Certified Information Security Manager Training (CISM)

Prepare for the CISM exam with our best-of-breed Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Training prep course.

The CISM certification program was developed by ISACA for experienced information security management professionals who have experience developing and managing information security programs and who understand the program’s relationship to the overall business goals. The CISM exam consists of 200 multiple-choice questions that cover the four CISM domains. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has accredited the CISM certification program under ISO/IEC 17024:2003, General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification Systems of Persons.

Around the world, the 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.

• CISM demonstrates a deep understanding of the relationship between information security programs and broader business goals and objectives.
• Earning a CISM is considered a great way to pave the path from security technologist to the security manager.
• CISM holders are consistently recognized among the most-qualified professionals in the information security and risk management fields.
• CISM-certified employees provide enterprises with an information security management certification recognized by organizations and clients around the globe.
• The credibility CISM offers is strengthened by its real-world experience requirement.

This Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Training course supports a certification that is a DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification and meets DoD 8140/8570 training requirements.

• Certified Authorization Professional Training (CAP)
• Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator Training (CHFI)
• Certified Information Systems Auditor Training (CISA)
• Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional Training (CSSLP)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional Training (CISSP)
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control Training (CRISC)
• Certified Penetration Testing Engineer Training (CPTE)
• Certified Digital Forensics Examiner Training (CDFE)
• Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer Training (CDRE)
• Certified Network Forensics Examiner Training (CNFE)
• Certified Secure Web Application Engineer Training (CSWAE)
• Certified Professional Ethical Hacker Training (CPEH)

Day 1: Information security governance

• Information security concepts
• Relationship between information security and business operations
• Techniques used to secure senior management commitment and support of information security management
• Methods of integrating information security governance into the overall enterprise governance framework
• Practices associated with an overall policy directive that captures senior management
• Level direction and expectations for information security in laying the foundation for information security management within an organization
• An information security steering group function
• Information security management roles, responsibilities, and organizational structure
• Areas of governance (e.g., risk management, data classification management, network security, system access)
• Centralized and decentralized approaches to coordinating information security
• Legal and regulatory issues associated with internet businesses, global transmissions, and transborder data flows (e.g., privacy, tax laws, and tariffs, data import/export restrictions, restrictions on cryptography, warranties, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and national security)
• Common insurance policies and imposed conditions (e.g., crime or fidelity insurance, business interruption)
• Requirements for the content and retention of business records and compliance
• Process for linking policies to enterprise business objectives
• Function and content of essential elements of an information security program (e.g., policy statements, procedures, and guidelines)
• Techniques for developing an information security process improvement model for sustainable and repeatable information security policies and procedures
• Information security process improvement and its relationship to traditional process management, security architecture development and modeling, and security infrastructure
• Generally accepted international standards for information security management and related process improvement models
• The key components of cost-benefit analysis and enterprise transformation/migration plans (e.g., architectural alignment, organizational positioning, change management, benchmarking, market/competitive analysis)
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• Methodology for business case development and computing enterprise value proposition

Day 2: Risk management

• Information resources used in support of business processes
• Information resource valuation methodologies
• Information classification
• The principles of development of baselines and their relationship to risk-based assessments of control requirements
• Life-cycle-based risk management principles and practices
• Threats, vulnerabilities, and exposures associated with confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information resources
• Quantitative and qualitative methods are used to determine the sensitivity and criticality of information resources and the impact of adverse events
• Use of gap analysis to assess generally accepted standards of good practice for information security management against the current state
• Recovery time objectives (RTO) for information resources and how to determine RTO
• RTO and how it relates to business continuity and contingency planning objectives and processes
• Risk mitigation strategies used in defining security requirements for information resources supporting business applications
• Cost-benefit analysis techniques in assessing options for mitigating risks threats and exposures to acceptable levels
• Managing and reporting the status of identified risks

Day 3: Information security program development and management

• Methods to develop an implementation plan that meets security requirements identified in risk analyses
• Project management methods and techniques
• The components of an information security governance framework for integrating security principles, practices, management, and awareness into all aspects and all levels of the enterprise
• Security baselines and configuration management in the design and management of business applications and the infrastructure
• Information security architectures (e.g., single sign-on, rules-based as opposed to list-based system access control for systems, limited points of systems administration)
• Information security technologies (e.g., cryptographic techniques and digital signatures, enabling management to select appropriate controls)

• Security procedures and guidelines for business processes and infrastructure activities
• Systems development life cycle methodologies (e.g., traditional SDLC, prototyping)
• Planning, conducting, reporting, and follow-up on security testing
• Assessing and authorizing the compliance of business applications and infrastructure to the enterprise’s information security governance framework
• Types, benefits, and costs of physical, administrative, and technical controls
• Planning, designing, developing, testing, and implementing information security requirements into an enterprise’s business processes
• Security metrics design, development, and implementation
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• Acquisition management methods and techniques (e.g., evaluation of vendor service level agreements, preparation of contracts)

Day 4: Information security program development and management (continued)

• How to interpret information security policies into operational use
• Information security administration process and procedures
• Methods for managing the implementation of the enterprise’s information security program through third parties, including trading partners and security services providers
• Continuous monitoring of security activities in the enterprise’s infrastructure and business applications
• Methods used to manage success/failure in information security investments through data collection and periodic review of key performance indicators
• Change and configuration management activities Information security management due diligence activities and reviews of the infrastructure
• Liaison activities with internal/external assurance providers performing information security reviews
• Due diligence activities, reviews, and related standards for managing and controlling access to information resources
• External vulnerability reporting sources, which provide information that may require changes to the information security in applications and infrastructure
• Events affecting security baselines that may require risk reassessments and changes to information security requirements in security plans, test plans, and reperformance
• Information security problem management practices
• Information security managers’ facilitative roles as change agents, educators, and consultants
• Ways in which cultural and socially acceptable differences affect the behavior of staff
• Activities that can change the cultural and socially acceptable behavior of staff
• Methods and techniques for security awareness training and education

Day 5: Information security incident management

• Components of an incident response capability
• Information security emergency management practices (e.g., production change control activities, development of computer emergency response team)
• Disaster recovery planning and business recovery processes
• Disaster recovery testing for infrastructure and critical business applications
• Escalation processes for effective security management
• Intrusion detection policies and processes
• Help desk processes for identifying security incidents reported by users and distinguishing them from other issues dealt with the help desks
• Notification process in managing security incidents and recovery (e.g., automated notice and recovery mechanisms in response to virus alerts in a real-time fashion)
• Requirements for collecting and presenting evidence: rules for evidence, admissibility of evidence, quality, and completeness of evidence
• Post-incident reviews and follow-up procedures

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