ISO/IEC 27002 Manager study materials
ISO/IEC 27002 Manager study resources

ISO/IEC 27002 Manager study guide

ISO/IEC 27002 Manager · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.

The PECB Certified ISO/IEC 27002 Manager credential is a professional certification for people who select, implement, and manage information security controls using ISO/IEC 27002, particularly as part of an information security management system (ISMS) built on ISO/IEC 27001. PECB positions the course for managers involved in ISMS implementation, IT professionals and consultants who want to strengthen their information security knowledge, members of an ISMS or information security team, and anyone responsible for information security in an organization. The certification exam is built around two competency domains: fundamental principles and concepts of information security, cybersecurity, and privacy, and information security controls based on ISO/IEC 27002. The associated three-day course moves from an introduction to ISO/IEC 27002, through information assets, people, physical, and operational security controls, to incident management and monitoring of controls, with the exam on the final day. Topics on this exam: Fundamental principles and concepts of information security, cybersecurity, and privacy and Information security controls based on ISO/IEC 27002. The ISO/IEC 27002 Manager study guide has 2 sections and about 841 words.

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Fundamental principles and concepts of information security, cybersecurity and privacy

This domain tests the vocabulary and mental models the rest of the exam builds on: what information security, cybersecurity and privacy each protect, how the classic properties relate to one another, why controls are selected by risk, and which principles govern personal data. Information security - the preservation of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information (ISO/IEC 27000).

408 words, about 2 min
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Information security controls based on ISO/IEC 27002

This domain tests ISO/IEC 27002:2022 as a guidance standard: its 93 controls grouped into four themes, the five attributes used to tag them, and how a candidate should reason about selecting and justifying controls rather than reciting a checklist. Each control has a title, a control statement, a purpose, guidance and other information.

433 words, about 2 min