Cognicert ISO/IEC 27100 Lead Implementer Course
(Cybersecurity — Overview and Concepts)
📚 Course Overview:
The ISO/IEC 27100 Lead Implementer course provides cybersecurity professionals, IT managers, and implementers with comprehensive guidance on establishing, implementing, and managing an effective cybersecurity framework aligned with the principles and structure outlined in ISO/IEC TS 27100.
This four-day instructor-led course bridges the knowledge between information security management systems (ISMS) and evolving cybersecurity governance, offering a structured approach to designing and deploying cybersecurity strategies that address real-world threats, vulnerabilities, and regulatory demands.
Participants will gain hands-on skills for aligning cybersecurity initiatives with business objectives and integrating ISO/IEC TS 27100 into broader enterprise risk management and ISO 27001-based systems.
🎯 Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the core concepts and scope of ISO/IEC TS 27100:2020
- Design and implement cybersecurity frameworks aligned with ISO/IEC TS 27100
- Identify and manage cybersecurity risks using standardized methodologies
- Integrate cybersecurity into existing management systems (e.g., ISO/IEC 27001)
- Develop cybersecurity policies, roles, and operational controls
- Lead cybersecurity implementation teams and manage projects
- Prepare for internal or external cybersecurity audits
👥 Target Audience:
This course is intended for:
- Cybersecurity Managers and Officers
- IT Governance & Risk Professionals
- Information Security Managers (ISMs)
- Consultants and Systems Implementers
- Compliance and GRC Officers
- ISO 27001 Implementers aiming to expand into cybersecurity
- Anyone responsible for developing and maintaining cybersecurity capabilities
📖 Reference Standards:
- ISO/IEC TS 27100:2020 – Cybersecurity – Overview and Concepts
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 – Information Security Management Systems
- ISO/IEC 27005:2022 – Information Security Risk Management
- ISO/IEC 27032:2012 – Guidelines for Cybersecurity
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework (as a complementary model)
🧠 Expected Outcomes:
Upon successful completion, participants will be able to:
- Develop a structured, organization-specific cybersecurity implementation plan
- Align cybersecurity activities with ISO 27001 and enterprise objectives
- Identify and prioritize critical cyber risks and gaps
- Design processes for threat monitoring, response, and recovery
- Guide organizations through a complete cybersecurity implementation journey
- Receive a ISO/IEC 27100 Lead Implementer Certificate, demonstrating readiness to lead cybersecurity initiatives
📆 Course Structure:
📅 Day 1 – Foundations of Cybersecurity & ISO/IEC TS 27100
- Introduction to cybersecurity: definitions, drivers, and evolution
- ISO/IEC TS 27100 structure, scope, and relationship with ISO 27001
- Key terminology: threats, vulnerabilities, assets, controls
- Understanding the cybersecurity ecosystem
- Cyber threat landscape (actors, methods, motivations)
- Organizational and technical context for implementation
Activities:
- Group brainstorming: Cyber challenges across industries
- Cyber incident review and lessons learned
📅 Day 2 – Planning & Designing Cybersecurity Frameworks
- Establishing a cybersecurity implementation project
- Leadership, roles, and responsibilities
- Scoping and context of the organization
- Cybersecurity policy and control planning
- Integration with ISMS, business continuity, and IT governance
- Asset identification and impact analysis
- Legal and regulatory considerations (e.g., GDPR, NIS2)
Activities:
- Develop a cybersecurity implementation roadmap
- Create a sample cybersecurity policy framework
📅 Day 3 – Risk Management & Control Implementation
- Risk assessment and treatment (ISO 27005 guidance)
- Selecting and applying cybersecurity controls
- Building defense layers: preventive, detective, corrective
- Developing technical and human-based controls
- Awareness and training strategies
- Incident response planning and recovery capabilities
- Business alignment and stakeholder engagement
Activities:
- Risk mapping and control selection workshop
- Simulated incident response planning exercise
📅 Day 4 – Monitoring, Improvement & Certification Preparation
- Monitoring, reviewing, and improving cybersecurity implementation
- Setting KPIs and metrics for cybersecurity effectiveness
- Auditing cybersecurity readiness
- Preparing documentation for certification or internal audit
- Managing continual improvement of the cybersecurity program
📅 Day 5 –Examination
- Final course review
- Final exam: multiple-choice and scenario-based questions
🧪 Training Methodologies:
- Interactive lectures with standards-based learning
- Group discussions on real-world cyber implementation challenges
- Hands-on workshops (policy drafting, threat mapping, incident response)
- Practical implementation templates for reuse in participants’ organizations
- Case study analysis from recent cybersecurity breaches
- Final exam to validate learning and award certification
Duration: 5 Days
Delivery Options:
- Self-Study Material, Exam and Certification
- Online Training, Material, Exam and Certification
- Classroom Training Location: https://cognicert.com/delivery-partners/
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