Information Assurance Risk Management for HMG

This course will provide a basic awareness of the principles of technical risk assessment, risk treatment and risk management. It is relevant to both HMG organisations and to supply chain companies delivering to HMG contracts. The course is related to other QA security training and builds on the 'Foundations of Information Assurance for HMG' course and explains in greater depth how risk management can be conducted in government organisations and in supply chain companies.

It also links to the course 'Introduction to Accreditation' which explains the role of the HMG accreditor in the risk management process. This course contributes to the attainment of the CESG Certified Professional Scheme (CCPS) and the following specific CCP roles at the Practitioner level.

The course emphasises that information risk management is part of overall business risk management. It explains the benefits of a common methodology and language for risk management but stresses that a rigid adoption of a process model is often not appropriate and that each aspect of risk management must be considered in the context of the business requirements and its appetite for risk.

The course objectives are:

• To explain the principles of risk assessment, risk treatment and risk management as implemented in HMG organisations.
• To describe the available methods for completing a basic risk assessment.
• To enable delegates to understand the application of security controls to risks and the importance of adequate assurance.
• To explain how risk management can be conducted in the context of the business.

Target Audience

This course is aimed at delegates with a basic knowledge of Information Assurance. Ideally, delegates should have some understanding of business risk management and security topics in general.

The course will benefit:

• Those who are tasked with conducting risk management in their organisation.
• Those who are involved in projects delivering information systems and who review or contribute to risk assessments and risk management.
• Senior staff who want to understand the process and terminology in order to maintain an effective information risk management culture.
• Operational staff who want to understand the process and terminology in order to manage day to day risks in the delivery of the organisation's objectives.
• Project manager's delivering IT projects to government either directly or as a member of a supply chain company delivering against a contract.

Support for CESG Certified Professional

This course contributes to the attainment of the CESG Certified Professional Scheme (CCPS) and the following specific CCP roles at the Practitioner level:

Security and Information Risk Advisor, IA Auditor, Accreditor, IT Security Officer, Security Architect, Penetration Tester, Communications Security roles.

The course supports CCP Level 1: Awareness (understands the skill and its application). It provides skills against the following competencies used in the CCP assessment process:

A1: Governance, A2: Policy and Standards, B1: Risk Assessment, B2: Risk Management, D1: IA Methodologies, G1: Audit and Review.

IISP Skills Alignment

This course is aligned to the following Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) Skills. More details on the IISP skills framework can be found here.

• A1, A2, A6, B1, B2, D1

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

CPD points can be claimed for GCT accredited courses at the rate of 1 point per hour of training for GCHQ accredited courses (up to a maximum of 15 points).