INTRODUCTION

Information security and data management must be addressed in order to maintain privacy and efficiency in communications between agencies in today’s world. Weaknesses such as lack of necessary security skills issues of information security, interoperability, and data management must be countered. Therefore, this training imparts the participants with knowledge and skills on how to assimilate truly effective information security and data management best practices and standards to organizations existing processes, technology assets and management.

Participants who successfully complete the course will receive Certificate of Participation

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this training, the participants will be able to;

·      Determine cyber security risks in data management stages

·      Understand the cyber security metrics

·      Apply cyber security controls to help reduce risks 

·      Understand the benefits and threats of new technologies like cloud, artificial intelligence etc.

·      Enterprise Security Governance & Planning

·      Develop a Crisis Communications Strategy

·      Build solutions that meet ISO requirements in information security

·      Identify effective Incident Responses

·      Manage an operational threat

DURATION

The course will take 5 days approximately 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course targets employees in the information technology department, managers, and all supervisors in all departments. The course also targets new start-ups that want to learn about information security to ensure their information is protected.

COURSE OUTLINE

The following courses will be covered:

Topic 1: Introduction & Overview

·      Introduction

·      Significance of Information Security

Topic 2: Information Security Governance

·      Information security governance

·      Significance of information security

·      Security management programs

Topic 3: Risk Management

·      Introduction to information security risk management

·      Information security risk assessment

·      Information security risk analysis

·      Mitigation of information security risk

·      Continuous information security risk Monitoring

Topic 4: Developing Information Security Strategy

·      Importance/significance of information security strategy

·      Factors to consider while developing Information security strategy

·      Information security Management Responsibilities

Topic 5: Policies, procedures, standards & guidelines

·      Introduction and Liability

·      Policy Basics

·      Policy Lifecycle

·      Best Practices and Guidelines

Topic 6: Information security technology

·      Introduction to information security technology

·      Trusted vs Untrusted technologies

·      VLANs

Topic 7: Incident management

·      Introduction to Information Security incident management

·      Incident management response lifecycle preparation

·      Intrusion detection technologies and systems

·      Security incident response

Topic 8: Business continuity & disaster recovery

·      Introduction to business continuity planning and disaster recovery

·      Business continuity phases

·      Disaster recovery

·      Recovery strategies

GENERAL NOTES

·      The instructor led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

·      The participants should be reasonably proficient in English as all facilitation and course materials will be offered in English.

·      Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a certificate.

·      The training will be held at Kincaid Training Centre. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch.

·      All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

·      Accommodation and airport pickup are arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training coordinator at Email: training@kincaiddevelopmentcenter.org or Tel: +254 724592901

·      This training can also be customized to suit the needs of your institution upon request. You can have it delivered in our Kincaid Training Centre or at a convenient location.

For further inquiries, please contact us on Tel: +254 724592901 or send mail to training@kincaiddevelopmentcenter.org

Payments are due upon registration. Payment should be sent to our Bank account before commencement of training and proof of payment sent to training@kincaiddevelopmentcenter.org