is arranged upon request.

Terms of Payment

• Payment should be made to Macskills Development Institute bank account before the start of the training and receipts sent to us via email.