An overview to the products and services we offer for anyone with an interest in IT governance and information security. Includes details of related books and professional development courses and tools available from BCS The Chartered Institute for IT. http://www.bcs.org/infosecurity

1. Careers in information security

2. What can we do for you?
Information Security

3. Information Security
“Information is critical to any business
and paramount to the survival of any
organisation in today’s globalised
digital economy.
IT professionals must have a core
knowledge of information security
management and the governance
requirements involved.”
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

4. Professional Certification
bcs.org/infosecurity

5. Foundation Level
•Information Management Security Principles
Technology neutral certification, subject areas
include:
–Risk management
–Technical and management controls
–Legal framework
–People and physical security
–Security standards
–Business continuity
–Cloud computing
bcs.org/infosecurity

6. Foundation Level
•Data Protection
Understand context of UK data protection law,
including:
–EU Data Protection Directive 1995/46/EC
–Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive
2002/58/EC
–UK Human Rights Act 1998
–EU Charter of fundamental rights and freedoms (Article 8)
bcs.org/infosecurity

7. Practitioner Level
•In-depth knowledge in other key areas of IT
governance and security, including:
–Business continuity management
–Data protection
–Freedom of information
–Information risk management
–Information assurance architecture
bcs.org/infosecurity

8. CESG Certified Professional
•The UK Government’s approved standard of
competence for cyber security professionals
•Independent assessment of information
assurance skills
•Covers 7 IA roles at SFIA aligned levels:
bcs.org/cesg
− Security and information
risk adviser
− IA architect
− Accreditor
− IA auditor
− IT security officer
− Communications security
officer
− Penetration tester

9. Professional development

10. Career path
bcs.org/sfiaplus

11. IT Skills Framework
bcs.org/sfiaplus
•For IT professionals:
– Reflects the current skills required
by the industry
– Provides a common benchmark
again recognised standards
– Pinpoints the right job for you by
defining your skills
– Helps you identify a clear
progression path and development
opportunities
– Provides a consistent language for
IT skills
– Can be implemented at any stage
in your IT career

12. IT Skills Framework
bcs.org/sfiaplus
•For IT employers:
– Builds on SFIA
– Delivers business advantage through
structured skills development
– Helps attract, retain and develop
IT talent
– Inspires high performance
– Provides a consistency of approach
to building job profiles and creating
development plans
– Enables production of skills gap
analysis reports
– Assists your organisation’s strategy
implementation

13. CPD
•BCS Personal Development Plan
–Builds a portable record of your
professional aspirations and activities
–Access potential CPD activities
(videos, events, articles, blogs…)
–Records coaching, mentoring,
networking and other activities
–Share your achievements with
your peers
–Manage reflective learning
pdp.bcs.org

14. Publishing
bcs.org/securitybooks

15. Books and ebooks
bcs.org/securitybooks

16. Ebook series
bcs.org/ebooks

17. Further your career in information security with us