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BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Assurance Architecture (PCIAA)

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What you'll learn

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.

Curriculum

6 modules
  • 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 accelerated course, however BCS recommend you have an understanding of information assurance.

Exam info

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

Course Dates

Sorry, there are currently no dates available for this course. Please submit an enquiry and one of our team will contact you about potential future dates or alternative options.

FAQs

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Yes, we do provide courses suitable for beginners. However, Firebrand's accelerated courses aren't easy and it's essential that you are interested and actively pursuing a career in IT.

Traditional training providers usually run their courses from 9am to 5pm. At Firebrand Training we maximise the number of learning hours to minimise the number of training days, so you’ll be back to your job as quickly as possible. You don’t waste time travelling to several courses and finding an exam centre after that.

Firebrand's accelerated courses are constantly reviewed. We ask our delegates for feedback after every course. We are official partners with leading vendors and therefore, we're provided with certification changes and updates, which we can then implement in our course delivery at a very early stage. This feedback is then analysed in view of changes or discrepancies. We will then address the topics mentioned and have a panel of subject matter experts provide us with valuable suggestions for improvement and solutions.

If you need to learn new skills and you want to be able to put them into practice quickly, then Firebrand is the right training company for you.

Our unique accelerated training method means that we are your fastest way to learn. By delivering training for up to 12 hours per day, seven days per week, with exam centres on-site, we ensure that you are trained and certified quicker than anywhere else, having spent less time out of the office away from the day job.

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