Cyber incidents have become a routine business risk across Africa. Mobile money platforms, digital government services and cloud adoption have widened the attack surface, while skilled security managers remain scarce. Customers, donors and regulators increasingly ask suppliers and partners whether their security practices are independently assessed, and ISO/IEC 27001 has become the common reference for answering that question.

The Management of Cybersecurity & Information Security (ISO 27001) Training Course is a ten-day programme that covers both management and technical foundations. The first week builds the management system: context, scope, leadership, policy, roles, risk assessment methodology, risk treatment and the Statement of Applicability, followed by a structured walk through the control themes in Annex A. The second week develops depth in vulnerability management, security operations, incident handling, resilience, cloud and application security, privacy, supplier assurance and metrics, and then prepares participants for internal audit and certification audit.

Participants work throughout on a fictional but realistic organisation, producing the documents and records an auditor would expect to see. Hands-on labs with common security tools make the controls tangible. The course supports those preparing to lead implementation, but it does not replace formal lead implementer or lead auditor certification examinations.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the structure and requirements of ISO/IEC 27001 and the role of ISO/IEC 27002 guidance.
• Define ISMS scope and interested parties, then carry out asset-based risk assessment and select treatment options.
• Prepare a Statement of Applicability and justify control choices.
• Implement organisational, people, physical and technological controls from Annex A.
• Establish vulnerability management, logging and monitoring processes.
• Plan and run incident response and business continuity exercises.
• Assess supplier and cloud security risks and conduct internal audits with corrective actions.
• Define security metrics and report to senior management.

The programme suits people who design, run or assure security in organisations, including:

• Information security managers and chief information security officers
• IT managers and heads of infrastructure
• Network and systems administrators
• Risk, compliance and internal audit professionals
• Data protection officers and privacy managers
• Business continuity and disaster recovery coordinators
• Software development and DevOps leads
• Government ICT officers and telecom security teams
• Consultants preparing clients for certification

Participants complete the programme with practical outputs, including:

• An information security policy set and defined roles for a sample organisation.
• A completed risk register with a treatment plan.
• A Statement of Applicability mapped to Annex A controls.
• An incident response plan and tested playbook.
• An internal audit programme and checklists.
• A security metrics dashboard design.
• A phased implementation roadmap for their own organisation.

The programme combines management practice with technical exposure over ten days. Participants will experience:

• Facilitator-led sessions explaining each clause and control theme
• A running case organisation that carries through the whole ten days
• Practical labs on hardening, scanning, logging and incident handling
• Template-based drafting of policies, risk registers and audit records
• Tabletop simulations of breaches and continuity events
• An integrated implementation project presented to the group

Participants who attend the ten days and complete the labs and project receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy. It records the learning undertaken and is separate from any external ISO 27001 certification examination.