Understanding ISO Security Standards for Your Organization

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Understanding ISO Security Standards for Your Organization

This course is part of Tools for Security Specialists Specialization

Instructors: Patrick Ester

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

55 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Learners will discover security challenges faced by organizations, and how ISO/IEC standards (specifically the 27000 series) address them.
Learners will discover the most common security standards: 27001, 27002, and 27701.
Learners will discover how to manage risk with ISO and IEC standards.

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There are 3 modules in this course

This course is designed for novice learners wanting to understand the basics of ISO and IEC security standards. Learners will gain understanding how security standards address the challenges facing organizations, how standards provide a comprehensive approach to providing security (including personal information), and how standards help with managing risk.

To allow for a self-paced learning experience, this course is video-free. Assignments contain short explanations with images. You'll benefit from instant feedback from a variety of assessment items along the way, gently progressing from quick understanding checks (multiple choice, fill in the blank, and un-scrambling blocks of text) to small, approachable summative assessments that take minutes instead of hours.

Welcome to Week 1 of the Understanding ISO Security Standards for Your Organization course. These assignments cover the concepts of security challenges facing organizations, how the ISO and IEC organizations work to address these challenges, with specific emphasis placed on the 27000 series of standards. The module ends with graded summative assessments.

What's included

5 readings4 app items

5 readings Total 13 minutes

Navigating Codio Assignments 5 minutes
Security Challenges Facing Organizations (optional download) 1 minute
ISO/IEC Overview (optional download) 1 minute
ISO/IEC 27000 Series (optional download) 1 minute
How to Reset an Assignment in Codio 5 minutes

4 app items Total 195 minutes

Codio: Summative Assessments 60 minutes
Codio: Security Challenges Facing Organizations 45 minutes
Codio: ISO/IEC Overview 45 minutes
Codio: ISO/IEC 27000 Series 45 minutes

Welcome to Week 2 of the Understanding ISO Security Standards for Your Organization course. These assignments cover implementing an ISMS with ISO standard 27001, implementing security controls with ISO standard 27002, and implementing a PIMS with ISO 27701. The module ends with graded summative assessments.

What's included

4 readings4 app items

4 readings Total 8 minutes

ISO/IEC 27001 - ISMS (optional download) 1 minute
ISO/IEC 27002 - Security Controls 1 minute
ISO/IEC 27701 - PIMS 1 minute
How to Reset an Assignment in Codio 5 minutes

4 app items Total 195 minutes

Codio: Summative Assessment 60 minutes
Codio: ISO/IEC 27001 - ISMS 45 minutes
Codio: ISO/IEC 27002 - Security Controls 45 minutes
Codio: ISO/IEC 27701 - PIMS 45 minutes

Welcome to Week 3 of the Understanding ISO Security Standards for Your Organization course. These assignments cover risk management principles, a risk management framework, and the risk management process. The module ends with graded summative assessments.

What's included

4 readings4 app items

4 readings Total 8 minutes

Risk Management Principles (optional download) 1 minute
Risk Management Framework (optional download) 1 minute
Risk Management Process (optional download) 1 minute
How to Reset an Assignment in Codio 5 minutes

4 app items Total 195 minutes

Codio: Summative Assessment 60 minutes
Codio: Risk Management Principles 45 minutes
Codio: Risk Management Framework 45 minutes
Codio: Risk Management Process 45 minutes

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