Cyber incidents now interrupt hospitals, banks, ministries and aid agencies, and the cost of a breach reaches far beyond the technical clean-up to legal exposure, lost funding and damaged trust. Customers and partners increasingly require independent assurance, and ISO/IEC 27001 has become the most widely recognised framework for demonstrating that information security is managed systematically rather than through scattered tools.

This ten-day programme takes participants from strategic principles to hands-on control implementation. Early modules establish the context of the organisation, leadership responsibilities, scope, risk assessment and treatment, and the structure of the standard and its Annex A controls. Middle modules apply these to people, physical, organisational and technological controls, including access management, secure configuration, endpoint and network defence, cloud services, application security and data protection. Later modules cover security operations, incident response, resilience and recovery, internal audit techniques and the preparation of evidence for certification.

Teaching combines concept sessions with labs on risk registers, policy drafting, log review and tabletop exercises. By the end, each participant has built a working ISMS document set for a case organisation and an implementation roadmap for their own.

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

• Explain the requirements of ISO/IEC 27001 and how its clauses and Annex A controls fit together.
• Define the scope and context of an information security management system.
• Conduct asset-based risk assessments and prepare treatment plans and a statement of applicability.
• Select and implement organisational, people, physical and technological controls.
• Design identity, network, cloud and application security measures that match assessed risks.
• Develop incident response, continuity and recovery plans and test them.
• Plan and perform internal audits and prepare the organisation for certification.

The course is intended for professionals who lead, implement or assure information security, including:

• Chief information security officers and heads of IT
• Information security managers and analysts
• IT risk, compliance and governance officers
• Internal and external IT auditors
• Network, systems and cloud administrators
• Data protection officers
• Business continuity and disaster recovery managers
• Security consultants supporting ISO 27001 projects

Participants leave the course with:

• A scoped ISMS plan with defined context, roles and objectives.
• A completed risk register with treatment decisions.
• A draft statement of applicability linked to Annex A controls.
• Core policies and procedures: access control, acceptable use, incident response and backup.
• An incident response playbook tested through a tabletop exercise.
• An internal audit programme and certification readiness checklist.
• A phased implementation roadmap and budget outline for their organisation.

The ten days balance standard interpretation with technical practice through:

• Facilitated explanation of each clause and control theme with worked examples
• A continuing case organisation used for scope, risk and control decisions
• Hands-on labs on access reviews, log analysis and configuration checks
• Tabletop crisis simulations with assigned response roles
• Mock internal audit interviews and documentation review
• A capstone project presented to the group for feedback

Participants who complete the ten days of sessions, labs and the capstone project are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy. It records training attended and is not a certification body credential.