Digital services now underpin payments, health records, public services and supply chains, which makes security failures immediately visible to customers and regulators. Attackers are organised and quick to exploit new technology, while security budgets remain limited. Leaders need a strategy that targets the risks that matter most and a management system that shows, credibly, that controls work.

The programme begins with threat landscape analysis and the development of a security strategy tied to business priorities, governance structures and metrics. It then covers the full ISO/IEC 27001 lifecycle: context and scope, leadership commitment, risk assessment methodology, treatment plans, the statement of applicability, control selection, documentation, awareness, monitoring, internal audit, management review and continual improvement. The second half explores modern practice and innovation, including zero trust, identity governance, cloud and container security, secure development, security operations and automation, third-party risk, privacy alignment and incident and crisis management.

Learning is practical. Participants build a risk register, draft a statement of applicability, run tabletop exercises and develop a three-year security strategy for a case organisation. They return with templates and an action plan aligned to their own environment.

After the programme, participants will be able to:

• Develop a cybersecurity strategy aligned to business objectives and risk appetite.
• Scope and plan an ISO/IEC 27001 information security management system.
• Perform information security risk assessment and select appropriate treatments.
• Draft policies, a statement of applicability and supporting evidence for certification audits.
• Apply zero trust, identity governance and cloud security principles to architecture decisions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI, for security benefit and risk.
• Plan incident response, resilience testing and crisis communication.
• Define security metrics and report risk clearly to executives and boards.

The programme is designed for those who lead, govern or audit information security, including:

• Chief information security officers and heads of security
• Information security and IT security managers
• IT directors and heads of infrastructure
• Risk, compliance and data protection officers
• Internal and external IT auditors
• Security, cloud and enterprise architects
• Security operations centre managers
• Government ICT and cyber agency officers
• Consultants preparing organisations for ISO 27001 certification

Participants take away:

• A three-year cybersecurity strategy outline with objectives and measures.
• A completed sample risk assessment and treatment plan.
• A draft statement of applicability showing control choices and justification.
• An ISO 27001 implementation plan with milestones, roles and evidence needs.
• An incident response playbook skeleton tested in a tabletop exercise.
• A board reporting pack template for cyber risk and control performance.

The programme combines standards knowledge with realistic leadership scenarios through:

• Presentations by facilitators with security management and audit experience
• Hands-on labs on risk registers, control mapping and cloud configuration review
• Tabletop exercises with injected incident events and decision points
• Group design studios for strategy and zero trust roadmaps
• Mock executive and audit interviews with feedback

Participants who complete all 10 days, the labs and the final strategy presentation are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy. It recognises training only and is not an ISO 27001 auditor qualification.