Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

ARMY IGNITED CRITERIA

COURSE OVERVIEW 

This course teaches students about information security governance, information risk management, information security program development, and information security incident management.

DOMAIN 01 - Information Risk Management 

• Lesson 1: Information Security Governance Overview
• Information Security Governance Overview
• Importance of Information Security Governance
• Outcomes of Information Security Governance
• Lesson 2: Effective Information Security Governance
• Business Goals and Objectives
• Roles and Responsibilities of Senior Management
• Governance, Risk Management and Compliance
• Business Model for Information Security
• Dynamic Interconnections
• Lesson 3: Information Security Concepts and Technologies
• Information Security Concepts and Technologies
• Lesson 4: Information Security Manager
• Responsibilities, Senior Management Commitment
• Obtaining Senior Management Commitment
• Establishing Reporting and Communication Channels
• Lesson 5: Scope and Charter of Information Security Governance
• Assurance Process Integration and Convergence
• Governance and Third-Party Relationships
• Lesson 6: Information Security Governance Metrics
• Metrics, Effective Security Metrics
• Security Implementation Metrics
• Strategic Alignment, Risk Management
• Value Delivery, Resource Management
• Performance Measurement
• Assurance Process Integration/Convergence
• Lesson 7: Information Security Strategy Overview
• Lesson 8: Creating Information Security Strategy
• Information Security Strategy, Common Pitfalls
• Objectives of the Information Security Strategy
• What is the Goal?
• Defining Objectives, Business Linkages
• Business Case Development, Business Case Objectives
• The Desired State, COBIT, COBIT Controls, COBIT Framework
• Capability Maturity Model, Balanced Scorecard
• Architectural Approaches, ISO/IEC 27001 and 27002
• Risk Objectives
• Lesson 9: Determining Current State Of Security
• Current Risk, BIA
• Lesson 10: Information Security Strategy Development
• Elements of a Strategy, The Roadmap
• Strategy Resources and Constraints
• Lesson 11: Strategy Resources
• Policies and Standards, Definitions
• Enterprise Information Security Architectures
• Controls, Countermeasures, Technologies, Personnel
• Organizational Structure
• Employee Roles and Responsibilities
• Skills, Audits, Compliance Enforcement
• Threat Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Assessment
• Insurance, Business Impact Assessment
• Outsourced Security Providers
• Lesson 12: Strategy Constraints
• Legal and Regulatory Requirements
• Physical Constraints, The Security Strategy
• Lesson 13: Action Plan to Implement Strategy
• Gap Analysis, Policy Development, Standards Development
• Training and Awareness, Action Plan Metrics
• General Metric Considerations
• CMM4 Statements, Objectives for CMM4
• Domain 01 Review

DOMAIN 02 - Information Risk Management 

• Lesson 1: Risk Management Overview
• Types of Risk Analysis
• The Importance of Risk Management
• Risk Management Outcomes, Risk Management Strategy
• Lesson 2: Good Information Security Risk Management
• Context and Purpose, Scope and Charter, Assets
• Other Risk Management Goals, Roles and Responsibilities
• Lesson 3: Information Security Risk Management Concepts
• Technologies
• Lesson 4: Implementing Risk Management
• The Risk Management Framework
• The External Environment, The Internal Environment
• The Risk Management Context, Gap Analysis
• Other Organizational Support, Risk Analysis
• Lesson 5: Risk Assessment
• NIST Risk Assessment Methodology
• Aggregated or Cascading Risk
• Other Risk Assessment Approaches
• Identification of Risks, Threats, Vulnerabilities
• Risks, Analysis of Relevant Risks, Risk Analysis
• Semi-Quantitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis Example
• Evaluation of Risks, Risk Treatment Options, Impact
• Lesson 6: Controls Countermeasures
• Controls, Residual Risk, Information Resource Valuation
• Methods of Valuing Assets, Information Asset Classification
• Determining Classification, Impact
• Lesson 7: Recovery Time Objectives
• Recovery Point Objectives, Service Delivery Objectives
• Third-Party Service Providers, Working with Lifecycle Processes
• IT System Development, Project Management
• Lesson 8: Risk Monitoring and Communication
• Risk Monitoring and Communication, Other Communications
• Domain 02 Review

DOMAIN 03 - Information Security Program Development 

• Lesson 1: Development of Information Security Program
• Importance of the Program, Outcomes of Security Program Development
• Effective Information Security Program Development
• Lesson 2: Information Security Program Objectives
• Program Objectives, Defining Objectives
• Cross Organizational Responsibilities
• Lesson 3: Information Security Program Development Concepts
• Technology Resources, Information Security Manager
• Lesson 4: Scope and Charter of Information Security Program Development
• Assurance Function Integration
• Challenges in Developing Information Security Program
• Pitfalls, Objectives of the Security Program
• Program Goals, The Steps of the Security Program
• Defining the Roadmap, Elements of the Roadmap
• Gap Analysis
• Lesson 5: Information Security Management Framework
• Security Management Framework, COBIT 5, ISO/IEC 27001
• Lesson 6: Information Security Framework Components
• Operational Components, Management Components
• Administrative Components
• Educational and Informational Components
• Lesson 7: Information Security Program Resources
• Resources, Documentation, Enterprise Architecture
• Controls as Strategy Implementation Resources
• Common Control Practices
• Countermeasures, Technologies, Personnel
• Security Awareness, Awareness Topics, Formal Audits
• Compliance Enforcement, Project Risk Analysis, Other Actions
• Other Organizational Support, Program Budgeting
• Lesson 8: Implementing an Information Security Program
• Policy Compliance
• Standards Compliance, Training and Education
• ISACA Control Objectives, Third-party Service Providers
• Integration into Lifecycle Processes
• Monitoring and Communication
• Documentation, The Plan of Action
• Lesson 9: Information Infrastructure and Architecture
• Managing Complexity
• Objectives of Information Security Architectures
• Physical and Environmental Controls
• Lesson 10: Information Security Program
• Information Security Program Deployment Metrics
• Metrics, Strategic Alignment, Risk Management
• Value Delivery, Resource Management
• Assurance Process Integration, Performance Measurement
• Security Baselines
• Lesson 11: Security Program Services and Operational Activities
• IS Liaison Responsibilities, Cross-Organizational Responsibilities
• Security Reviews and Audits
• Management of Security Technology
• Due Diligence, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement
• Assessment of Risk and Impact, Outsourcing and Service Providers
• Cloud Computing, Integration with IT Processes
• Domain 03 Review

DOMAIN 04 -Information Security Incident Management

• Lesson 1: Incident Management Overview
• Incident Management Overview, Types of Events
• Goals of Incident Management
• Lesson 2: Incident Response Procedures
• Incident Response Procedures
• Importance of Incident Management
• Outcomes of Incident Management
• Concepts
• Incident Management Systems
• Lesson 3: Incident Management Organization
• Incident Management Organization
• Responsibilities, Senior Management Commitment
• Lesson 4: Incident Management Resources
• Policies and Standards
• Incident Response Technology Concepts
• Personnel, Roles and Responsibilities (eNotes), Skills
• Awareness and Education, Audits
• Lesson 5: Incident Management Objectives
• Defining Objectives, The Desired State, Strategic Alignment
• Other Concerns
• Lesson 6: Incident Management Metrics and Indicators
• Implementation of the Security Program Management
• Management Metrics and Monitoring, Other Security Monitoring Efforts
• Lesson 7: Current State of Incident Response Capability
• Threats, Vulnerabilities
• Lesson 8: Developing an Incident Response Plan
• Elements of an Incident Response Plan, Gap Analysis, BIA
• Escalation Process for Effective IM
• Help Desk Processes for Identifying Security Incidents
• Incident Management and Response Teams
• Organizing, Training, and Equipping the Response Staff
• Incident Notification Process
• Challenges in making an Incident Management Plan
• Lesson 9: BCP/DRP
• Goals of Recovery Operations, Choosing a Site Selection
• Implementing the Strategy
• Incident Management Response Teams
• Network Service High-availability, Storage High-availability
• Risk Transference, Other Response Recovery Plan Options
• Lesson 10: Testing Response and Recovery Plans
• Periodic Testing, Analyzing Test Results
• Measuring the Test Results
• Lesson 11: Executing the Plan
• Updating the Plan, Intrusion Detection Policies
• Who to Notify about an Incident
• Recovery Operations, Other Recovery Operations
• Forensic Investigation
• Hacker / Penetration Methodology, Domain 04 Review
• Course Closure