ISO/IEC 27002 Manager study plan

Define information security, cybersecurity, and privacy protection in your own words and map how the three concepts overlap and diverge

Explain the CIA triad plus authenticity, accountability, non-repudiation, and reliability, giving one concrete failure example for each property

Distinguish information assets, supporting assets, and the concept of risk as effect of uncertainty on objectives

Build a personal glossary of 25 core terms from the fundamental concepts vocabulary

Describe the plan-do-check-act improvement cycle and how an information security management system fits into it

Outline the role of organizational context, interested parties, leadership, and risk-based thinking in establishing an ISMS

Differentiate information security policies, topic-specific policies, and standards, procedures, and guidelines

Explain how risk assessment, risk treatment, and statement of applicability connect to control selection

Identify the principles of privacy by design and default and explain how they constrain control selection

Explain the relationship between personally identifiable information, data protection principles, and information security controls

Describe threat, vulnerability, likelihood, and impact and use them to construct a simple risk scenario

Compare preventive, detective, and corrective controls and classify ten example controls by type

Consolidate domain 1 by answering 60 practice questions and logging every missed concept

Read the organizational control themes covering policies, roles and responsibilities, segregation of duties, and contact with authorities

Explain threat intelligence, information security in project management, and acceptable use of assets

Map the control themes and their numbering structure so you can locate any control quickly

Apply people controls including screening, terms of employment, awareness and training, and disciplinary process to realistic scenarios

Apply physical controls covering secure areas, equipment siting and protection, clear desk and clear screen, and secure disposal

Explain access control principles including access control policy, access to networks and applications, privileged access, and access review

Describe identity management, authentication information, and the access control lifecycle

Explain technological controls for endpoint devices, backup, logging, monitoring, and clock synchronization

Describe network security controls including network segregation, web filtering, and secure use of network services

Interpret cryptography controls covering cryptographic policy and key management

Apply secure development, change management, and data leakage prevention controls to a case study

Integrate supplier relationships, incident management, business continuity, and legal compliance controls into a coherent response plan

Explain how monitoring, measurement, internal audit, and management review verify that controls operate effectively

Trace how a control objective becomes an implemented control, a measured metric, and an audit finding

Revisit every logged weakness from weeks 1 through 6 and close the gaps

Complete two timed full-length practice exams under realistic conditions and review every incorrect answer

Rehearse definitions of the fundamental concepts and the extended information security properties without notes

Practice mapping scenario wording to the correct control theme under time pressure

Finalize a one-page summary sheet of the ten most frequently confused distinctions