Auditing a
Cybersecurity Programme

Today, the security risks that should be audited is dramatically increasing. To avoid the data breaches that executives are so afraid of, auditors must have the ability to assess the effectiveness of a company’s cybersecurity program. To do this they must know what controls are required, how these should be set up, and how to perform tests to evaluate the effectiveness of these controls.

Participants will conduct many exercises which have been created to reinforce and establish their knowledge of designing and executing effective secuirty solutions. This Auditing a Cybersecurity Programme training course will arm participants with the knowledge and skills needed to perform cyber assessments and ready to become an even more valuable member of their organizations cyber defense team.

This Auditing a Cybersecurity Programme training course will feature:

• Simulations of a real cybersecurity program audit
• Cybersecuirty auditing tips
• Cyber risk assessments
• Threat analysis
• Case studies of Cybersecurity breaches and its consequences

By the end of this training course, delegates will be able to:

• Perform risk analysis of IT security breaches
• Get acquainted with ISO 27001 and COBIT5
• Acquire the knowledge of Information Security Management
• Understand the approach for incident response, Crisis Management and Disaster Recovery

This Auditing a Cybersecurity Programme training course is suitable for many professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Auditors
• IT professionals who are interested in conducting cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, vulnerability and threat analysis or control self-assessments

This Auditing a Cybersecurity Programme training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented.  This includes theoretical presentation of the concepts, but the emphasis will be on the exercises performed by the delegates with the guidance of the instructor, when it comes to the performance of Risk Assessments and Risk Management. The delegates will be “learning by doing” as the training course is designed around the project of preparing and executing Cybersecurity audit. Delivery will be by presentation, group syndicate exercises, training e-manual and interactive seminars, video presentations and active use of software, as well as group discussion on the results of the exercises. The delegates will also use free software for risk management as well as for auditing.

• AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course