Information Security Training ServicesOrganisations’ Information Systems are critical to their business operation and success. You need to be sure that your Information Systems and your clients are secured against all critical risks. Effective Information Security requires the active and educated participation of everyone in that organisation operating to best Information Security practices as well as to organisation Information Security policies and procedures. Organisations users may not have the required level of awareness or skills in Information Security to ensure that they comply with internal policies,

The solution is to conduct regular, on-going security awareness, training and education programmes which take account of best practice information security as well as specific organisation risks, policy, procedures or compliance requirements. This training and education needs to be specific to your user’s roles and responsibilities within the organisation. It needs to be conducted in a manner, location and time that suits your organisation, its users and that best communicates and reinforces these practices.

To ensure success you need a supplier with the necessary resources , expertise and training capability in Information Security and Information Security technologies to help assess, design, develop and deliver the awareness, training and educational content in a manner and form that is effective in raising awareness and enhancing the understanding of each individual’s responsibilities within your organisation.

Organisations use our Information Security awareness, training and education programmes to:

• Educate users on the need for Information Security policy, procedures and practices by communicating the risks and potential impact to their organisation of breaches of Information Security.

• Ensure best information security practices are employed by all your end users.

• Ensure that your technical staff has adequate knowledge and skills relating to information security and information security technologies used to mitigate identified risks.

• Help attain and maintain compliance with relevant compliance frameworks, Data Protection, PCI/DSS, ISO 27001 etc.

Introducing Ward Solutions Information Security Awareness, Training and Education Services

Ward Solutions security awareness training programmes are designed to educate end users, technical users and Information security management on the risks that they and their Information Systems face and the best practice Information Security policies, procedures, guidelines and practices to employ to counter these risks. Ward Solutions have been providing Information Security training for over 12 years to Irish and International customers. We can provide a variety of end user, technical and Information Security education solutions depending on your requirements:

• General awareness - we can supply awareness programmes aimed at raising your users understanding and establishing a baseline of Information Security risks and best practices. These awareness programmes are applicable for a general end user audience and are usually pre-requisites for more detailed and specific Information security training that might be applicable to specific categories of users, for example financial systems users, customer service users etc.

• IT end user training – we can supply specific structured end user training to cover specific Information Security practices, techniques, risk etc. that would be more targeted at specific categories of users.

• IT technical training – we can supply generalised IT Information security training or specific vendor Information Security Technology training to Information Technology technical staff.

• IT and end user education – we can supply extended education programmes and services to take end users and technical users from basic levels of competence to advanced capabilities through custom on-going reinforcement training, advanced training and mentoring programmes.

Our Security awareness, training and education programmes can encompass some or all of the following.

• Review of your current information security policies verifying completeness, appropriateness, best practices etc.

• Review of current applications, systems and technologies in use by the organisation to ensure that if relevant we take into account these specific technologies as part of the overall security education programme.

• Review of any security audits, risk assessment conducted by Ward Solutions or 3rd parties to ensure that our training and education programme mitigates some or all of these risks as appropriate.

• Development and customisation our end user training library to ensure our user security awareness training reflects your particular business’s information security posture, applications and systems in use and needs.

• Provision of once-off or continuous Information Security awareness, education or training using one or more blended training approaches including:

- Best practice Information Security, awareness, policies, practices and procedures

- Compliance based (PCI/DSS, ISO 27001, SOX etc.) end user Information Security Training

- Custom or organisational specific Information Security content.- Classroom/instructor led training- Interactive, Web Based, self-paced, SCORM compliant e-Learning- Discovery learning- Seminars & workshops of various forms e.g. “Lunch and Learn”, - Role and scenario plays

• Provision of Information Security Technology Training to administrators and end users on a variety of security hardware and software vendor technologies including :

- McAfee - Fortinet- Microsoft - ARUBA- Checkpoint - Cisco- Juniper - Oracle- RSA - Commvault

• Provision of specific compliance training programmes including:- Data Protection - Freedom of Information- ISO 27001 -PCI- SOX

• Provision of Information Security role training, mentoring and development – aimed at newly appointed Information Security or Information Risk roles within an organisation.

• Provision of test, examination and scoring services to determine and capture user comprehension for either training validation or compliance purposes.

Our awareness, training and education services can be provided on your site, on our site, on 3rd party sites as part of formal structured training programmes and formal structured content or on a mentored basis. All training programmes and content can be provided off-the-shelf or fully customised to your requirements by experienced Information Security professionals and Instructors.

About Ward Solutions:

Ward Solution is a complete Security Services and Solutions provider for all of your information security needs throughout all stages of your lifecycle, based in Citywest Dublin. You get best of breed services and solutions from a single source ISO certified company, with the highest levels of industry leading partnerships and highly experienced and skilled staff.

Ward Solutions are a well established financially stable company, with a reputation for excellent service and solutions. We can help you increase security, whilst reducing complexity and costs.

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