Cybersecurity

5-Day Professional Training Course | CS5001

KSA · GCC · Africa

Course Overview

This intensive 5-day training programme equips IT professionals, security officers, risk managers, and organisational leaders with the comprehensive security frameworks, threat management competencies, technical controls knowledge, and governance disciplines needed to protect organisational information assets and digital infrastructure against the full spectrum of cyber threats. Cybersecurity is no longer a technical department concern — it is a board-level governance responsibility, a regulatory compliance obligation, and a matter of organisational survival in a threat environment where ransomware halts operations for weeks, data breaches destroy decades of customer trust in hours, and nation-state actors penetrate sophisticated defensive perimeters with patience and resources that dwarf their targets' security budgets. Across Saudi Arabia where the NCA has established one of the world's most rigorous national cybersecurity frameworks in direct response to the kingdom's experience as a high-priority target for state-sponsored cyber operations, GCC financial institutions and energy companies managing obligations of escalating regulatory complexity, and African organisations across banking, telecommunications, and government where cybersecurity investment is accelerating in response to breaches demonstrating devastating organisational consequences — the demand for professionals with genuine, comprehensive cybersecurity competency has never been more urgent. Aligned with ISO 27001:2022, NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, Saudi NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls, UAE NESA standards, CISSP, and CISM.

Keywords: Cybersecurity Training Saudi Arabia | Information Security Course GCC | ISO 27001 NIST Africa | Cyber Risk Management Riyadh · Dubai · Nairobi · Cairo

Course Information

Target Audience

• Information security managers and CISOs leading organisational cybersecurity programmes

• IT managers and systems administrators responsible for technical security controls

• Risk managers and compliance officers integrating cybersecurity into enterprise risk frameworks

• SOC analysts developing comprehensive security management knowledge

• Network and infrastructure engineers implementing security architecture

• Government cybersecurity officers in KSA and GCC national cybersecurity bodies

• Legal, audit, and governance professionals with cybersecurity oversight responsibilities

• Business leaders requiring cybersecurity literacy for governance and risk decisions

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, participants will be able to:

• Design and implement an information security management system aligned to ISO 27001:2022 and NIST CSF 2.0

• Identify, assess, and treat information security risks across network, application, cloud, and OT environments

• Implement technical security controls across access management, network security, endpoint protection, and encryption

• Develop and manage incident response, business continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities

• Govern cybersecurity programmes with board-level rigour and regulatory compliance discipline

• Navigate the specific cybersecurity regulatory requirements of KSA, GCC, and African operating environments

Learning Methods

5-Day Programme Outline

Day 1 — Cybersecurity Foundations, Threat Landscape & Governance

1. The cybersecurity imperative: regional and global threat landscape, breach cost statistics, and the organisational consequences making cybersecurity the defining operational risk of the digital age

2. Core concepts: the CIA triad — confidentiality, integrity, and availability — applied to organisational information asset protection

3. Cyber threat taxonomy: malware, ransomware, phishing, insider threats, advanced persistent threats, and supply chain attacks from opportunistic criminals to nation-state adversaries

4. ISO 27001:2022 ISMS: structure, Annex A controls, risk-based approach, and the certification pathway providing internationally recognised security management assurance

5. NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: the six functions — Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover — integrated with ISO 27001

6. Workshop: Cybersecurity maturity assessment against NIST CSF 2.0 — establishing baseline and identifying priority improvement areas

Day 2 — Information Security Risk Management & Asset Protection

1. Risk management methodology: asset identification, threat and vulnerability assessment, likelihood and impact analysis aligned to ISO 27005 and NIST SP 800-30

2. Asset classification: data classification frameworks, sensitivity labelling, handling requirements, and asset inventory management

3. Access control and identity management: MFA, privileged access management, role-based access control, and zero trust architecture principles

4. Cryptography and data protection: AES encryption, PKI, TLS, and cryptographic controls protecting information against interception and unauthorised access

5. Third-party and supply chain security: vendor risk assessment, supplier security requirements, and the supply chain management addressing the fastest-growing compromise vector

6. Workshop: Information asset register development, threat and vulnerability assessment, and risk treatment plan aligned to organisational risk appetite

Day 3 — Network Security, Cloud Security & Technical Controls

1. Network security architecture: defence-in-depth, segmentation, DMZ design, firewall rule management, and architectural decisions limiting lateral movement following compromise

2. Intrusion detection and prevention: IDS and IPS deployment, signature and anomaly-based detection, alert tuning, and network monitoring infrastructure

3. Cloud security: shared responsibility model, cloud security posture management, IAM in cloud environments, and AWS, Azure, and GCP security considerations

4. Endpoint security: EDR, application whitelisting, patch management, mobile device management, and endpoint protection controls

5. OT and ICS security: IT-OT convergence risks, ICS-SCADA security frameworks, and specific challenges protecting operational technology across GCC energy and African industrial infrastructure

6. Lab: Security monitoring rule configuration, network traffic review for indicators of compromise, and cloud security posture assessment

Day 4 — Security Operations, Incident Response & Business Continuity

1. SOC functions: monitoring, alert triage, threat hunting, and the operating model providing continuous cybersecurity visibility

2. SIEM operation: log source integration, correlation rule development, and the management discipline separating actionable intelligence from alert noise

3. Incident response lifecycle: NIST SP 800-61 — preparation, detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident activity minimising breach impact

4. Digital forensics fundamentals: evidence preservation, chain of custody, forensic imaging, and log analysis supporting incident investigation

5. Business continuity and disaster recovery: RTO and RPO, backup architecture, and resilience planning enabling recovery following ransomware and destructive cyber incidents

6. Simulation: Teams manage a ransomware incident from initial alert through containment, executive communication, regulatory notification, and recovery planning

Day 5 — Governance, Compliance, Culture & Programme Leadership

1. Board-level cybersecurity governance: oversight responsibilities, cyber risk reporting, and governance structures maintaining executive accountability for security performance

2. Regulatory compliance: Saudi NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls, UAE NESA standards, Qatar National Cybersecurity Framework, SAMA financial sector requirements, and African national cybersecurity legislation

3. Security awareness and human risk: phishing simulation programmes, behaviour change methodology, and human risk management addressing the most consistently exploited organisational vulnerability

4. Cybersecurity metrics and reporting: security KPIs, risk reduction measurement, maturity scoring, and executive reporting demonstrating programme value to boards and regulators

5. Building and leading a cybersecurity team: role design, talent acquisition in a scarce market, and security leadership competencies across KSA, GCC, and African talent markets

6. Capstone: Comprehensive Organisational Cybersecurity Programme presentation — covering risk assessment, control framework, technical architecture, incident response, governance, compliance roadmap, and performance measurement

Regional Relevance

Content is contextualised for KSA, GCC, and African cybersecurity environments — integrating Saudi NCA regulatory requirements and the kingdom's state-sponsored threat experience, GCC financial and energy sector regulatory compliance obligations, and the African digital banking and telecommunications cybersecurity talent gap where comprehensive security training is among the most consequential capability investments available to organisations and governments across the continent.

Assessment & Certification

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