Enterprise Security Training in Houston

Description: CISA® is the world-renowned and most popular certification for professionals working in the field of IS audit and IT risk consulting. Our CISA course is an intense, very competitive and exam focused training course. With experience of delivering more than 150+ CISA trainings in Europe and around the world and training more than 1200+ CISA delegates, the Net Security CISA training material has been developed in house with the top priority of ensuring CISA delegates pass the ISACA CISA® Exam. The training methodology focuses on understanding the CISA IS auditing concepts and practicing large number of ISACA released question banks from the last three years. Over a period, CISA holders have been in huge demand with renowned accountings firms, global banks, advisory, assurance, and internal audit departments. Delegates may have years of experience in IT auditing but perspective towards solving CISA questionnaires will solely depend on their understanding to globally accepted IT assurance practices. CISA exam is very challenging because the chance of a very tight clash between two possible answers exists and that is where ISACA tests you on your understanding in global IT auditing practices. To address these exam challenges, we always provide the best trainers who have extensive experience in delivering CISA training around the world. The Net Security CISA manual covers all exam-relevant concepts, case studies, Q&A's across CISA five domains. Further, the Trainer shares the key CISA supporting material like relevant CISA notes, question banks, CISA glossary, videos, revision documents, exam tips, and CISA mind maps during the course. Goal: The ultimate goal is to pass your CISA examination first time. Objectives:

• Use the knowledge gained in a practical manner beneficial to your organisation
• Provide audit services in accordance with IT audit standards
• Provide assurance on leadership and organizational structure and processes
• Provide assurance on acquisition/ development, testing and implementation of IT assets
• Provide assurance on IT operations including service operations and third party
• Provide assurance on organization’s security policies, standards, procedures, and controls to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets.

Target Audience: Finance/CPA professionals, I.T. professionals, Internal & External auditors, Information security, and risk consulting professionals.

This instructor-led, live training in Houston (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to enhance their skills in identifying and managing IT risk and implementing information systems controls, and prepare for the CRISC certification exam. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the governance and risk management aspects of IT.
• Conduct IT risk assessments and implement risk responses.
• Design and implement information systems controls.
• Prepare effectively for the CRISC certification exam.

This instructor-led, live training in Houston (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level IT professionals and business leaders who wish to develop a structured approach to handling data breaches. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the causes and consequences of data breaches.
• Develop and implement data breach prevention strategies.
• Establish an incident response plan to contain and mitigate breaches.
• Conduct forensic investigations and assess the impact of breaches.
• Comply with legal and regulatory requirements for breach notification.
• Recover from data breaches and strengthen security postures.

This instructor-led, live training in Houston (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to integrate Snyk into their development tools to find and fix security issues in their code. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the features and structure of Snyk.
• Use Snyk to find and fix code security issues.
• Integrate Snyk in a software development lifecycle.

This instructor-led, live training in Houston (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner to intermediate-level system administrators and security professionals who wish to learn how to implement Cloudflare for content delivery and cloud security, as well as mitigate DDoS attacks. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Configure Cloudflare for their websites.
• Set up DNS records and SSL certificates.
• Implement Cloudflare for content delivery and caching.
• Protect their websites from DDoS attacks.
• Implement firewall rules to restrict traffic to their websites.

This course is designed to help the attendee to build organizational resilience against a range of threats so that organizations can respond effectively to incidents, maintain the availability of business operations and safeguard its interests. 

Overview: Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification is recognised as a key qualification for developing a senior career in information security, audit and IT governance management. Held by over 30,000 qualified professionals worldwide, the Certified Information Systems Security Professional qualification shows proven knowledge and is the key to a higher earning potential in roles that include CISO, CSO and senior security manager. You will learn to:

• Use the knowledge gained in a practical manner beneficial to your organisation
• Protect your organisational assets using access control techniques and strengthen confidentiality and integrity controls from the world of cryptography
• Secure your network architecture and design (implement Cyber security)
• Achieve your organisational objectives such as legal & compliance, Information assurance, security and data governance
• Enhance IT services secure delivery via Security operations, architecture and design principles
• Implement business resiliency via Business Continuity Plan
• You will gain a thorough understanding of the 8 domains as prescribed by (ISC)2®.

The Main Goal:

• To pass your CISSP examination first time.

Target Audience: This training is intended for individuals preparing for the CISSP certification exam.

A CISSP is an information assurance professional who defines the architecture, design, management and/or controls that assure the security of business environments. The vast breadth of knowledge and the experience it takes to pass the exam is what sets a CISSP apart. The credential demonstrates a globally recognized level of competence provided by the (ISC)2® CBK®, which covers critical topics in security today, including cloud computing, mobile security, application development security, risk management and more. This course helps you review the 10 domains of the information security practices. It also serves as a strong learning tool for mastering concepts and topics related to all aspects of information systems security. Objectives:

• To review of the main topics of CISSP CBK (Common Body of Knowledge).
• To prepare for a CISSP examination

Description: This class is intended as intense and hard core exam preparation for ISACA’s Certified Information Systems Auditor (CRISC) Examination. The latest four (4) domains of ISACA’s CRISC syllabus will be covered with a big focus on the Examination. The Official ISACA CRISC Review Manual and Question, Answer and Explanation, (Q,A&E), supplements will ALSO be provided when attending. The Q,A&E is exceptional in helping delegates understand the ISACA style of questions, the type of answers ISACA are looking for and it helps rapid memory assimilation of the material. The technical skills and practices that ISACA promotes and evaluates within the CRISC certification are the building blocks of success in the field. Possessing the CRISC certification demonstrates your skill within the profession. With a growing demand for professionals holding risk and control expertise, ISACA’s CRISC has positioned itself to be the preferred certification program by individuals and enterprises around the world. The CRISC certification signifies commitment to serving an enterprise and the chosen profession with distinction. Objectives:

• To help you pass the CRISC examination first time.
• Possessing this certification will signify your commitment to serving an enterprise with distinction.
• The growing demand for professionals with risk and control skills will allow holders of this certification to command better positions and salary.

You will learn:

• To help enterprises accomplish business objectives by designing, implementing, monitoring and maintaining risk-based, efficient and effective IS controls.
• The technical skills and practices that CRISC promotes, which are the building blocks of success in the field.

This instructor-led, live training in Houston (online or onsite) is aimed at supply chain professionals who wish to establish effective control and oversight of their supply chain, especially as it relates to cybersecurity. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the security oversights that can bring about significant damage and disruption to a supply chain.
• Break down a complex security problem into manageable and actionable parts.
• Address common supply chain vulnerabilities by analyzing high risk areas and engaging with stakeholders.
• Adopt best practices in securing a supply chain.
• Noticeably reduce or eliminate the biggest risks to an organization's supply chain.

The RESILIA course starts with the purpose, key terms, the distinction between resilience and security, and the benefits of implementing cyber resilience. It introduces risk management and the key activities needed to address risks and opportunities. Further, it explains the relevance of common management standards and best practice frameworks to achieve cyber resilience. Subsequently, it identifies the cyber resilience processes, the associated control objectives, interactions and activities that should be aligned with corresponding ITSM activities. In the final part of the course, it describes the segregation of duties and dual controls related to cyber resilience roles and responsibilities.

This instructor-led, live training in Houston (online or onsite) is aimed at developers and administrators who wish to produce software and products that are HiTRUST compliant. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the key concepts of the HiTrust CSF (Common Security Framework).
• Identify the HITRUST CSF administrative and security control domains.
• Learn about the different types of HiTrust assessments and scoring.
• Understand the certification process and requirements for HiTrust compliance.
• Know the best practices and tips for adopting the HiTrust approach.

Description: This is a 'Practitioner' course and leans heavily on practical exercises designed to reinforce the concepts being taught and to build the delegates' confidence in implementing business continuity management. The course is also designed to encourage debate, and the sharing of knowledge and experience between students.
Delegates will benefit from the practical and extensive experiences of ours trainers who are practicing business continuity management and ISO 22301:2019 specialists. Delegates will learn how to:

• Explain the need for business continuity management (BCM) in all organisations
• Define the business continuity lifecycle
• Conducting business continuity programme management
• Understand their organisation sufficiently to identify mission-critical impact areas
• Determine their organisation's business continuity strategy
• Establish a business continuity response
• Exercise, maintain and review plans
• Embed business continuity in an organisation
• Define terms and definitions appropriate to business continuity

By the end of the course, delegates will have a detailed understanding of all the key components of business continuity management and be able to return to their work, making a significant contribution to the business continuity management process.

This instructor-led, live training in Houston (online or onsite) is aimed at security engineers who wish to use IBM Qradar SIEM to address pressing security use cases. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Gain visibility into enterprise data across on-premise and cloud environments.
• Automate security intelligence to hunt threats and to contain risks.
• Detect, identify, and prioritize threats.

Target Audience in Houston would be - Network server administrators, firewall administrators, information security analysts, system administrators, and risk assessment professionals 

This course covers the basic concepts of security and IT Security, with an emphasis on defending against network attacks. Participants will gain an understanding of essential security protocols and security concepts of web services. Recent attacks against cryptosystems and some recent related vulnerabilities will be referrenced

The training takes the form of a workshop supplemented with substantive knowledge. Classes are based on the official CISA certificate framework. During the workshop, case studies will be discussed in discussing specific issues. Classes will be conducted in English (on request in Polish) based on the ISACA handbook in English.
  CISA Exam Material Scope:

• Information System Auditing Process (21%)
• Governance and Management of IT (17%) 
• Information Systems Acquisition, Development and implementation (12%)
• Information Systems Operation and Business Resilience (23%)
• Protection of Information Assets (27%)

Duration of the exam: 4 hours
Type: multiple choice test
Volume: 200 questions List of the requirements that you must meet in order to be able to claim the CISA qualification: 

1. Pass the CISA exam. The CISA passing score is a mark of 450 or higher on the exam.
2. Abide by the ISACA Code of Professional Ethics 
3. Promise to obey the CISA Continuing Professional Education Policy
4. Gain at least 5 years of professional information systems auditing, control or security work experience.
5. Comply with Information Systems Auditing Standards

If you’ve passed the exam and believe that you meet those requirements, then you can begin the application for certification: page certification here
There is a fee of $50 for this application. There’s also a yearly fee that you must pay to maintain this certification after you’ve been granted it. The fee is $40 per annum for ISACA members, and $75 for non-members.