Cybersecurity · 10-week live cohort

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Develop the breadth and judgement expected of senior security professionals.

Work across the eight CISSP domains while practising the governance, architecture, risk and communication decisions that distinguish leadership-level security work.

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The programme standard

Understand it. Practise it. Produce evidence.

ClarityKnow the concepts and reasoning behind the work.
PracticeUse tools and methods in realistic tasks.
EvidenceLeave with practical outputs you can inspect and explain.
How the work fits together

Security at leadership level

Senior security work connects governance, architecture, risk and operations.

CISSP-level thinking asks what the organisation should do, why, and what trade-offs the decision creates.
01Govern

Define policy, accountability, risk appetite and control expectations.

02Architect

Connect identity, network, cloud and software decisions to business needs.

03Operate

Build incident, supplier, continuity and assurance routines.

04Decide

Communicate security choices with evidence and business context.

Programme overview

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Work across the eight CISSP domains while practising the governance, architecture, risk and communication decisions that distinguish leadership-level security work.

01
Reason at architecture levelConnect controls, systems and business requirements rather than treating domains in isolation.
02
Make risk decisions with evidenceUse governance, controls and documented reasoning to support security choices.
03
Write security material people can useDevelop policies, briefs, runbooks and continuity artefacts.
04
Prepare systematically for CISSPBuild domain mastery, timing discipline and question-handling confidence.

What you will build

Practical work that makes progress visible.

01 · Output
Personal CISSP study plan

Weekly milestones and review cadence.

02 · Output
Governance and risk pack

Risk register, control catalogue and policy set.

03 · Output
Architecture briefs

Secure network, identity and cloud reference diagrams.

04 · Output
Operations runbooks

Roles, metrics, incident and reporting templates.

05 · Output
Business continuity workbook

Simple continuity and disaster-recovery tests.

06 · Output
Exam assets

Domain summaries, strategy notes and two timed mock exams.

Programme journey

A clear progression through the work.

Weeks 1–2

Security and risk governance

Establish the policy, risk and organisational foundation.

Weeks 3–4

Asset security and architecture

Connect information protection to architecture decisions.

Weeks 5–6

Networks, identity and operations

Work across access, communications and operational security.

Weeks 7–8

Software, cloud and continuity

Apply security across delivery, resilience and supplier contexts.

Weeks 9–10

Exam mastery and capstone

Consolidate judgement, timing and the reusable security artefact pack.

Who this is for

Built for people who need the capability in practice.

Practising security analysts, engineers and administrators
IT, cloud and network professionals moving towards senior roles
Audit, risk and compliance professionals
Experienced career switchers ready for structured study

How you learn

A live learning rhythm built around practice.

The programme combines structured teaching, guided practice and regular review so the work develops alongside the knowledge.

01Three live sessions weekly
02Recordings available
03Weekly clinic and community support
04Accessible labs and templates
05Light weekly quizzes and exam practice

Next step

Interested in this programme?

Check the current application status and register your interest. We do not publish cohort dates until they are confirmed.

Next cohort

Next cohort details will be published when confirmed.

Register interest