NextGen, a South African company with global alliances, and Bureau Veritas, a global certifying body, have entered into an exclusive agreement to provide information security training programmes. With this partnership, NextGen is also aggressively expanding into information security management consulting services to financial institutions, retail companies and the manufacturing sector.
"Information security has been at a forefront for the last few months in South Africa with the spate of e-frauds starting mushrooming into the banking sector. It is pertinent for the organisations to follow the international best practices in information security management systems to ensure client satisfaction and maintain trust," said Sumit Garg from NextGen.
"ISO 17799 or BS7799, the international code of practice, is being implemented by many organisations globally. Companies on the African continent need to implement these best practices and certify themselves as ISO 27001 organisations, in order to compete globally. Our expertise in certifying organisations and individuals as lead auditors in more than 145 countries across the globe will benefit this new economy of South Africa," said Vincent d`Arifat, Regional Chief Executive, Bureau Veritas.
NextGen and Bureau Veritas will launch the first IRCA accredited ISO 27001 Lead Auditor training programme series in coming days in South Africa and will give security as well as management professionals a career path as globally certified lead auditors on information security management systems.
NextGen will also during the training programme handpick a few professionals and will evolve them as lead trainers on ISO 27001, who can undertake both ISO 17799 / 27001 implementation and lead auditor training programmes across the continent.
"There is an acute shortage of skilled information security management professionals in the South African industry. With information becoming a key growth driver, it is essential that business assets are suitably protected and therefore the need for these specialist skills training arises. This course will be essential for the organisations looking at ISO 27001 certification or giving their employees a qualification path apart from individuals who want to go independent on ISMS audit side," said Garg.
The ISO 17799/27001 Lead Auditor training programme will cover all 11 domains of ISMS, ranging from security policy; organisation of information security; asset management; human resources security; physical and environment security; communications and operations management; access control; information systems acquisition, development and maintenance; information security incident management; business continuity management and compliance case study.
The course methodology will be hands-on with a focus on auditing principles and techniques, examples, exercises and discussions. The course will end with certification examination and successful delegates will be given the ISO 27001 lead auditor certificate which will have global acceptance.
NextGen is a global IT software solutions, services and training provider, with a focus on providing solutions and services to global corporations including small and medium enterprises, Fortune 500, governments and manufacturing companies. The organisation presently has a training capacity of 120 seats with networked computer facility situated in the heart of Sandton in Johannesburg.
NextGen has partnered with ITWeb, CareerWeb, FNB and Aptech Worldwide, to name a few in South Africa.
NextGen`s training arm is also accredited with ISETT SETA to provide NQF Level 5 qualifications in South Africa.
Some of the other security-related training programmes from NextGen include:
1. IT security awareness and foundation
2. IT security implementation
3. Securing Windows and Linux servers
4. Ethical hacking and penetration testing
Bureau Veritas is a France-based multinational organisation with more than 25 000 employees operating out of 145 countries. Founded in 1828, Bureau Veritas` principal activities include the classification of ships, the inspection of aircraft, vehicles, industrial equipment, buildings and civil engineering works and the price verification and quality control of commodities, material and equipment for international trade.
Bureau Veritas Quality Institute has offices in 45 countries and has more than 3 000 locally-based assessors. Accredited to assess organisations to ISO 9000 in 45 countries, including the UK, US, Germany, France, Holland, Japan, Brazil, India and Australia, it has so far assisted more than 75 000 companies worldwide to achieve the standard.
Share
