Domain 2: Information security risk assessment Course

Course 2 covers ISACA CISM Domain 2, including identification and risk analysis and evaluation.

3 hours, 26 minutes

Course description

CISM Domain 2 covers information security risk assessment and dives into such topics such as the risk and threat landscape; risk identification and risk analysis; threat vulnerability and control deficiencies; risk assessment and evaluation concepts; risk response, reporting and communication; and business impact analysis.

Syllabus

Domain 2: Information security risk assessment supplemental materials

File - 00:15:00

The supplemental materials for Domain 2 include documents with key terms, definitions, and other materials that will help students prepare for the ISACA CISM exam.
Domain 2: Information security risk assessment participant guide

File - 00:15:00

This participant guide includes the various slides that the instructor went over in the videos for Domain 2 so that participants can review the main ideas, as well as relevant charts, graphics, questions and activities.
Domain 2: Information security risk assessment course summary

Video - 00:02:00

A short summary of CISM Domain 2, reviewing the main areas of discussion in the preceding videos.
Risk monitoring, reporting and communication

Video - 00:22:00

This video describes the need to regularly monitor for risks, as well as create effective reports and communicate information gathered as part of an effective risk management program.
Information risk response

Video - 00:31:00

This video covers how to respond to risk and get an organization to its desired state of security based on the impacts of a specific risk to the organization and the legal and regulatory requirements under which the organization operates.
Risk assessment, evaluation and analysis

Video - 00:47:00

This video details processes, methods, and resources that are used to identify, evaluate, and analyze whether the organization is able to maintain risk at acceptable levels.
Vulnerability and control deficiency analysis

Video - 00:19:00

This video dives into how organizations must conduct regular vulnerability assessments and penetration tests to identify, validate and classify vulnerabilities, as well as how to implement security controls.
Risk and threat landscape

Video - 00:52:00

This video walks through an overview of the risk and threat landscape for organizations, discussing how organizations must balance the reduction of vulnerabilities to risk with the costs to contain them in the most effective way, discussing risk assessment and management, identification methods and techniques, and types of threats.
Introduction to CISM Domain 2: Information security risk assessment

Video - 00:03:00

The instructor provides a brief introduction to the ISACA CISM videowork and exam for Domain 2: Information security risk assessment, which is weighted at 20% of the exam.

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