Practitioner Certificate in Information Assurance Architecture

The Practitioners Certificate in Information Assurance Architecture (PCIAA) course prepares the student for a career in security architecture. A Security Architect (SA) is a senior-level enterprise architect role, either within a dedicated security team or as part of a more general Enterprise Architecture (EA) team.

Description

At the end of the course, candidates should be able to:

  • Describe the business environment and the information risks that apply to the systems.
  • Describe and apply security design principles.
  • Identify information risks that arise from potential solution architectures.
  • Design alternate architectures or countermeasures to mitigate identified information risks.
  • Ensure that proposed architectures and countermeasures adequately mitigate identified information risks.
  • Apply ‘standard’ security techniques and architectures to mitigate security risks.
  • Develop new architectures that mitigate the risks posed by new technologies and business practices.
  • Provide consultancy and advice to explain Information Assurance and architectural problems.
  • Securely configure ICT systems in compliance with their approved security architectures

Who should attend?

  • Students who wish to gain the BCS PCiIAA certificate and qualify as a Practitioner, Senior Practitioner or Lead Practitioner in Security Architecture.
  • System administrators who wish to become security architects
  • Technical architects looking to move into the field of security architecture
  • Security professionals wanting to gain an appreciation of the technical and business aspects of their profession, or move into a more senior architecture role

What will I learn?

The programme is broken into six modules:

  • Module 1: The basics of security architecture 
  • Module 2: Advanced security architecture concepts
  • Module 3: Information assurance methodologies
  • Module 4: Innovation and business improvement 
  • Module 5: Security across the lifecycle
  • Module 6: Preparation for the PCiIAA exam

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