(ISC)² | Certified Authorization Professional

Course Description

Official (ISC)²® Training Seminar for the Certified in Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) provides a comprehensive review of the knowledge required for authorizing and maintaining information systems within the NIST Risk Management Framework. This training course will help students review and refresh their knowledge and identify areas they need to study for the CGRC exam. Content aligns with and comprehensively covers the seven domains of the (ISC)² CGRC Common Body of Knowledge (CBK®).

Official courseware is developed by (ISC)² – creator of the CGRC CBK – to ensure your training is relevant and up-to-date. Our instructors are verified security experts who hold the CGRC and have completed intensive training to teach (ISC)² content

Who Should Get CGRC Certified?

The CGRC is ideal for IT, information security and information assurance practitioners who work in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) roles and have a need to understand, apply and/or implement a risk management program for IT systems within an organization.

Domain 1: Information Security Risk Management Program

1.1 Understand the foundation of an organization information security risk management program

Principles of information security
Risk management frameworks (e.g., National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), cyber security framework, Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 31000)

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Information system boundary requirements
Security controls and practices
Roles and responsibilities in the authorization/approval process

1.2 Understand risk management program process

Select program management controls
Privacy requirements
Determine third-party hosted information systems

1.3 Understand regulatory and legal requirements

Familiarize with governmental, organizational and international regulatory security and privacy requirements (e.g., International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001, Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA), Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA))
Familiarize with other applicable security-related mandates

Domain 2: Scope of the Information System

2.1 Define the information system

Determine the scope of the information system
Describe the architecture (e.g., data flow, internal and external interconnections)
Describe information system purpose and functionality

2.2 Determine categorization of the information system

Identify the information types processed, stored or transmitted by the information system
Determine the impact level on confidentiality, integrity, and availability for each information type (e.g., Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 199, International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 27002, data protection impact assessment)
Determine information system categorization and document results

Domain 3: Selection and Approval of Security and Privacy Controls

3.1 Identify and document baseline and inherited controls

3.2 Select and tailor controls to the system

Determine applicability of recommended baseline and inherited controls
Determine appropriate use of control enhancements (e.g., security practices, overlays, countermeasures)
Document control applicability

3.3 Develop continuous control monitoring strategy (e.g., implementation, timeline, effectiveness)

3.4 Review and approve security plan/Information Security Management System (ISMS)

Domain 4: Implementation of Security and Privacy Controls

4.1 Implement selected controls

Determine mandatory configuration settings and verify implementation in accordance with current industry standards (e.g., Technical Security Standard for Information Technology (TSSIT), Technical Guideline for Minimum Security Measures, United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) checklists, Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR))
Ensure that implementation of controls is consistent with the organizational architecture and associated security and privacy architecture
Coordinate implementation of inherited controls with control providers
Determine and implement compensating/alternate security controls

4.2 Document control implementation

Document inputs to the planned controls, their expected behavior and expected outputs or deviations
Verify the documented details of the controls meet the purpose, scope and risk profile of the information system
Obtain and document implementation details from appropriate organization entities (e.g., physical security, personnel security, privacy)

Domain 5: Assessment/Audit of Security and Privacy Controls

5.1 Prepare for assessment/audit

Determine assessor/auditor requirements
Establish objectives and scope
Determine methods and level of effort

Determine necessary resources and logistics
Collect and review artifacts (e.g., previous assessments/audits, system documentation, policies)
Finalize the assessment/audit plan

5.2 Conduct assessment/audit

Collect and document assessment/audit evidence
Assess/audit implementation and validate compliance using approved assessment methods (e.g., interview, test, and examine)

5.3 Prepare the initial assessment/audit report

Analyze assessment/audit results and identify vulnerabilities
Propose remediation actions

5.4 Review initial assessment/audit report and perform remediation actions

Determine risk responses
Apply remediations
Reassess and validate the remediated controls

5.5 Develop final assessment/audit report

5.6 Develop remediation plan

Analyze identified residual vulnerabilities or deficiencies
Prioritize responses based on risk level
Identify resources (e.g. financial, personnel and technical) and determine the appropriate timeframe/schedule required to remediate deficiencies

6.1 Compile security and privacy authorization/approval documents

Compile required security and privacy documentation to support authorization/approval decision by the designated official

6.2 Determine information system risk

Evaluate information system risk
Determine risk treatment options (i.e., accept, avoid, transfer, mitigate, share)
Determine residual risk

6.3 Authorize/approve information system

Determine terms of authorization/approval

Domain 7: Continuous Monitoring

7.1 Determine impact of changes to information system and environment

Identify potential threat and impact to operation of information system and environment
Analyze risk due to proposed changes accounting for organizational risk tolerance
Approve and document proposed changes (e.g., Change Control Board (CCB), technical review board)
Implement proposed changes
Validate changes have been correctly implemented
Ensure change management tasks are performed

7.2 Perform ongoing assessments/audits based on organizational requirements

Monitor network, physical and personnel activities (e.g., unauthorized assets, personnel and related activities)
Ensure vulnerability scanning activities are performed
Review automated logs and alerts for anomalies (e.g., security orchestration, automation and response)

7.3 Review supply chain risk analysis monitoring activities (e.g., cyber threat reports, agency reports, news reports)

7.4 Actively participate in response planning and communication of a cyber event

Ensure response activities are coordinated with internal and external stakeholders
Update documentation, strategies and tactics incorporating lessons learned

7.5 Revise monitoring strategies based on changes to industry developments introduced through legal, regulatory, supplier, security and privacy updates

7.6 Keep designated officials updated about the risk posture for continuous authorization/approval

Determine ongoing information system risk
Update risk register, risk treatment, and remediation plan

7.7 Decommission information system

Determine information system decommissioning requirements
Communicate decommissioning of information system
Remove information system from operations

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