By the end of the training course, you will be able to understand:

• The primary responsibilities of the IS department.
• Techniques that should be employed to protect computing devices and data.
• The development of information systems.
• The reason for outsourcing IS services, the most common and popular outsource alternatives and the outsourcing risks.
• Technical, data, and human safeguards.
• The rights and responsibilities regarding services provided by the IS department.
• The threats to computer security.
• How organizations should respond to security threats and incidents.

Course Content

Information Systems Development

• What is systems development?
• The five phases of the systems development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Accomplishing system definition
• The users’ role in the requirement phase
• Designing the five components
• Implementing an IS
• The tasks for system maintenance
• Problems with the SDLC

Information Systems Management

• Functions and organization of the IS department
• How do organizations plan the use of IS?
• Advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing
• User rights and responsibilities

Information Security Management

• The goal of IS security.
• How big is the computer security problem?
• Responding to security threats
• Technical safeguards
• Data safeguards
• Human safeguards
• Responding to security incidents

Training Methodology

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.