Data Security Essentials - Course Description

Protecting organisational data and the customer data entrusted to your care

Information Security is one of the most important issues facing all organisations today. This powerful 2-day course has been specifically designed to comprehensively cover all the key points that you need to understand in order to better protect your most important asset – YOUR DATA:

Better understand the alignment of data security efforts to company strategic goals
Current technology solutions to drive quick improvements to your data security issues
New technology solutions for mitigating the risk of an adverse data disclosure
Improve engagement with Information Assurance professionals to help you and your company achieve your goals
Integrate your efforts (and create allies) with other departments in your organisation to improve data security efforts
Enhance your data security policies through better alignment with leading governance frameworks
Expand your data security vision to encompass all company and customer data wherever it might reside
Know where your company and customer data actually resides and methods for securing it, wherever it might be
How to better leverage leading frameworks to drive improved data security results
Strategies for engaging with internal audit and other risk and compliance groups within your company
Tools to help you identify where you are at - the current state of data protection at your organisation

The enormous growth of the internet and the increasing geographic spread of networking has meant that organisations today have multiple security exposure points, far greater than ever before. Over the past few years the risks have increased substantially.

Information today is the organisation’s key resource. Most things can be survived, but the loss of critical enterprise information can be crippling and even unrecoverable.

This 2-day course provides a strong foundation knowledge for anyone responsible for or involved with ensuring security of their organisation’s data.

BENEFITS in attending this workshop

Gain insight into better alignment of data security efforts to company strategic goals
Discover new technology solutions that might be helpful in mitigating the risk of an adverse data disclosure
Improve engagement with Information Assurance professionals to help you and your company achieve your goals
Integrate your efforts (and create allies) with other departments in your organisation to improve data security efforts
Enhance your data security policies through better alignment with leading governance frameworks
Expand your data security vision to encompass all company and customer data wherever it might reside

What You Will LEARN

Where your company and customer data actually resides and methods for securing your data wherever it might be
Who owns the data and who is responsible for managing the data
How to better leverage leading frameworks to drive improved data security results
How current technology solutions can help you drive quick improvements to your data security issues
Strategies for engaging with internal audit and other risk and compliance groups within your company to help you achieve your goals
About tools to help you identify the current state of data protection at your organisation

Who Should ATTEND

IT and MIS managers
Management and executive staff involved in ensuring corporate security
IT staff looking to add critical security knowledge to their added-value skill set
User liaison/support staff responsible for helping the security message permeate the organisation
Anyone who wants a solid foundation to their understanding of information security

Attendees will receive the following sample policies: