Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO)
Overview
The CCISO Certification is an industry-leading, security certification program that recognizes the real-world experience necessary to succeed at the highest executive levels of information security. Bringing together all the components required for a C-Level position, the CCISO program combines audit management, governance, IS controls, human capital management, strategic program development, and the financial expertise vital to leading a highly successful information security program.
Objectives
The CCISO aims to bridge the gap between the executive management knowledge that CISOs need and the technical knowledge that many sitting and aspiring CISOs have. This can be a crucial gap as a practitioner endeavor to move from mid-management to upper, executive management roles. Much of this is traditionally learned as on the job training, but the CCISO Training Program can be the key to a successful transition to the highest ranks of information security management.
Audience
The CCISO is for information security executives aspiring to be CISOs through refining their skills and learning to align information security programs with business goals and objectives. This program also encourages existing CISOs to improve their technical and management skills, as well as business procedures.
Prerequisites
- In order to qualify to sit for the CCISO Exam without taking any training, candidates must have five years of experience in each of the 5 CCISO domains verified the Exam Eligibility Application.
- To sit for the exam after taking training, candidates must have five years of experience in three of the five CCISO Domains verified via the Exam Eligibility Application.
Outline
- Define, Implement, Manage, and Maintain an Information Security Governance Program
- Information Security Drivers
- Establishing an information security management structure
- Laws/Regulations/Standards as drivers of Organizational Policy/Standards/Procedures
- Managing an enterprise information security compliance program
- Introduction to Risk Management
- Information Security Controls
- Compliance Management
- Guidelines, Good and Best Practices
- Audit Management
- Summary
- Program Management.
- Operations Management.
- Summary.
- Access Control
- Physical Security
- Network Security
- Certified Chief
- Endpoint Protection
- Application Security
- Encryption Technologies
- Virtualization Security
- Cloud Computing Security
- Transformative Technologies
- Summary
- Strategic Planning
- Designing, Developing, and Maintaining an Enterprise Information Security. Program
- Understanding the Enterprise Architecture (EA)
- Finance
- Procurement
- Vendor Management
- Summar
Exam Facts
| Delivery | Online (Web based) |
| Format | Multiple choice |
| Proctoring | Live |
| Duration | 2.5 hours |
| # of questions | 150 |
| Pass grade | Depending on which exam form is challenged, cut scores can range from 60% to 78% |
Related Certification
- Certified: Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO)
