CISM® Prep Course
Certified Information Security Manager
Certification Description
5-Days
Around the world, demand for skilled information security management professionals is on the rise, and the CISM certification is the globally accepted standard of achievement in this area. The uniquely management-focused CISM certification ensures holders understand business and know how to manage and adapt technology to their enterprise and industry. Since its inception in 2002, more than 30,000 professionals worldwide have earned the CISM to affirm their high level of technical competence and qualification for top-caliber leadership and management roles.
Content Coverage
Validate your proficiencies for handling the challenges and responsibilities of a modern IT security manager with a CISM, which focuses on these domains:
Domain 1: (17%) Information Security Governance
This domain will provide you with a thorough insight into the culture, regulations and structure involved in enterprise governance, as well as enabling you to analyze, plan and develop information security strategies. Together, this will affirm high-level credibility in information security governance to stakeholders.
A–ENTERPRISE GOVERNANCE
- Organizational Culture
- Legal, Regulatory and Contractual Requirements
- Organizational Structures, Roles and Responsibilities
B–INFORMATION SECURITY STRATEGY
- Information Security Strategy Development
- Information Governance Frameworks and Standards
- Strategic Planning (e.g., Budgets, Resources, Business Case)
Domain 2: (20%) Information Risk Management
This domain empowers you to analyze and identify potential information security risks, threats and vulnerabilities as well as giving you all the information about identifying and countering information security risks you will require to perform at management level.
A–INFORMATION SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT
- Emerging Risk and Threat Landscape
- Vulnerability and Control Deficiency Analysis
- Risk Assessment and Analysis
B–INFORMATION SECURITY RISK RESPONSE
- Risk Treatment / Risk Response Options
- Risk and Control Ownership
- Risk Monitoring and Reporting
Domain 3: (33%) Information Security Program Development and Management
This domain covers the resources, asset classifications and frameworks for information security as well as empowering you to manage information security programs, including security control, testing, comms and reporting and implementation.
A–INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
- Information Security Program Resources (e.g., People, Tools, Technologies)
- Information Asset Identification and Classification
- Industry Standards and Frameworks for Information Security
- Information Security Policies, Procedures and Guidelines
- Information Security Program Metrics
B–INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
- Information Security Control Design and Selection
- Information Security Control Implementation and Integrations
- Information Security Control Testing and Evaluation
- Information Security Awareness and Training
- Management of External Services (e.g., Providers, Suppliers, Third Parties, Fourth Parties)
- Information Security Program Communications and Reporting
Domain 4: (30%) Information Security Incident Management
This domain provides in-depth training in risk management and preparedness, including how to prepare a business to respond to incidents and guiding recovery. The second module covers the tools, evaluation and containment methods for incident management.
A–INCIDENT MANAGEMENT READINESS
- Incident Response Plan
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
- Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
- Incident Classification/Categorization
- Incident Management Training, Testing and Evaluation
B–INCIDENT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
- Incident Management Tools and Techniques
- Incident Investigation and Evaluation
- Incident Containment Methods
- Incident Response Communications (e.g., Reporting, Notification, Escalation)
- Incident Eradication and Recovery
- Post-Incident Review Practices
Who Should Attend?
CISM is intended for information security professionals with at least five years of relevant work experience and at least three years in the role of information security manager.
- IT Director/Manager/Consultant
- Compliance/Risk/Privacy Director and Manager
- Security Director/Manager/Consultant
- CISO
- CSO