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NSA INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (IAM)

Establishing an Assessment Process for Your Organization

Course: U150 Type: Course Workshop Duration: 2 Days

You Will Learn How To

Implement the National Security Agency's INFOSEC Assessment Methodology
Establish the NSA model of Pre-Assessment, On-Site and Post-Assessment phases as a standardized baseline for your organization
Identify the steps and goals of an effective assessment
Determine baseline information categories necessary for analysis
Coordinate efforts with stakeholders and develop an assessment plan
Create a final report that guides post assessment activities

Course Benefits

In today's security landscape, assessing and securing computer networks is required in fields as diverse as government, healthcare and finance. This course gives you the skills needed to create and manage an assessment process that is compliant under Sarbanes-Oxley (SEC), FISMA (FIPS-199), FFIEC (banking), SCADA (utilities), HIPPA (healthcare) and others. You will learn a high-level, non-intrusive process ideal for identifying and correcting security weaknesses in your automated information systems. After successfully passing the course exam, attendee's will receive the NSA IAM Certification.

Who Should Attend

Auditors, consultants, managers and service providers who are involved in federal, state and local government, non-profit, commercial and private sector information security

Hands-On Training

Through a series of interactive small-group workshops and an evolving case study, you design and develop an INFOSEC assessment plan.

Determining the types of information processed by an organization
Creating an Information Criticality Matrix to rank the value and sensitivity of that information
Developing a detailed assessment plan that can be executed on site
Generating findings and recommendations for your case study
Preparing and presenting a final report suitable for stakeholders

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NSA INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (IAM)

Establishing an Assessment Process for Your Organization

Course: U150 Type: Course Workshop Duration: 2 Days

Course U150 Content

INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (IAM) Overview

Introducing the Vulnerability Discovery Triad

Benefiting from a top-down approach
Level I Assessments
Level II Evaluations
Level II Red Team

Goals of the IAM

Understanding the purpose of an Assessment
Identifying an organization's critical information
Discovering systems that process critical information
Determining a proper INFOSEC posture
Uncovering potential vulnerabilities
Recommending solutions to mitigate or eliminate vulnerability

Conducting Pre-Assessment Activities

Planning the Pre-Assessment Site visit

Determining and managing the organization's expectations
Reviewing the organization's critical information
Discovering high-level system boundaries
Coordinating on-site activities with customer
Requesting documentation

Developing an Organizational INFOSEC Criticality Matrix (OICM)

Defining impact values
Assigning impact values to critical information
Defining high-level security goals

Writing an assessment plan

Establishing Points-of-Contact
Describing the Organization's mission
Revealing the OICM
Identifying hardware, software and communication connections
Developing a System Information Criticality Matrix
Addressing organizational constraints
Reviewing the organization's documentation
Establishing a timeline for the assessment

Performing the On-Site Phase

Conducting the Opening Meeting

Reviewing the assessment process
Emphasizing the hands-off approach
Finalizing the Assessment Plan

Interviewing site personnel

Assigning team members to interviews
Establishing interview durations
Validating information gathered during Pre-Assessment

Evaluating system demonstrations

Supplementing pre-assessment information
Resolving conflicting information

Reviewing INFOSEC documentation

Account management policies and procedures
Best practices for session controls
Best practices for auditing
Policies for malicious code protection
System maintenance policies
Security testing and evaluation
Policies for networking and connectivity
Transmitting classified information
Controls for storage media
Labeling and identifying information
Understanding the physical environment and security capabilities
Personnel security
User education and awareness training
Developing recommendations
Out-briefing: review assessment plan with customer

Completing Post-Assessment Activities

Developing the Final Report

Organizing the report structure
Conducting a final review of documentation
Presenting recommendations
Reviewing the report with stakeholders
Establishing next-steps

Leveraging IAM training

NSA's IATRP Program
IAM certification

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NSA INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (IAM) Tuition

Establishing an Assessment Process for Your Organization

Course: U150 Type: Course Workshop Duration: 2 Days

Course Tuition

$ 1,800	Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 900	10-Day Pass
$ 1,670	Training Passport
$ 1,700	Premium-Pass
$ 2,200	Voucher 10-Pack
$ 1,620	Alumni Gold Discount
$ 1,414	Government Discount

Your Course Tuition Entitles You To...

Class participation
Team workshops
Use of in-class hands-on equipment
Comprehensive course materials
Morning and afternoon refreshments
Course Completion Certificate awarding Continuing Education Units
FREE participation in Professional Certification
FREE participation in College Credit programs (including related exams)

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