BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Assurance Architecture (PCIAA)

On this accelerated BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Assurance Architecture (PCIAA) course, you’ll learn how to build an architecture that fits business requirements, mitigates the risks and conforms to the relevant security policies, and how to balance information risk against the cost of countermeasures.

In just 2 days, you’ll also learn to identify information risks that arise from potential solution architectures, as well as design alternate architectures or countermeasures to mitigate identified information risks. You’ll also build knowledge on:

• Ensuring that proposed architectures and countermeasures adequately mitigate identified information risks
• Applying ‘standard’ security techniques and architectures to mitigate security risks
• Security configuring ICT systems in compliance with their approved security architectures

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the BCS PCIAA exam, and achieve your BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Assurance Architecture (PCIAA) certification. As an Official BCS Training Provider and through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get access to official courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal if you are a Security professional interested in the technical and business aspects of the profession or anyone looking to work in the field of security architecture.

• Section 1: The Basis of IA Architecture
• Section 2: Advanced Security Architecture Concepts
• Section 3: Information Assurance Methodologies
• Section 4: Innovation and Business Improvement
• Section 5: Security Across the Lifecycle
• Section 6: Preparation for IA Architecture mock and live exam

There are no formal prerequisites to attend this accelerated course, however BCS recommend you have an understanding of information assurance.

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Assurance Architecture (PCIAA) exam

• Duration: 2 hours
• Format:
• Section A contains 60 simple multiple questions each worth one mark
• Section B contains 25 scenario-based complex multiple-choice questions with a maximum of 65 marks available
• Passing score: 81/125 (65%)
• Languages: English