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IT GRC Training Control testing methods and sampling

IT GRC Training

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M1 — GRC Foundations and Governance Architecture

What GRC means: governance, risk and compliance as one operating model

Board accountability and the three lines of defence

Policy lifecycle: drafting, approval, publication and exceptions

Frameworks landscape: ISO 27001, NIST CSF, COBIT, ISO 31000

Turning regulatory obligations into internal controls

Maturity models and baseline assessments

M2 — Risk Management in Practice

Risk identification, analysis and evaluation

ISO 31000 and the NIST Risk Management Framework

Building and maintaining a risk register

Risk treatment, acceptance and escalation paths

Key risk indicators and risk appetite statements

Third-party and supply-chain risk assessment

M3 — Regulatory and Compliance Landscape

India: DPDP Act 2023, RBI cyber-security framework, SEBI CSCRF, IRDAI

Global: GDPR, SOX, HIPAA and PCI DSS

Obligation registers and control mapping

Evidence collection and regulatory reporting

Cross-border data transfer and residency rules

Sector compliance for BFSI, healthcare and SaaS

M4 — Information Security Standards and Frameworks

ISO 27001:2022 clauses and Annex A controls

ISO 27002 control objectives in practice

NIST CSF 2.0: Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover

COBIT 2019 governance framework

CIS Controls and IT general controls

Statement of Applicability and gap analysis

M5 — Control Design and Assessment

Control taxonomy: preventive, detective and corrective

Designing an organisation-wide control catalogue

Segregation of duties and access reviews

Control testing methods and sampling

Evidence quality, retention and audit trails

Finding remediation and corrective action

M6 — Audit and Assurance Lifecycle

Risk-based internal audit planning

ISO 19011 audit principles and auditor conduct

Fieldwork, working papers and interview technique

Non-conformities, observations and management review

External audit and certification readiness

Reporting to the audit committee and board

M7 — Privacy, Third-Party Risk and Programme Operations

Privacy by design and the data lifecycle

Data classification, retention and data-subject rights

Vendor due diligence and contractual safeguards

Security awareness and policy communication

GRC metrics, KRIs and dashboards

Continuous monitoring and programme governance

M8 — Capstone: Compliance Programme Design and Audit Simulation

Design an end-to-end compliance programme for a chosen sector

Build the policy set, risk register and control catalogue

Run a mock internal audit with fieldwork and evidence

Prepare the management review and board reporting pack

Certification readiness walkthrough

Interview preparation and resume positioning

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