Certified ISO 27001 Practitioner Training

There are no pre-requisites for this course.

Every delegate will be sent their own copy of the following standards for pre-course reading.

• BS EN ISO/IEC 27001:2017
• BS EN ISO/IEC 27002:2017

Familiarisation with the structure of these standards will support delegates with course exercises and the end of course exam.

• Detail the requirements of ISO/IEC 27001:2017
• How to identify information assets
• How to identify the threats, vulnerabilities and risks associated with Assets
• How to Plan the ISMS implementation program: Timescales and resources, Risk assessment and management, Producing a Statement of Applicability and Documentation, monitoring and auditing
• Prepare for ISO27001 certification (Phase 1 & 2)
• Understand the sources of information and further development
• Understanding of best-practice audit methodology
• Prepare, lead and report on the findings of an information security audit.
• Detailed information about auditing the ISMS against ISO 27001
• Interview techniques, following audit trails and reviewing documented evidence
• Audit risk assessments, business continuity and effective continual improvement
• How to identify nonconformities, and ensure appropriate corrective action is undertaken
• Challenges of maintaining ISO27001 certification, including surveillance audits
• Governance and the relationship between auditing and risk management

Day 1: ISO27001 ISMS

1. Why do you need certification to ISO 27001?
2. The relationship between ISO27001, and ISO27002
3. What the Information Security Management System (ISMS) is and what it is trying to achieve; Confidentiality, integrity, availability, plus audit
4. Overview of the stages of the ISMS
5. Defining an Information Security Policy
6. Defining the scope of the ISMS
7. What are information assets, and identifying them?
8. Conducting risk assessments; Identifying asset values, threats and vulnerabilities, Practical exercise - under taking a risk assessment and Managing risk
9. Risk measurement
10. Results and conclusions resulting from an assessment
11. Risk reduction and acceptance techniques

Day 2: ISO27001 Implementation

1. Determining control objectives
2. Selecting control objectives and controls
3. Information Security Overview
4. ISO 27001/ ISO27002 control objectives and controls
5. The application of countermeasures, Creating a workable countermeasure
6. Preparing a Statement of Applicability
7. Auditing the ISMS, What does auditing achieve? How should auditing be conducted? and Different types of audit

Day 3: Lead Auditing

1. Preparing for formal certification audits
2. In depth, the phase 1 and 2 ISO 27001 audits
3. Maintaining Certification

Day 4: Governance, Generic Management, and Systems Audit Process

1. The Role of Governance in the Information Security Arena
2. Information Security Management and Leadership Roles
3. Continual Improvement
4. Principles of Auditing
5. Managing an Audit Programme
6. Performing an Audit
7. Reporting and Summarising Audit Findings
8. Conducting Audit Follow-up
9. The Relationship between Audits, and Risk Management
10. The Value of Awareness Training

Day 5: The ISO Generic Management System

1. ISO MS Terms and definitions
2. ISO MS Context and Scope
3. ISO MS Leadership and Planning
4. ISO MS Operation
5. ISO MS Monitoring, Measurement, Analysis and Evaluation
6. ISO MS Internal Audit
7. ISO MS Management Review
8. ISO MS Improvement
9. Re-cap, plus pre exam Q&A
10. GCHQ certified course exam provided by APMG

Exam Information

Candidates will receive individual emails to access their AMPG GCT candidate portal, typically available two weeks post exam.