The Certificate in Information Security And Data Protection highlights the important in corporate security management. Data privacy and data protection have become front-and-center issues around the world as individuals demand more control of their personal information and organizations face more significant information security threats and risks. And with more people working remotely, it’s more critical than ever to ensure that employees understand the rules and guidelines involved with data usage and data protection. The more informed and aware employees are, the less likely a costly data incident or breach may occur.

Many organizations collect the personal information of their customers and prospects for a variety of commercial reasons. The information they collect, use, store, and share is a valuable asset to the organization. Employees, through careful adherence to the company’s privacy policies, play an important role in protecting the privacy of that information. Data privacy focuses on how personal information is collected and used. Information security focuses on keeping all kinds of nonpublic information and systems safe. The consequences for data breaches, not properly protecting personal data and violating data privacy laws and regulations can be severe. These consequences can involve fines, damage to an organization’s reputation, and loss of customer trust.

The program highlights the types of information that must be protected, as well as privacy laws and standards many organisations are required to observe. It emphasizes the importance of following company policies and procedures for data security and what employees should do if they suspect a security breach. The program deals with new strategies and approaches at cyber defence that organisations require in addition to simply keeping intruders out. It provides an entry-level understanding of system architecture analysis; strategy & metrics; compliance & policies; training; attack models; standards & requirements; configuration & vulnerability management; and penetration & security testing – all of which are part of the new strategies and approaches adopted by various organisations to protect their information and data system infrastructures. This program also examines data protection from a data lifecycle perspective, linking the data lifecycle with various access points within the system infrastructure.