ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Auditor Training Course

This fully accredited course equips you with the skills to conduct second-party (supplier) and third-party (external and certification) audits. Build your career as a lead auditor, lead a team of auditors and achieve compliance with ISO 27001. This four-and-a-half-day course covers the key steps involved in planning and executing an external audit of an ISO/IEC 27001:2013-compliant information security management system (ISMS).

Course highlights

• This course has been designed by IT Governance director Steve Watkins, technical assessor for UKAS (the United Kingdom Accreditation Service), where he assists with the assessment of certification bodies, enabling them to award ISO 27001 certificates of compliance.

• An experienced ISO 27001 auditor and practitioner explains how to lead an audit from start to finish.

• Aligned with the best-practice ISO 19011:2011 (Guidelines for auditing management systems) audit methodology.

• Gain practical experience of the audit processes through discussion, case studies and role-play.

Understand how to effectively monitor conformance of an ISMS to ISO 27001

The ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Auditor Online training course supports professional development: delegates who pass the included exam are awarded the ISO 17024-certificated ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Auditor (CIS LA) qualification by IBITGQ.

This course is also accredited by the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP), and satisfies the IISP Skills Framework requirements at Level 1: A1, A3, A7, C1, C2, D2, E3, F2, H1, H2; and at Level 1+: A2, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, D1, E1, E2, F1, G1.

What will you learn?

• Understand the audit process used by certification bodies.

• An overview of the structure and requirements of ISO 27001.

• Learn how to use audits to monitor conformance.

• How to apply continual improvement of the ISMS.

• The purpose and benefits of the audit.

• The role of auditors and standards in audits.

• Common audit terms and definitions.

ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Auditor (CIS LA) examination

Delegates sit the ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Auditor (CIS LA) examination at the end of the course – a 90-minute, multiple-choice, ISO 17024-certificated exam set by IBITGQ . There is no extra charge for taking this exam.

CIS LA is acknowledged by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) as an approved qualification meeting the requirements of application for an individual to become a PCI DSS Qualified Security Assessor (QSA).

This course is part of our unique ISO 27001 Learning Pathway, which also includes the ISO27001 Certified Foundation, Lead Implementer, Risk Management and Internal Auditorcourses. It also qualifies for 32 CPD/CPE credits and fits well with the CISSP and SSCP Continued Professional Education Programme.

This course is aimed at people who want a globally recognised ISO 27001 lead auditor qualification to further their careers, and at managers who are responsible for the implementation and maintenance of an ISO 27001-compliant ISMS.

This course also meets the requirements of the PCI SSC for additional QSA qualifications and, in the UK, is covered by the MOD ELCAS scheme.

There are no formal entry requirements but it is assumed that you will have a basic knowledge of ISO 27001 gained through practical experience, reading the ISO 27001:2013 standard, or by attending the ISO27001 Certified ISMS Foundation or ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Implementer training course.

We also recommend that delegates have copies of the most recent versions of both ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and ISO/IEC 27002:2013 standards with them during the course.