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PECB ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor

Certified professional trained to plan, lead, and report ISMS audits per ISO/IEC 27001. Skilled in evidence collection, compliance evaluation, and certification readiness. Drives risk mitigation and continual improvement of security controls.

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After completing the course, participant will be able to:

  • Explain the fundamental concepts and principles of an information security management system (ISMS) based on ISO/IEC 27001
  • Interpret the ISO/IEC 27001 requirements for an ISMS from the perspective of an auditor
  • Evaluate the ISMS conformity to ISO/IEC 27001 requirements, in accordance with the fundamental audit concepts and principles
  • Plan, conduct, and close an ISO/IEC 27001 compliance audit, in accordance with ISO/IEC 17021-1 requirements, ISO 190111 guidelines, and other best practices of auditing
  • Manage an ISO/IEC 27001 audit program

The main requirement for participating in the ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor training course is having a fundamental understanding of ISO/IEC 27001 and comprehensive knowledge of audit principles.

  • Managers and consultants seeking to know more about information security
  • Professionals wishing to get acquainted with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 requirements for an ISMS
  • Individuals engaged in or responsible for information security activities in their organization
  • Auditors seeking to perform and lead information security management system (ISMS) audits
  • Managers or consultants seeking to master the information security management system audit process
  • Technical experts seeking to prepare for information security management system audit
  • Members of the ISMS team
  • Ability to understand and explain the main concepts of the information security management system
  • Ability to understand and explain the organization's operations and the development of information security standards
  • Ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate the information security compliance requirements for an organization
  • Ability to explain and illustrate the main concepts in information security and information security risk management
  • Ability to distinguish and explain the difference between information asset, data and record
  • Ability to understand, interpret, and illustrate the relationship between information security aspects such as controls, vulnerabilities, threats, risks, and assets
  • Ability to identify and illustrate big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, and outsourcing operations
  • Ability to understand the structure of the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard
  • Ability to understand the components of an information security management system based on ISO/IEC 27001 and its principal processes
  • Ability to understand, interpret, and analyze the requirements of ISO/IEC 27001
  • Ability to understand, explain, and illustrate the main steps to establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain, and improve an organization's ISMS
  • Ability to establish the external and internal factors related to the ISMS and determine the interested parties and their needs
  • Ability to determine the scope of the ISMS
  • Ability to ensure management commitment, establish an information security policy, and assign the ISMS roles and responsibilities
  • Ability to plan changes and the actions to address risks
  • Ability to understand the risk assessment and risk treatment processes
  • Ability to understand the selection of appropriate controls based upon Annex A of ISO/IEC 27001 and other sources
  • Ability to ensure that employees are aware and competent to perform their ISMS related tasks
  • Ability to monitor and evaluate the performance of the ISMS and conduct internal audits and management reviews
  • Ability to ensure continual improvement and implement appropriate actions to treat nonconformities
  • Ability to understand, explain and illustrate the application of the audit principles in an ISMS audit
  • Ability to differentiate first, second, and third party audits
  • Ability to identify and judge situations that would discredit the professionalism of the auditor and violate the PECB code of ethics
  • Ability to identify and judge ethical issues considering the obligations related to the audit client, auditee, law enforcement, and regulatory authorities
  • Ability to understand the actions that the auditor should take regarding the legal implications related to any irregularities committed by the auditee
  • Ability to explain, illustrate, and apply the audit evidence approach in the context of an ISMS audit
  • Ability to explain and compare evidence types and their characteristics
  • Ability to determine and justify the type and amount of evidence required in an ISMS audit
  • Ability to understand the impact of trends and technology in auditing
  • Ability to understand and illustrate the steps and activities to prepare an ISMS audit considering the specific context of the audit
  • Ability to determine and evaluate the level of materiality and apply the risk-based approach during the different stages of an ISMS audit
  • Ability to judge the appropriate level of reasonable assurance needed for an ISMS audit
  • Ability to understand and explain the roles and responsibilities of the audit team leader, audit team members, and technical experts
  • Ability to determine the audit feasibility
  • Ability to determine, evaluate, and confirm the audit objectives, the audit criteria, and the audit scope for an ISMS audit
  • Ability to explain, illustrate, and define the characteristics of the terms of the audit engagement and apply the best practices to establish the initial contact with an auditee
  • Ability to conduct the stage 1 audit, taking into account the documented information evaluation criteria
  • Ability to organize and conduct an opening meeting
  • Ability to conduct the stage 2 audit by appropriately following the procedures that this stage entails
  • Ability to apply the best practices of communication to collect the appropriate audit evidence
  • Ability to consider the roles and responsibilities of all the interested parties involved
  • Ability to explain, illustrate, and apply evidence collection procedures and tools
  • Ability to explain, illustrate, and apply the main audit sampling methods
  • Ability to gather appropriate evidence from the available information during an audit and evaluate it objectively
  • Ability to develop audit working papers and elaborate appropriate audit test plans in an ISMS audit
  • Ability to explain and apply the evidence evaluation process of drafting audit findings
  • Ability to understand, explain, and illustrate the concept of the benefit of the doubt
  • Ability to report appropriate audit observations in accordance with audit rules and principles
  • Ability to conduct quality reviews to audit documentation
  • Ability to complete audit working documents
  • Ability to explain and apply the evidence evaluation process of preparing audit conclusions
  • Ability to justify the recommendation for certification
  • Ability to draft and present audit conclusions
  • Ability to organize and conduct a closing meeting
  • Ability to write and distribute an ISO/IEC 27001 audit report
  • Ability to evaluate action plans
  • Ability to conduct the activities following an initial audit, including audit follow-ups and surveillance activities
  • Ability to understand and explain the establishment of an audit program and the application of the PDCA cycle into an audit program
  • Ability to understand and explain the importance of protecting the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of audit records and the auditors' responsibilities in this regard
  • Ability to understand and explain the responsibilities to protect the integrity, availability and confidentiality of audit records
  • Ability to understand the requirements related to the components of the management system of an audit program as quality management, record management, complaint management
  • Ability to understand and explain the way that the combined audits are handled in an audit program
  • Ability to understand the documented information management process
  • Ability to understand the process of evaluating the efficiency of the audit program by monitoring the performance of each auditor and audit team member
  • Ability to demonstrate the application of the personal attributes and behaviors associated with professional auditors
Length of exam 180 minutes
Number of questions 80 questions
Question format Multiple-Choice questions
Passing grade 70%
Languages English
Testing center Online proctoring or authorized PECB test centre

Description

PECB ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor training course is designed to prepare you to audit an information security management system (ISMS) based on ISO/IEC 27001. During this training course, you will acquire the knowledge and skills to plan and carry out internal and external audits in compliance with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021-1 certification process.

The training content is comprised of practical exercises and case studies which bring you real-world expertise that you can apply to your day-to-day operations and activities. Based on practical exercises, you will be able to master audit techniques and become competent to manage an audit program, audit team, communication with customers, and conflict resolution.

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