A Guide to ISACA CISM Domains  Domain 1 Information Security Governance
                     A Guide to ISACA CISM Domains & Domain 1: 
Information Security Governance
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The Certified Information Security Manager certification validates and proves your knowledge and 
experience in developing and managing an enterprise information security program.
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CISM is mainly designed for individuals who want to land in positions like 
Information Security Analysts, IT managers, or consultants supporting 
information security management. A CISM-certified professional is also 
expected to develop practices and policies, manage information security, 
and understand the relationship between business objectives and 
information security.
When you are willing to learn CISM, you have to focus on the domains of 
CISM mainly. And here are the domains.
Domains of CISM:
1.Information Security Governance
2.Information Risk Management
3.Information Security Program Development and Management
4.Information Security Incident Management
In this blog, we will discuss CISM domain 1 Information Security 
Governance.
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What is Information Security Governance?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines 
Information Security Governance as the process of establishing 
and managing a framework that ensures that information 
security strategies are aligned with business objectives and 
comply with applicable laws as well as regulations by following 
standard policies and internal controls.
In its simplest form, Information Security Governance entails 
good risk management, reliable reporting controls, 
comprehensive training and testing, and rigorous corporate 
accountability. In addition to providing direction for cybersecurity 
activities, it ensures the company’s security objectives are 
effectively met.
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Working of Information Security Governance
CISOs and other chief executive officers typically oversee 
governance within an organization. With the help of senior 
management and security professionals, board members, CXOs 
and executives identify information assets and information 
security risks, create a strategy for securing information systems 
and the data they contain, and develop information security 
policies that cover everything from access controls to 
organizational security awareness.
Using a governance framework is crucial for ensuring that the 
organization’s policies, procedures, and practices adhere to 
regulations and standards. The most popular Information Security 
Governance frameworks include:
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 National Institute for Security and Technology (NIST) publication 
800-53
 The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
 Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT)
 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001
 The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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Information Security Governance is more crucial than ever. According to recent 
Nominet data, 66 percent of firms had at least one security breach in the 
previous year, with 30 percent experiencing several breaches. Nominet 
discovered in its 2020 CISO Stress Report that CISOs ranked the duty of 
safeguarding their organization and its network as the most stressful aspect of 
their job. According to the paper, “since the pace of cybercrime shows no 
indication of slowing down, this stress is being compounded by the growing 
frequency of cyber events.”
So, here are a few tips to follow in order to stay on top of Information Security 
Governance demands:
Select a better framework: The first step in becoming an expert in your 
organization’s information security programs-or its lack thereof-is to select a 
framework, such as ISO or COBIT. An information security framework can serve 
as a guide for implementing processes and procedures across an organization 
and prevent the use of haphazard approaches.
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Take a close look at the IT infrastructure:
It is very important to have a close look at your IT infrastructure, and you 
have to concentrate particularly on how servers and firewalls are 
configured. Review your server configurations and firewall rule sets. If you 
do not have any pre-plan to review these devices, make it your priority. 
You will also have to set up a process and timeline for penetration testing 
and run vulnerability scans on your network. Penetration testing and 
vulnerability scans are the starting points for any investigation into your 
technology.
Establish an Information Security Governance committee:
What to do after successfully developing the policies? Policies should also 
be thoroughly reviewed by key stakeholders, not just the IT and security 
staff.
Set up an information security governance committee that includes legal, 
auditors, HR, and C-suite representatives. The inclusion of people with 
different (non-IT) perspectives is important when developing policies. The 
governance committee finalizes all policies, which then creates the 
roadmap for the management and training of information security 
programs.
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Develop training programs:
The majority of employees aspire to do the right thing. If you tell 
them what they need to do, they’ll usually do it. All you have to 
do now is spell out the business procedures and expectations.
Audience-based security awareness training can go from left to 
right and from top to bottom. You must customize the material 
for various audiences. For example, if you’re speaking to a highly 
technical IT audience, you’ll need to explain the security 
standards that apply when setting up servers or routers. You may 
need to discuss password length and complexity as well as how 
to recognize phishing and social engineering techniques for non-
technical audiences.
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