The objective of the Course is to affirm that the holder has a good basic knowledge of security management principles and in particular
- Key fundamental concepts underpinning information security management in particular:confidentiality, integrity, availability, risk, threats, vulnerabilities and security controls.
- Business environments within which information security needs to be managed e.g.
- implications of electronic commerce, outsourcing, organisational issues.
- Technical aspects of significant threats, vulnerabilities and security controls e.g. malicious software, the internet, security products, cryptography.
- Categorisation, operation and effectiveness of security controls.
- Current national and international legislation and regulations that impact upon information security management in the UK.
- Current national and international standards, frameworks and organisations that facilitate the management of information security.
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