The Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO) is EC-Council’s executive certification. Achieving the C|CISO Certification will differentiate you from others in the competitive ranks of senior Information Security Professionals. The C|CISO Program is designed to hone the skills of executives and make executives out of managers.
The EC-Council CCISO Body of Knowledge covers all five the CCISO Information Security Management Domains in depth and was written by seasoned CISOs for current and aspiring CISOs. Domain 1 covers the Policy, Legal, and Compliance aspects of Governance. Domain 2 delves into the all-important topic of audit management from the CISO’s perspective and also covers IS controls. Domain 3 covers the Role of the CISO from a Project and Operations Management perspective. Domain 4 summarizes the technical aspects that CISOs manage in their day-to-day jobs, but from an executive standpoint. Domain 5 is all about Strategic Planning and Finance – crucial areas for C-Level executives to understand in order to succeed and drive information security throughout their organizations.
Course Cost listed does not include the cost of courseware required in your registration or brown bag lunch for $ 10 per day . Please refer to your Invoice for the additional cost. If you have any questions, please contact us (learn@vtec.org or 207-775-0244). This courses is subject to minimum enrollment. If low or minimum enrollment has not been met this course may run as a live distance learning virtual class.
Define, implement, manage and maintain an information security governance program that includes leadership, organizational structures and processes.
Align information security governance framework with organizational goals and governance, i.e., leadership style, philosophy, values, standards and policies.
Establish information security management structure.
Establish a framework for information security governance monitoring (considering cost/benefits analyses of controls and ROI).
Understand standards, procedures, directives, policies, regulations, and legal issues that affect the information security program.
Understand the enterprise information security compliance program and manage the compliance team.
Analyze all the external laws, regulations, standards, and best practices applicable to the organization.
Understand the various provisions of the laws that affect the organizational security such as Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accou
Management Act [FISMA], Clinger-Cohen Act, Privacy Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, etc.
Be familiar with the different standards such as ISO 27000 series, Federal Information Processing Standards [FIPS].
Understand the federal and organization specific published documents to manage operations in a computing environment.
Assess the major enterprise risk factors for compliance.
Identify the organization’s operational process and objectives as well as risk tolerance level.
Design information systems controls in alignment with the operational needs and goals and conduct testing prior to implementation to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
Identify and select the resources required to effectively implement and maintain information systems controls. Such resources can include human capital, information, infrastructure, and architecture
Supervise the information systems control process to ensure timely implementation in accordance with the outlined budget and scope, and communicate progress to stakeholders.
Design and implement information systems controls to mitigate risk. Monitor and document the information systems control performance in meeting organizational objectives by identifying and measuring
Design and conduct testing of information security controls to ensure effectiveness, discover deficiencies and ensure alignment with organization’s policies, standards and procedures.
Design and implement processes to appropriately remediate deficiencies and evaluate problem management practices to ensure that errors are recorded, analyzed and resolved in a timely manner.
Assess and implement tools and techniques to automate information systems control processes.
Produce information systems control status reports to ensure that the processes for information systems operations, maintenance and support meet the organization’s strategies and objectives, and shar
Understand the IT audit process and be familiar with IT audit standards.
Apply information systems audit principles, skills and techniques in reviewing and testing information systems technology and applications to design and implement a thorough risk-based IT audit strat
Execute the audit process in accordance with established standards and interpret results against defined criteria to ensure that the information systems are protected, controlled and effective in sup
Effectively evaluate audit results, weighing the relevancy, accuracy, and perspective of conclusions against the accumulated audit evidence.
Assess the exposures resulting from ineffective or missing control practices and formulate a practical and cost-effective plan to improve those areas.
Develop an IT audit documentation process and share reports with relevant stakeholders as the basis for decision-making.
Ensure that the necessary changes based on the audit findings are effectively implemented in a timely manner.
For each information systems project develop a clear project scope statement in alignment with organizational objectives.
Define activities needed to successfully execute the information systems program, estimate activity duration, and develop a schedule and staffing plan
Develop, manage and monitor the information systems program budget, estimate and control costs of individual projects.
Identify, negotiate, acquire and manage the resources needed for successful design and implementation of the information systems program (e.g., people, infrastructure, and architecture).
Acquire, develop and manage information security project team.
Assign clear information security personnel job functions and provide continuous training to ensure effective performance and accountability.
Direct information security personnel and establish communications, and team activities, between the information systems team and other security-related personnel (e.g., technical support, incident m
Resolve personnel and teamwork issues within time, cost, and quality constraints.
Identify, negotiate and manage vendor agreement and communication.
Participate with vendors and stakeholders to review/assess recommended solutions; identify incompatibilities, challenges, or issues with proposed solutions.
Evaluate the project management practices and controls to determine whether business requirements are achieved in a cost-effective manner while managing risks to the organization.
Develop a plan to continuously measure the effectiveness of the information systems projects to ensure optimal system performance.
Identify the criteria for mandatory and discretionary access control, understand the different factors that help in implementation of access controls and design an access control plan.
Implement and manage an access control plan in alignment with the basic principles that govern the access control systems such as need-to-know.
Identify different access control systems such as ID cards and biometrics.
Understand the importance of warning banners for implementing access rules.
Develop procedures to ensure system users are aware of their IA responsibilities before granting access to the information systems.
Identify the risk mitigation and risk treatment processes and understand the concept of acceptable risk.
Identify resource requirements for risk management plan implementation.
Design a systematic and structured risk assessment process and establish, in coordination with stakeholders, an IT security risk management program based on standards and procedures and ensure alignm
Develop, coordinate and manage risk management teams.
Establish relationships between the incident response team and other groups, both internal (e.g., legal department) and external (e.g., law enforcement agencies, vendors, and public relations profess
Understand the residual risk in the information infrastructure.
Assess threats and vulnerabilities to identify security risks, and regularly update applicable security controls.
Identify changes to risk management policies and processes and ensure the risk management program remains current with the emerging risk and threat environment and in alignment with the organizationa
Determine if security controls and processes are adequately integrated into the investment planning process based on IT portfolio and security reporting.
Develop, implement and monitor business continuity plans in case of disruptive events and ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
Define the scope of the enterprise continuity of operations program to address business continuity, business recovery, contingency planning, and disaster recovery/related activities.
Identify the resources and roles of different stakeholders in business continuity programs.
Identify and prioritize critical business functions and consequently design emergency delegations of authority, orders of succession for key positions, the enterprise continuity of operations organiz
Direct contingency planning, operations, and programs to manage risk.
Understand the importance of lessons learned from test, training and exercise, and crisis events.
Design documentation process as part of the continuity of operations program.
Understand the importance of integration of IA requirements into the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP).
Identify the measures to increase the level of emergency preparedness such as backup and recovery solutions and design standard operating procedures for implementation during disasters.
Develop and maintain software assurance programs in alignment with the secure coding principles and each phase of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Understand various system-engineering practices.
Configure and run tools that help in developing secure programs.
Understand the software vulnerability analysis techniques.
Install and operate the IT systems in a test configuration manner that does not alter the program code or compromise security safeguards.
Identify web application vulnerabilities and attacks and web application security tools to counter attacks.
Understand the concept of encryption and decryption, digital certificates, public key infrastructure and the key differences between cryptography and steganography.
Identify the different components of a cryptosystem.
Develop a plan for information security encryption techniques.
Design, develop and maintain enterprise information security architecture (EISA) by aligning business processes, IT software and hardware, local and wide area networks, people, operations, and projec
Perform external analysis of the organization (e.g., analysis of customers, competitors, markets and industry environment) and internal analysis (risk management, organizational capabilities, perform
Identify and consult with key stakeholders to ensure understanding of organization’s objectives.
Define a forward-looking, visionary and innovative strategic plan for the role of the information security program with clear goals, objectives and targets that support the operational needs of the o
Define key performance indicators and measure effectiveness on continuous basis.
Assess and adjust IT investments to ensure they are on track to support organization’s strategic objectives.
Monitor and update activities to ensure accountability and progress.
Analyze, forecast and develop the operational budget of the IT department.
Acquire and manage the necessary resources for implementation and management of information security plan.
Allocate financial resources to projects, processes and units within information security program.
Monitor and oversee cost management of information security projects, return on investment (ROI) of key purchases related to IT infrastructure and security and ensure alignment with the strategic pla
Identify and report financial metrics to stakeholders.
Balance the IT security investment portfolio based on EISA considerations and enterprise security priorities.
Understand the acquisition life cycle and determine the importance of procurement by performing Business Impact Analysis.
Identify different procurement strategies and understand the importance of cost-benefit analysis during procurement of an information system.
Understand the basic procurement concepts such as Statement of Objectives (SOO), Statement of Work (SOW), and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Collaborate with various stakeholders (which may include internal client, lawyers, IT security professionals, privacy professionals, security engineers, suppliers, and others) on the procurement of I
Ensure the inclusion of risk-based IT security requirements in acquisition plans, cost estimates, statements of work, contracts, and evaluation factors for award, service level agreements, and other
Design vendor selection process and management policy.
Develop contract administration policies that direct the evaluation and acceptance of delivered IT security products and services under a contract, as well as the security evaluation of IT and softwa
Develop measures and reporting standards to measure and report on key objectives in procurements aligned with IT security policies and procedures.
Understand the IA security requirements to be included in statements of work and other appropriate procurement documents.