Information Security Services Professionals Module (Advanced) Practice Exam

The Information Security Services Professionals Module (Advanced) from NISM is a advanced level certification to certify your advanced skills in securing the information systems , understanding and applying risk management, and comply to regulatory requirements for the financial services industry. The certification mainly covers protecting sensitive data, identifying security vulnerabilities, and ensuring the secure functioning of financial systems. Due to increased reliance on information systems and ever increasing information needs of end-users, securing the information systems becomes important as well as continued availability  of information systems.
Why is Information Security Services Professionals Module (Advanced) important?

• Certificate recognized by financial services industry in India and abroad
  
• Certifies your knowledge of information security principles and practices.
• Validates your understanding of risk management and threat detection in financial systems.
• Focuses on knowledge of regulatory compliance and legal frameworks in information security.
• Increased compliance for financial services industry has created huge demand for certified professionals
  
• Rising cyber attacks have necessitated cybersecurity professionals.
• Verifies your capabilities to identify, assess, and mitigate information security risks.
• Boosts your employability in roles related to cybersecurity in financial services.

Who should take the Information Security Services Professionals Module (Advanced) Exam?

• Information Security Managers
• IT Security Professionals
• Risk Management Officers
• Security Auditors
• Compliance Officers
• Network Security Engineers
• Financial Services Cybersecurity Specialists
• Data Protection Officers

Skills Evaluated

Candidates taking the certification exam on the Information Security Services Professionals Module (Advanced) is evaluated for the following skills:

• Advanced information security concepts.
• Risk assessment and management for financial systems.
• Implement and manage security controls and protocols.
• Regulatory compliance requirements for financial services.
• Skills to detect, respond to, and mitigate security threats.
• Conducting security audits and ensuring data protection.

Information Security Services Professionals Module (Advanced) Certification Course Outline
The Information Security Services Professionals Module (Advanced) Certification covers the following topics -

Module 1. Security Policy (15%)

• Security policy is a definition of what it means to be secure for a system, organization or other entity. For an organization, it addresses the constraints on behavior of its members as well as constraints imposed on adversaries by mechanisms such as doors, locks, keys and walls.

Module 2. Security Models (5%)

• A computer security model is a scheme for specifying and enforcing security policies. A security model may be founded upon a formal model of access rights, a model of computation, a model of distributed computing, or no particular theoretical grounding at all.

Module 3. Physical Security (20%)

• Physical security is the protection of personnel, hardware, software, networks and data from physical actions and events that could cause serious loss or damage to an enterprise, agency or institution. This includes protection from fire, flood, natural disasters, burglary, theft, vandalism and terrorism.

Module 4. Communications and operations security (20%)

• Information technology systems process large quantities of university data. These systems –which include computers, networking equipment, mobile devices, storage media, and other IT components – must be managed so as to protect information.

Module 5. Business Continuity Planning (10%)

• The business continuity planning (BCP) is the creation of a strategy through the recognition of threats and risks facing a company, with an eye to ensure that personnel and assets are protected and able to function in the event of a disaster.

Module 6. Compliance (5%)

• In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a specification, policy, standard or law. Regulatory compliance describes the goal that organizations aspire to achieve in their efforts to ensure that they are aware of and take steps to comply with relevant laws and regulations.

Module 7. Access Control (10%)

• In the fields of physical security and information security, access control is the selective restriction of access to a place or other resource. The act of accessing may mean consuming, entering, or using. Permission to access a resource is called authorization.

Module 8. Cryptography (5%)

• Cryptography or cryptology is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties called adversaries.

Module 9. Software development and maintenance (5%)

• Software development and maintenance in software engineering is the modification of a software product after delivery to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes. A common perception of maintenance is that it merely involves fixing defects. However, one study indicated that over 80% of maintenance effort is used for non-corrective actions.

Module 10. Security Tools (5%)

• A variety of tools are available to administer security and address ongoing threats to your computers and network. To help you find the right tool for the job, the following security tools are grouped by task: Manage user accounts, groups, and credentials.