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Holistic Information Security Practitioner

HISP LogoAbout the HISP:

The Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) Training & Certification program was created to address the current shortage of Information Security and Compliance professionals, with practical skills needed to help organizations address Information Security and Compliance requirements, by being able to Implement Compliance frameworks that are repeatable, sustainable and effective. We are not looking to position the HISP certification to replace existing certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, CFA, but rather we are looking to complement such certifications and also offer CPEs for professionals who already hold such designations. The HISP designation means that:

1) The professional has a good grounding in International best practices for Information Security & Audit Governance as well as General IT Governance i.e. ISO 27002, ITIL, CobiT and COSO.
2) The professional takes a Holistic risk management approach to Information Security.
3) The professional is a hybrid Information Security professional, well balanced between technical and business skills.
4) The professional can function effectively in the capacity of a CISO, CCO by tackling the challenge of Information Security as a business concern that is not solved by technology alone, but by People, Process and Technology.
5) The professional is able to map International best practices of IS0 27002, ITIL, CobiT and COSO to current and future regulatory compliance requirements.

(HISP) Certification Course:
This is the only integration course that provides practical education on the integration of best practices for Information Security Management, Information Systems Auditing and multiple Regulatory Compliance requirements and how to map multiple regulatory requirements to the internationally accepted best practices framework of ISO/IEC 27002:2005 and the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 standard. The class covers the mapping of ISO/IEC 27002:2005 with COBIT, COSO and ITIL then explains a methodology to map regulations such as HIPAA Security, FFIEC, GLB Act, FISMA (NIST 800-53/FIPS 200), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Security), FACT Act, PCI Data Security (Visa CISP), California SB-1386, Canadian Bill C-198, OSFI, PIPEDA, PIPA, PHIPA to the ISO 27002:2005 framework.


Students who intend to pursue the certification must take the HISP Examination on the final day of the five-day course.  This requires a separate $499 examination fee payable to the HISP Institute.

Who Should Attend?
• Staff tasked with the implementation and management of an ISO 17799:2000 or ISO 27002:2005 Information security management system (ISMS)
• Staff tasked with achieving compliance of multiple regulatory requirements.
• Information Security Consultants or Third Party Auditors
• Auditors (External and Internal)
• Information Security Officers
• IT Managers/Directors
• Privacy/Compliance Officers

Each Attendee earns 35 CPE credits for the class

HISP Certification Training Course – Daily Schedule

Logistics Details for Milwaukee, WI training facility on:
September 15-19, 2008
November 3-7, 2008


Registration Information
Please call (262) 754-8020 or send an email to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Future Growth of the HISP
We are also in the process of creating a tailored HISP course curriculum specifically covering the Federal standards such as FISMA, DITSCAP, NIACAP, NIST and FIPS, with a view to making our HISP certification more attractive to Government sector including DOD, Federal as well as State Government.

HISP Course Data Sheets