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Security Management

5 Courses
7 Hours
Skill IQ

In this series, you will develop the skills necessary to assess, design, and implement an enterprise-level information security strategy. You’ll also learn how to establish the programs and policies that best fit your organization’s needs.

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Security Management

In this section, you will learn why business success depends on how prepared your organization is for any incident that could affect your business operations. You'll review how to prepare, detect, correct, and recover from incidents. You will observe how to write, test, and maintain business continuity plans. You'll review the effectiveness of information security risk and controls through audit, monitoring, and reporting.

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What You'll Learn
  • Develop an information security strategy in alignment with organizational goals and objectives
  • Design an information security governance framework to guide activities that support the information security strategy
  • Develop the information security program in alignment with the information security strategy
  • Design security policies to guide the development of standards, procedures and guidelines in alignment with enterprise goals
  • Develop a process for information asset classification to ensure that measures taken to protect assets are proportional to their business value
  • Develop information security processes and resources to execute the information security program in alignment with the organization’s business goals
  • Ensure that risk assessments, vulnerability assessments, and threat analyses are conducted to identify and assess risk to the organization’s information
  • Assess risk treatment/response options to manage risk to acceptable levels based on organizational risk appetite
  • Facilitate the integration of information risk management into business and IT processes
  • Evaluate methods to design and implement information security controls
  • Design an incident response plan to ensure an effective and timely response to information security incidents
  • Develop processes for security incident identification, investigation, notification and escalation
  • Compile and present reports to key stakeholders on the activities, trends, and overall effectiveness of the information security program
  • Cultivate an environment aligned with laws, ethics, and compliance
  • Prepare, obtain, and administer the information security budget
  • Develop comprehensive vulnerability management programs
  • Cultivate commitment from senior leadership and other stakeholders to support the information security strategy and program
Prerequisites
  • Working experience with all security disciplines, including:
  • Security Architecture
  • Network and Data Security
  • Security Assessment and Testing
  • Incident Response and Investigation
  • Risk Management
  • Security Compliance
  • Software Development Security
Related topics
  • Security Principles
  • Information Security Governance
  • Secure Lifecycle Management
  • Risk Management and Information Systems Control
  • Investigations and Incident Management
  • Security Compliance
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