Duration
2 days
Course Description
EC-Council’s program on Project Management in IT Security is a highly interactive 2-day class designed to teach Information Technology Security Professionals real time implementation of project management practices in IT security planning. It comprehensively covers corporate security project plan components, costs involved in security, basis for a successful project, limitations of a Project, corporate strategy and IT security and the influence of corporate culture and policies on IT security.
Students will learn to identify different issues arising during an organization-wide security planning and how to avoid and eliminate them.
Audience
Management people involved with security planning, Network server administrators, System Administrators and Risk Assessment professionals.
Course Topics
Components of Project Management in IT Security
- Defining a Project
Introduction
- The Security Issue
- Role of Network Security
- Integrity, Confidentiality and Availability
- The Outcome
- Various Possible Security Project Solutions
- The Optimal Solution
- Limitations of Security Project
- Scope of Project
- Dead Lines
- Quality
- Economy
- Develop the Proposal
- Identify the Sponsor for the Security Project
- Corporate Security Project Plan Components
- The Costs involved in Security
- Basis for Success of a Project
- Well Defined Project Objectives
- Minimized and Well Defined Scope
- Smaller Schedules
- Experienced Project Manager
- Executive Support
- User Involvement
- Well Defined Project Management Process
- Limitations of a Project
- Corporate Strategy and IT Security
- Importance of the influence of Corporate Culture and Policies on IT Security
Organizing the IT Security Project
Introduction
- Making of the IT Security Project Team
- The IT Security Project Stakeholders
- Requirement Specifications of the IT Security Project
- Objectives of the IT Security Project
- Processes involved in the IT Security Project
- The Acceptance Criteria
- Risk Management
- Change Management
- Communication
- Quality
- Status Reports
- Defect Tracking
- Escalation Process
- Documentation
- Approval Procedures
- Deployment
- Operations
- Training
Developing the IT Security Project Team
Introduction
- List of the IT Security Project Team Requirements
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Skill Set
- Technical Skill Set
- Communication Ability
- Training and Negotiation
- Ability to Negotiate and Understanding of Technical Aspects
- Reporting
- Legality, Regulations and Cost Factors
- Identifying the Staffing Requirements and Constraints
- Hiring the Staff
- Developing the IT Project Team
Training Objectives
- Team-building
Planning the IT Security Project
- Structuring the details of IT Security Project Work
- Project Tasks and Sub-tasks in the Project
- Verifying Scope of the Project
- Tasks in Detail
- Ownership
- Resources
- Priority
- Schedule
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.