Information Risk Management

Information Risk Management

Course code: BTA-110

Title: Information Risk Management

Course length: 6 (six) academic hours / 4.75 CPE Hours

Audience: Specialists in managing “traditional” operational risks, Information security specialists, Beginning specialists in the field of information security

Prerequisites: knowledge of the basics of risk management, understanding of the principles of economic theory and cost formation, analytical and arithmetic skills.

Course program:

  • Information risk management
    • Risk management documentation and principles
    • Types and methods of information risk management
    • Types of methodologies and standards in the field of information risk management
    • Matrix for expert calculation of risk level
    • Examples of calculations of material (monetary) damage from the occurrence of risks associated with the loss of confidentiality, availability, or integrity of information assets
  • Calculation of the total cost of ownership of an information asset
    • Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
    • Life cycle of information systems
    • TCO structure, calculation procedure, and determination of the effect of owning (implementing) an information system
  • Threats and risk analysis of availability breaches
    • Regional threats: anthropogenic, technogenic, and natural
    • Single point of failure
    • Attacks on the supply chain
    • Insiders and sabotage
  • Common mistakes in the development and operation of information systems
    • Errors in the implementation of information systems
    • Software development (in-source) errors
    • Errors in the operation and maintenance of information systems, equipment, and software-hardware complexes
    • Ways to minimize risks when planning security deficiencies