Information Risk Management: Analysis, Mitigation, and Monitoring

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Target Audience
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Overview/Description
Analysis, mitigation, and monitoring play an extremely important role in information risk management. This course examines how to properly classify and valuate information assets, perform a business impact analysis, and the principles of disaster recovery. You will learn about the options available to deal with risk, effective controls, and ways to ensure your risk management program is integrated into your organization's other life-cycle processes. You will also examine the many responsibilities of an information security manager related to risk monitoring and reporting. This course prepares you for the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) exam.

Target Audience
Experienced IT security professionals seeking to pass the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) exam or otherwise gain knowledge in managing, designing, and overseeing an enterprise's information security.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Information Risk Management: Analysis, Mitigation, and Monitoring

identify examples of information assets that should be valuated

match valuation methods with corresponding examples

recognize how to classify information assets

match disaster recovery terms with their corresponding definitions

recognize considerations related to outsourcing security services to a third-party provider

determine information asset valuation methodologies used by a given information security manager

perform information asset classification

distinguish between examples of RTOs and RPOs

match risk treatment options with corresponding examples of their use

classify examples of controls

identify types of controls

recognize considerations when planning controls and countermeasures

identify the key responsibilities of an information security manager related to risk monitoring and communication

recognize methods of integrating risk management processes with other life-cycle processes within an organization

determine appropriate actions to effectively manage a given risk

Course Number:
sp_cism_a05_it_enus