SABSA Foundation: Course Contents

This 5-day Foundation Certificate program has been designed to provide participants with a thorough coverage of the knowledge required for the SABSA Foundation Level Certificate. It is structured in two modules:

Module F1: Security Strategy & Planning

This module provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of how the SABSA framework delivers successful security strategy and architecture. Through a series of innovative presentations, case studies and workshops, you will develop the skills to use the most proven security architecture design and management processes and find out how to develop a comprehensive strategy for the creation of a security architecture that genuinely meets the needs of your organisation:

THE SABSA FRAMEWORK

1. Information Security Strategy, Benefits and Objectives

2. Introduction to SABSA Best Practice

INFORMATION SECURITY STRATEGY

3. Business Requirements & How To Define Them

4. Strategic Concepts & How To Apply Them

SABSA PRACTITIONER GUIDE

5. The Strategy Programme & Architecture Delivery

6. Managing The Strategic Programme

Module F2: Security Service Management

This module leverages the strategy defined in Foundation Module One to create the roadmap to design, deliver and support a set of consistent and high-quality security services. Covering the good practice lifecycle, participants will find out how to design, deliver and support a comprehensive security services architecture that integrates fully and seamlessly with their existing IT management and business infrastructure and practices:

THE SABSA SECURITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

1. The SABSA Security Management Framework

 THE SABSA SECURITY POLICY AND RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

2. Security Policy Management

3. Operational Risk Management

 THE SABSA INTEGRATED ASSURANCE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

4. Security Organisation & Responsibilities

5. Assurance of Operational Continuity

6. Systems Assurance

 SECURITY SERVICES DESIGN

7. Security Services Architecture

8. Security Infrastructure Services

 SECURITY SERVICES DELIVERY & SUPPORT

9. Operational Security Services

10. Security Administration & Management

 SECURITY SERVICES PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

11. Return on Investment & Return of Value

12. Security Measures & Metrics