| Description: | The Managing Information Risk Briefing is delivered in association with Rits Information Security. This half-day presentation is designed to give delegates an appreciation of critical aspects of IT-related security and confidentiality, of the security threats to their businesses and of the remedial measures they can take. Protecting critical information assets in a world of interconnected technologies challenges current security management practices, tools and methodologies. Strategies for addressing these issues need to assess organisational and technological risks in the context of the organisations high-priority assets. This Briefing provides managers and key decision-makers in organisations with a framework for evaluating and managing risk to an organisations information assets. |
| Audience | This Briefing is intended for managers and key decision-makers within an organisation. It will build an awareness of the seriousness of information security risk, how to identify and evaluate risk. It will then help you to develop countermeasures and implement the most effective precautions against information security risks. |
| Objectives | On completion of this Briefing, delegates will:
- Have enhanced their awareness of information security risk
- Understand the importance of information assets to the organisation.
- Know the different information assets represented by each computing resource.
- Be aware of the concepts of Cadbury & Turnbull.
- Understand BS7799 and ISO17799 at an outline level.
- Be more aware of IT-related threats and vulnerabilities.
- Know the costs involved if appropriate procedures are not put in place.
- Be able to evaluate appropriate, cost effective countermeasures.
- Understand implementation of constructed procedures. |
