ISACA Advanced in AI Security Management™ (AAISM™)

On this accelerated ISACA Advanced in AI Security Management™ (AAISM™) course, the industry's first AI-specific security management certification, you’ll gain an understanding of AI governance and program management, AI risk management and AI technologies and controls.

The ISACA Advanced in AI Security Management™ (AAISM™) is an AI-centric security management certification designed to supplement certified security managers with the ability to identify, assess, monitor and mitigate risk associated with enterprise AI solutions.

Experienced IT security professionals who hold CISM® or CISSP certifications are also encouraged to join our Beta Program for this advanced credential.

In just 2 days, you’ll be able to navigate the evolving risks of AI, implement essential controls, and ensure its responsible and effective use across the organisation.

You’ll also:

• Validate your expertise in addressing AI-specific security issues.
• Empower yourself to leverage AI for internal growth and innovation. 
• Position your organisation as a leader in AI security training. 
• Meet the ANSI standards and be the highest-quality credential on the market.

At the end of this course, you’ll achieve your ISACA Advanced in AI Security Management Certification (AAISM) certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of traditional training and access courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

This course is ideal for:

• Experienced IT security professionals who hold CISM® or CISSP® certifications
• Those with proven experience in security or advisory roles 
• Those with expertise in assessing, implementing and maintaining AI systems

Domain 1. AI Governance and Program Management

• Stakeholder Considerations, Industry Frameworks, and Regulatory Requirements
  • Organizational Structure and Overall Governance
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Charter and Steering Committee
  • Identifying Stakeholder
  • Risk Appetite and Tolerance
  • Frameworks, Standards, and Regulations
  • Selecting appropriate Frameworks
  • Business and Use Cases for AI
  • Privacy Considerations
• AI-related Strategies, Policies, and Procedures
  • AI Strategy
  • Consumer v. Enterprise
  • Buy vs. Build
  • AI Policies
  • Responsible Use
  • Acceptable Use
  • AI Procedures
  • Implementation
  • Manuals
  • Ethic
• AI Asset and Data Life Cycle Management
  • AI Asset and Data Inventory
  • Inventory management
  • Model cards
  • Data handling, classification, discovery
  • Data Augmentation and Cleaning
  • Data Storage
  • Data Protection
  • Destruction
• AI Security Program Development and Management
  • Documented Program Plan
  • Security team, roles, responsibilities, and proficiencies
  • Alignment to existing info sec
  • Use of AI-enabled security tools in the program
  • Metrics and management
  • KRIs and KPIs for AI use with regard to the security
  • Management reporting
• Business Continuity and Incident Response
  • Incident detection
  • Notification
  • Incident classification
  • Criticality and severity
  • Resiliency
  • Business Continuity Plan
  • Red-button requirements for compliance
  • Incident response playbooks specifically for AI
  • Break glass policies/ go no go
  • Authority
  • RTO RPO – AI perspective
  • Disaster recovery
  • Testing

Domain 2. AI Risk Management

• AI Risk Assessment, Thresholds, and Treatment
  • Impact assessment
  • Conformity assessment
  • PIAs
  • Risk documentation
  • Acceptable levels of risk
  • Treatment plans
  • KRIs and KPIs for AI us
• AI-related Strategies, Policies, and Procedures
  • PEN test
  • Vulnerability tests
  • Red teaming
  • AI related vulnerabilities
  • Adversarial threats
  • Threat intelligence
  • AI-enabled threats/Attack chains
  • Anomalies
  • Threat landscape
  • Deep fakes
  • Insider threat
  • AI agents
• AI Vendor and Supply Chain Management
  • Dependencies of software packages and libraries
  • Vendor due diligence and contracts
  • SLAs
  • Vendor usage
  • Accountability models
  • Provider vs. deployer
  • Third, fourth, and fifth parties
  • Ownership and intellectual property
  • Access controls
  • Liability
  • Vendor monitoring for risk and change

Domain 3. AI Technologies and Controls

• AI Security Architecture and Design
  • Change management
  • SDL
  • Secure by design
  • Securing infrastructure as code
  • Data flows
  • Approved base models
  • Interconnectivity and interaction with architecture
• AI Life Cycle (e.g., model selection, training, and validation)
  • Testing models interconnectivity
  • Linkages between models
  • Regression
  • Model testing
  • Progression
  • TEVV
  • Model accuracy testing and evaluation
• Data Management Controls
  • Data collection
  • Data control
  • Data Poisoning
  • BIAS
  • Accuracy
  • Data position requirements
• Privacy, Ethical, Trust and Safety Controls
  • Explainability
  • Privacy controls – like right to be forgotten, data subject rights
  • Consent
  • Transparency
  • Decision making
  • Fairness
  • Ethics
  • Automated decision making
  • Human in the loop
  • Trust and safety - content moderation
  • Potential harm
  • Environmental impacts
  • Data minimization and anonymization
• Security Controls and Monitoring
  • Security monitoring metrics
  • Selecting the right controls
  • Implementing controls
  • Self-assessment of controls (CSA)
  • Control life cycle
  • Continuous monitoring
  • KPIs and KRIs for security controls and monitoring
  • Technical controls
  • Threat controls mapping
  • Security awareness training

Before attending this accelerated course, you should have:

• An active CISM or CISSP certification;
• Proven experience in security or advisory roles; 
• Some expertise in assessing, implementing, and maintaining AI systems. 

• Duration: 150mins
• Number of questions: 90 Multiple-Choice Questions
• Passing Score: 450/800
• Domain Weighting:
  • Domain 1 – AI Governance and Program Management (31%)
  • Domain 2 – AI Risk Management (31%)
  • Domain 3 – AI Technologies and Controls (38%)

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply to online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass the first time or train again for free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two training options. Choose between residential classroom-based and online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9am–5pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand, you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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