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The IT Governance DPA Foundation Course is a 1-day session designed to provide you and your staff with a full knowledge of the 8 Principles of the DPA and the practical advice to ensure that all practices associated with processing personal information are implemented and maintained on a continual basis. The course is delivered by our Senior DPA Consultant, Ralph O’Brien who has been a DPA practitioner since 1998 and was a co-author of the ACPO Data Protection Audit Manual used by the majority of UK police forces.

Ensure Your Organisation is Fully Compliant to the Data Protection Act.

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Until the 24th May this toolkit also comes with a free Olympics Policies & Checklists.

The Olympics is set to cause many businesses disruption because of travel issues, absenteeism and supply chain problems. The Olympics Policies & Checklists will help you prepare and ensure you can continue with business as usual during this period.

Achieve compliance and protect your brand with this toolkit offer >>>

How do the cards work?

The numbered cards feature terms and definitions of typical information security situations that individuals will face in all organisations. The picture cards feature top tips whilst the joker cards portray specific security issues for discussion.

Staff are the weakest link when it comes to information security within an organisation.

The ISMS SmartCards can be utilised in a variety of learning environments, offering a more enjoyable and engaging approach to learning. The cards are perfect for pairs, groups or as flash cards for individuals.

Improve your organisations understanding of information security management with the fun and interactive ISMS card game.

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This toolkit will enable you to integrate all your existing IT frameworks, maximising their effectiveness, driving efficiency and reducing duplication of work. Containing all the documents, templates, guidelines and planning tools this toolkit costs less than one days consultancy.

Currently this toolkit also comes with a free Olympics Policies & Checklists. Recent falls in levels of workplace sickness absence have stalled and fresh efforts must be made to maintain the downward trend, according to a recent EEF report.

With the London Olympics happening this summer, absenteeism, along with travel disruption, business disruption, security threats and supply chain problems, organisations should use the ‘Olympics 2012 Continuity & Security Policy and Checklist’, to get ahead of the games and protect their most valuable assets.

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If your business is likely to be affected by the London Olympics (and chances are it will), then you need to have a solution in place now.

Chances are, you will likely experience: absenteeism, travel and business disruption, security threats and supply chain problems. In order for this event to have as little impact as possible on your organisation, then you need to plan ahead and get a BS25999 BCMS Implementation Toolkit. This toolkit contains all the templates and tools you need to effectively implement a BCMS in line with BS25999 (best practice for Business Continuity Management).

Buy the BS25999 BCMS Implementation Toolkit during May and get the ‘Olympics 2012 Continuity & Security Policy and Checklist’ free >>

The BS25999 BCMS Implementation Toolkit contains document templates and guidance (download list of documents and tools included in the toolkit) that enable you to quickly and efficiently produce your own tailored versions of all the essential documents.

Plus the ‘Olympics 2012 Continuity & Security Policy and Checklist’ is designed specifically for the London 2012 Olympics, so you will be able to get ahead of the games whilst protecting your most valuable assets. You will be able to use this checklist for future events and disruptions.

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Attention all Apple users, the iCloud is finally here. This means that your Apple based content will now be available across all of your Apple devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac

According to Apple, the iCloud is “more than a hard drive in the sky” – it “automatically and securely stores your content” giving you access to all your data on whichever device you happen to be using.
Source: Apple

Apple and Google are leading the way when it comes to adopting Cloud Computing. But how safe is the cloud? How secure will your information be? And how could Cloud Computing benefit your business?

Cloud Computing: Assessing the risks answers these questions and many more. Using jargon-free language and relevant examples, analogies and diagrams, it is an up-to-date, clear and comprehensive guide the security, governance, risk, and compliance elements of Cloud Computing.

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“…It should be a most welcome read to any senior stakeholders looking to embrace the new Cloud Computing wave.”
Eugene Kaspersky, Chairman and CEO, Kaspersky Lab

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Created and led by Alan Calder, the Implementing IT Governance: Foundations & Principles course is a three-day session that delivers foundation training to raise awareness, build knowledge and develop a complete understanding of IT governance. Alan is acknowledged by his peers as an expert in the field and is the author of a number of definitive publications which include IT Governance: Guidelines for Directors and IT Governance Today – a Practitioner’s Handbook.

By attending the Implementing IT Governance: Foundations & Principles course, you will learn:

• Understand and define IT governance and its best practice
• Achieve the alignment of IT and business plans
• Navigate and integrate all the currently available IT governance frameworks
• Identify and manage IT risk across the enterprise
• Implement an IT governance framework and measure the results

Ensure Information Technology in Your Organisation Really Delivers

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Is your organisation already certified to the ISO/IEC ISO27001:2005 Standard? You will of course know that ensuring the continued effectiveness of your Information Security Management System (ISMS) is the key element to ensuring best practice and compliance in the future.

With the ever changing business and technology trends, how can you ensure that your corrective action and preventative action (CAPA) plan is regularly updated and actually working?

How can you ensure that when you have your surveillance visit, you do not incur a major non-conformity that threatens the status of your certification or that involves significant and unplanned cost to your organisation?

The Reviewing and Improving Your ISO27001 ISMS Training Programme is a unique opportunity to ensure that you are continually updated on all of the current business, technology and regulatory issues that will challenge your ISMS.

Our complete programme consists of four training courses delivered on a quarterly basis to ensure you receive timely and relevant information AND the advice on how it affects your information security management system. Scheduled for July, October and February in 2012/13, each course is a 2-day session run by Alan Calder and Steve Watkins. Alan and Steve are the directors of IT Governance and are considered by their peers to be leading authorities and consultants on ISO27001.

The Reviewing and Improving Your ISO27001 ISMS Training Programme is not just a training course. With two consultants hosting each event, we can also offer you the opportunity to specifically discuss the issues affecting your individual ISMS continual improvement plan.

By attending the Reviewing and Improving Your ISO27001 ISMS courses, you will be updated and advised on the following key topics:

• Management Review Best Practice
• Changes in the Business Environment
• New threats and vulnerabilities
• New legislation and regulations
• New standards and certification requirements

Download the full details and a content list of the courses from here

Ensure you are updated on all issues that affect the continued improvement of your ISMS

Book on the Reviewing & Improving Your ISO27001 ISMS Training Programme now

Out this month, the Business Transformation Toolkit will enable you to:

• Plan and prepare for change, identify the objectives of the change wanting to be made, communicate it and manage the impact of the change
• Implement change, building an effective change team
• Embed the change, for the transition to appear seamless to the customer(s).

Written and created by Melanie Franklin (founder and Chief Executive of Maven Training, and author of Managing Business Transformation: A Practical Guide), this toolkit will help you put into place a detailed and effective documentation system to enable your businesses change, whilst also helping you to maintain and monitor the transformation.

Pre-order this toolkit today >>

Pre-order this toolkit today >>

We also offer a Managing Business Transformation Training course in London, which will provide you with access to the structure and techniques for managing business transformation effectively in your business. Read more >>

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