BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Assurance Architecture (PCIAA)

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pciaa
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What you’ll learn
On this 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.
You’ll 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 official BCS PCIAA exam and achieve your BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Assurance Architecture (PCIAA) certification, covered by the Firebrand Certification Guarantee.
At Firebrand, we're proud to be a BCS Accredited Training Partner. Through our Lecture | Lab | Review method, you’ll access official courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.
Audience
This course is ideal for Security professionals interested in the technical and business aspects of the profession or anyone looking to work in the field of security architecture.
Upon successfully completing your first examination of any BCS qualification, you will qualify for a free one-year Professional BCS Membership.
Curriculum
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
Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites to attend this course; however, BCS recommend that you have an understanding of information assurance.
Exam info
At the end of this 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
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