
SABSA Foundation Module 2: Security Service Management - Course Content
THE SABSA SECURITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
1. The SABSA Security Management Framework
- SABSA in the I.T. Lifecycle
- Using SABSA To Integrate Other Methods, Models & Standards
- SABSA and the ITIL Framework
- SABSA and CobIT
- SABSA and Project Management Standards
- SABSA and ISO Security Standards
- SABSA and IT Architecture
THE SABSA SECURITY POLICY AND RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
2. Security Policy Management
- Policy Principles
- Policy Content, Hierarchy & Architecture
- Security Policy Making
- Information & Systems Classification
- Third Party & Outsourcing Strategy & Policy Management
3. Operational Risk Management
- The Meaning of Risk
- Risk Philosophy & Methodology
- Corporate Governance & Enterprise Risk Management
- Risk Measurement and Risk Assessment
- Risk Mitigation
- Risk Appetite
- Risk Management Tools
- Measuring Success of Risk Management
THE SABSA INTEGRATED ASSURANCE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
4. Security Organisation & Responsibilities
- Security Governance
- Security Culture Development, Training & Awareness
- Ownership & Custody
- Service Provider & Customer Roles in Security Management
- Enterprise Audit & Review Framework
5. Assurance of Operational Continuity
- Business Continuity Planning
- Contingency Planning
- Crisis Management
- Business Recovery Planning
6. Systems Assurance
- Technical Assurance of Security Correctness & Completeness
- Managing the Assurance Process for Systems & Software Development
- Assuring Integrity and Acceptable Use of Systems & Software
- Principles of Multi-phased Testing
7. Security Services Architecture
- Information as the Logical Representation of Business
- Logical Entities & Their Relationships
- Using Trust Models to Define Security Services
- Security Domains, Domain Definitions & Associations
- Security Processing Cycle
8. Security Infrastructure Services
- Security Rules, Practices & Procedures
- Security Mechanisms
- User Security
- Platform & Network Security
- Infrastructure for Service Delivery
- Technical Standards & Components
SECURITY SERVICES DELIVERY AND SUPPORT
9. Operational Security Services
- Incident Management
- Incident Response
- Problem Management
- Change Management
- Continuity, Crisis & Recovery Management
10. Security Administration & Management
- Security Service Management
- Security Mechanism Management
- Security Component Management
- System Management & Administration
- User Management & Administration
- Security Audit Management
- Security Operations
- Product Evaluation & Selection
SECURITY SERVICES PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
11. Return on Investment & Return of Value
- Return on Investment
- Net Present Value
- Internal Rate of Return
- Defining Value Metrics
- Business Attributes & Return of Value
12. Security Measures & Metrics
- Why Do We Need Measures & Metrics
- Measurement Approaches
- Defining Metrics
- Benchmarking Security
- Remedial Project Planning
- Maturity Models Applied to Security