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Certified ISO27001 Practitioner

This Certified ISO27001 Practitioners training course will provide delegates with the requirements and principles of ISO/IEC 27001, with an awareness of the issues and challenges involved in implementing an information security management system.

This practical course is designed to deliver the delegate with a solid understanding of information security management (ISM) systems as set out in ISO/IEC 27001:2013.

The course will impart the skills to plan, audit and implement an ISO 27001:2013 compliant information security management system (ISMS) audit.

On day 5, delegates will sit a GCHQ certified course exam provided by APMG, based upon the materials covered in this ISO27001 Certified Practitioners course. Delegates are required to pass this exam to be certified.

Note: Attend From Anywhere delegates must attend the course on day 5 to sit the exam

Intended Audience:

Security and IT professionals, those responsible for risk, audit and compliance or project managers responsible for ISO27001 compliance programmes.

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)



Learning Objectives

Delegates will learn how to :

  • Detail the requirements of ISO/IEC 27001:2013
  • How to identify information assets
  • How to identify the threats, vulnerabilities and risks associated with Assets
  • How to Plan the ISMS implementation program: Timescales and resources, Risk assessment and management, Producing a Statement of Applicability and Documentation, monitoring and auditing
  • Prepare for ISO27001 certification (Phase 1 & 2)
  • Understand the sources of information and further development
  • Understanding of best-practice audit methodology
  • Prepare, lead and report on the findings of an information security audit.
  • Detailed information about auditing the ISMS against ISO 27001
  • Interview techniques, following audit trails and reviewing documented evidence
  • Audit risk assessments, business continuity and effective continual improvement
  • How to identify nonconformities, and ensure appropriate corrective action is undertaken
  • Challenges of maintaining ISO27001 certification, including surveillance audits
  • Governance and the relationship between auditing and risk management


There are no pre-requisites. However, we recommend that all delegates familiarise themselves with BS ISO_IEC 27001_2013, and BS ISO_IEC 27002_2013.

Delegates should, if possible, also bring their own copies of both standards either as electronic, or hard copies.

Course Content

Day 1: ISO27001 ISMS

  1. Why do you need certification to ISO 27001?
  2. The relationship between ISO27001, and ISO27002
  3. What the Information Security Management System (ISMS) is and what it is trying to achieve; Confidentiality, integrity, availability, plus audit
  4. Over view of the stages of the ISMS
  5. Defining an Information Security Policy
  6. Defining the scope of the ISMS
  7. What are information assets, and identifying them?
  8. Conducting risk assessments; Identifying asset values, threats and vulnerabilities, Practical exercise - under taking a risk assessment and Managing risk
  9. Risk measurement
  10. Results and conclusions resulting from an assessment
  11. Risk reduction and acceptance techniques

Day 2: ISO27001 Implementation

  1. Determining control objectives
  2. Selecting control objectives and controls
  3. Information Security Overview
  4. ISO 27001/ ISO27002 control objectives and controls
  5. The application of countermeasures, Creating a workable countermeasure
  6. Preparing a Statement of Applicability
  7. Auditing the ISMS, What does auditing achieve? How should auditing be conducted? and Different types of audit

Day 3: Lead Auditing

  1. Preparing for formal certification audits
  2. In depth, the phase 1 and 2 ISO 27001 audits
  3. Maintaining Certification

Day 4: Governance, Generic Management, and Systems Audit Process

  1. The Role of Governance in the Information Security Arena
  2. Information Security Management and Leadership Roles
  3. Continual Improvement
  4. Principles of Auditing
  5. Managing an Audit Programme
  6. Performing an Audit
  7. Reporting and Summarising Audit Findings
  8. Conducting Audit Follow-up
  9. The Relationship between Audits, and Risk Management
  10. The Value of Awareness Training

Day 5: The ISO Generic Management System

  1. ISO MS Terms and definitions
  2. ISO MS Context and Scope
  3. ISO MS Leadership and Planning
  4. ISO MS Operation
  5. ISO MS Monitoring, Measurement, Analysis and Evaluation
  6. ISO MS Internal Audit
  7. ISO MS Management Review
  8. ISO MS Improvement
  9. Re-cap, plus pre exam Q&A
  10. GCHQ certified course exam provided by APMG

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