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Quick post to mention some training courses that are available for those working in the HMG IA field.

[ National School of Government ]

Introduction to Information Assurance – Finding your way around IA in Government - £925 (2 days)

Topics covered:-

  • IA governance within an organisation
  • Threats, risks and impacts
  • Overview of key legislation and regulation
  • Government IA strategy
  • Government IA policy and standards
  • Assurance
  • Maintaining confidence

Information Assurance Standards IS2 and IS1 (Topic Programme 1) Process and practice – £1775 (4 days)

Topics covered:-

  • IS2 – risk management and accreditation
  • Content and development of the RMADS
  • Privacy Impact Assessments and IS6
  • The accreditation process
  • Information risk and assets
  • IS1 Part 1 – risk assessment
  • IS1 Part 2 – risk treatment

Risk Management and Accreditation Specialist Programme – IA Professionalism Stage 3 for accreditors - £630 (1 day)

Topics covered:-

  • Accreditation and the Accreditor Accreditation skills and competencies
  • Accreditation plan and process
  • Tools of the trade
  • Support and advice

IA Protective Monitoring and Incident Management (Topic Programme 3)

Topics covered:-

  • Overview of audit
  • IA protective monitoring policy
  • System monitoring
  • Incident management
  • Backup and data storage
  • Forensic readiness
  • Sanitisation
  • Business continuity and disaster recovery
  • Compliance and the IA Maturity Model
  • Service management.

[ Amethyst Risk Management ]

RMADS Introduction – Risk Management and Accreditation Document Sets - (1 day)

Topics covered:-

  • Background and Context of HMG Infosec
  • Governance and Risk Management Concepts
  • The Accreditation Process
  • Risk Management and Accreditation Documents

IA1 Practitioners Course – HMG Information Assurance Standard No.1 (IAS1) Technical Risk Assessment – (2 day)

Topics covered:-

  • The purpose, structure and context of the standard
  • Changes from previous issues of IAS1
  • The new Standard framework
  • Model-based risk analysis method
  • IAS1 risk assessment methodology
  • Security Case development
  • Detailed workshops based on a real-world case study