About the Course
Organizations want security results they can prove, not just policies they can store. In security governance, that means demonstrating control ownership, exception handling, risk treatment progress, policy compliance, and board-level visibility using structures such as ISO/IEC 27001:2022, COBIT, and a clear governance charter. To do that well, you need to show five capabilities in practice: decision rights mapping, policy lifecycle control, risk register management, committee reporting, and control performance tracking.
This Security Governance Programme training turns fragmented practices into a structured operating system for oversight. You will practice building a RACI matrix, drafting a security governance charter, designing a policy hierarchy, shaping a risk treatment plan, and setting up reporting that fits leadership and audit expectations. You will also be introduced to how automated compliance tracking, dashboard reporting, and AI-supported log review are changing day-to-day governance work, but the hands-on focus remains on governance design, role clarity, and evidence-based reporting. What you will learn: how to establish a security governance programme, define ownership and oversight, and create a reporting structure that supports risk decisions. You will practice with templates and scenarios; you will be introduced to broader enterprise architecture and advanced automation patterns at overview level.
Security governance teams rarely work with perfect data, unlimited budget, or fully mature controls. They usually manage competing priorities, distributed stakeholders, inconsistent documentation, and pressure to show measurable progress against risk and compliance commitments. This course is built for those conditions, so you can design a realistic programme that works with the systems, people, and reporting cycles you already have.
Target Audience
This course is built for professionals who already work inside security, risk, compliance, or IT control environments and need to run governance with more structure, visibility, and accountability. It is especially relevant when you are responsible for translating security expectations into policies, committees, control ownership, and reportable action plans.
- Security Governance Manager overseeing programme design and committee cadence
- Chief Information Security Officer aligning governance decisions with enterprise risk
- Information Security Officer maintaining policy ownership and control accountability
- GRC Analyst tracking security controls, exceptions, and evidence status
- IT Risk Manager mapping security risks into treatment priorities
- Compliance Manager coordinating control attestation and policy review cycles
- Security Compliance Specialist preparing governance evidence for audits
- Internal Auditor testing governance controls and committee records
- Data Protection Officer coordinating security governance with privacy obligations
- IT Service Manager supporting control ownership across operational teams
Course Objectives
This course equips you to plan, execute, and measure security governance initiatives that strengthen control accountability, support compliance, and improve executive decision-making.
- Assess the current security governance model using COBIT and an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 control review.
- Apply a risk-based governance methodology to prioritize security controls, exceptions, and treatment actions.
- Design a security governance charter with roles, decision rights, committee scope, and escalation paths.
- Build a RACI matrix and policy hierarchy for security ownership across business and IT teams.
- Evaluate governance controls against ISO/IEC 27001:2022 clauses, audit evidence, and policy compliance.
- Navigate stakeholder requirements from executives, auditors, IT operations, and risk owners using structured reporting.
- Implement KPI tracking for security exceptions, overdue actions, and committee decisions through a dashboard workflow.
- Synthesize governance findings into a board-ready status report, action plan, and improvement roadmap.
Requirements & Prerequisites
Participants should have a working knowledge of information security, risk concepts, and day-to-day IT operations. Prior experience in security operations, IT governance, audit support, compliance, or GRC work is recommended. No coding is required, although familiarity with spreadsheets, policy documents, and reporting dashboards will help you complete the exercises more efficiently. Advanced concepts are taught at an operational application level, with selected automation and analytics topics introduced conceptually where they affect governance design.
Professional and Organizational Impact
When you lead security governance with credible data and practical strategies, you become a trusted driver of control discipline and risk visibility.
- Build stronger competence in governance charter design and role definition.
- Gain confidence in policy lifecycle control and exception management.
- Strengthen your ability to translate ISO/IEC 27001:2022 requirements into action.
- Enhance your control reporting with committee-ready metrics and evidence packs.
- Develop sharper judgment on risk treatment priorities and escalation thresholds.
- Position yourself as a security governance lead who can brief executives clearly.
- Expand your value across audit, compliance, risk, and IT governance work.
Organizations that embed security governance excellence into control oversight reduce costs, mitigate risks, and build lasting competitive advantage.
- Reduce governance gaps that lead to unresolved security risks and audit findings.
- Improve financial returns by lowering rework, duplication, and control drift.
- Strengthen risk reduction through clearer ownership of security actions and exceptions.
- Increase board confidence through timely, structured security performance reporting.
- Improve policy compliance across distributed teams and operational functions.
- Support faster remediation by assigning decisions, deadlines, and accountable owners.
- Enhance market positioning by demonstrating mature security oversight to clients and partners.
Training Methodology
This is a practical, outcome-driven course designed to turn security governance aspiration into measurable action and credible reporting.
Methodology includes:
- Hands-on calculation of governance KPIs using a security exceptions tracker and dashboard template.
- Scenario simulation of a security committee meeting facing an overdue risk acceptance decision.
- Assessment exercise using an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 control checklist and governance maturity review.
- Stakeholder mapping workshop across executive sponsors, control owners, auditors, and IT operations.
- Case study analysis across financial services, healthcare, SaaS, and manufacturing security governance patterns.
- Group workshop to draft a governance charter, policy map, and 90-day action plan.
- Reflection exercise using benchmarked control ownership and committee cadence evidence.
Upcoming Sessions
Next available dates worldwide
No international sessions scheduled
Certification
Recognized credentials that advance your career
Participants who complete the Building and Running a Security Governance Programme Training Program earn a Trainingcred Certificate of Achievement, demonstrating professional competence and alignment with global standards in learning and development.
NITA Accredited
Accredited by the National Industrial Training Authority, ensuring programs meet nationally recognized standards of quality and relevance.
CPD Certified
Recognized by the CPD Certification Service, ensuring every program meets internationally benchmarked standards of professional excellence.
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- Build expertise with structured, outcome-driven learning.
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- Apply what you learn with a proven methodology that ensures lasting impact.
- Develop immediately usable skills that translate directly into workplace success.
- Gain the expertise needed for career advancement and leadership roles.
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