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Project Management in IT Security (212-38) Exam
PMITS (212-38) Exam
 
Credit Towards Certification
  • Certified e-Business Professional
Exam Details
  • Number of Questions: 50
  • Passing Score: 70%
  • Test Duration: 2 Hours
  • Test Format: Multiple Choice
  • Test Delivery: Prometric Online Web site
Exam Code
The exam code varies when taken at different testing centers.
  • Prometric Prime: 212-38
  • VUE: 212-38
Skills Measured
The exam 212-38 tests PMITS candidates on the following 10 domains.
  1. Components of Project Management in IT Security
  2. Organizing the IT Security Project
  3. Developing the IT Security Project Team
  4. Planning the IT Security Project
  5. Managing the IT PM
  6. Building Quality into IT Security Projects
  7. Closing Out the IT PM
  8. Define a Corporate IT Project Plan
  9. General IT Security Plan
  10. IT Operational Security Plan
Test Objectives

Module 01: Components of Project Management in IT Security
  • Define a project
  • Discuss the role of network security
  • List the various possible security project solutions
  • Discuss  the limitations of a security project
  • Describe the various components of corporate security project plan
  • Discuss the factors that form the basis for success of a project
  • Discuss the limitations of a project
  • What is corporate strategy and IT security
  • Discuss the importance of the influence of Corporate Culture and Policies on IT Security
Module 02: Organizing the IT Security Project
  • Summarize various aspects of an IT security project team development
  • List the IT security project stakeholders
  • What are the requirement specifications of the IT security project
  • Discuss the objectives of the IT security project
  • What are the processes involved in the IT security project
  • Describe defect tracking
  • What do you understand by term “Approval Procedures”
Module 03: Developing the IT Security Project Team
  • List the IT security project team requirements
  • What are the roles and responsibilities of IT security project team
  • what is required skill set of IT security project personnel
  • What is reporting
  • Discuss about legality, regulations, and cost factors for a project
  • How to identify the staffing requirements and constraints
  • What are the steps involved in hiring the staff
  • Discuss how to develop the IT project team
Module 04: Planning the IT Security Project
  • Discuss the details of IT Security Project Work
  • How to break down the project in tasks and sub-tasks in the project
  • How to verify scope of the project
  • Discuss various tasks in detail
  • Discuss the limitations that degrade the quality of an  IT security project
  • List the Government or regulatory requirements for the IT security project
  • How to define the budget, schedule, risks, and communications for a project
Module 05: Managing the IT PM
  • How to start with a IT security project
  • Discuss how to examine the IT security project progress
  • How to organize the  IT security project progress
  • Discuss the necessity of documentation in project management
  • How to manage the risks involved in IT security project
  • What is the role of Change Management in the IT Security project
  • How to  test the IT Security project results
Module 06: Building Quality into IT Security Projects
  • How to identify the quality of  the IT security project
  • What are the user and technical requirements for improving the quality of the project
  • Discuss about quality metrics
  • What are the operational standards of the IT project
  • How to monitor IT security project quality
  • List the steps involved in testing the quality of  the IT Security Project
Module 07: Closing Out the IT PM
  • How to evaluate a project for completion
  • Discuss in detail about close all open issues and change requests
  • What is an error report
  • How to prepare for implementation, deployment, and operational transfer while closing out the IT security project
  • What is a compliance report
Module 08: Define a Corporate IT Project Plan
  • Define a security strategy for the IT project
  • Discuss the legal standards
  • Understand Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 195 Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  • Understand the laws concerning unauthorized access
  • What are the myths and facts for penetration testing
  • Discuss the overview of the corporate IT security project plan
  • What is security auditing
  • List the various reasons for security breaches
  • What are the factors of the corporate IT security project
  • Understand the risks associated with the project
  • What is infrastructure security assessment
  • Discuss the mitigation strategies of the risks involved in IT project plan
Module 09: General IT Security Plan
  • What is the role of security assessment and auditing in  IT security planning
  • List the organizational resources that need to be audited
  • Discuss the different process involved in risk assessment such as  vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
  • What is the role of impact analysis in general IT security plan
  • Discuss the importance of authentication and  access control
  • Summarize the different stage of auditing
  • What are the different attacks IT security systems
  • Discuss the composition of an assessment and audit Report
  • List various entries in the finding reports
  • What are the general IT security project parameters
  • How to create a project work breakdown structure (WBS)
  • Discuss different constraints of an IT security plan
  • Explain the wireless security project plan
  • Provide guidelines for wireless security auditing
  • Types of Wireless Devices
  • List various  threats to wireless
  • Summarize various countermeasures to overcome wireless threats
  • How to develop a wireless security project outline
Module 10: IT Operational Security Plan
  • What is the role of operational security assessment in an IT security project
  • Discuss incident response processes related to IT operational security plan
  • How to build a response team for operational security
  • List various operational security policies
  • Discuss disaster recovery in context of IT operational security
  • List and summarize different regulatory issues
  • Summarize the impact of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,  Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and  Sarbanes-Oxley Act on operational security
  • Explain various operational security project parameters
  • Discuss various project risks and mitigation strategies
  • What are the different constraints and assumptions of an IT operational security project
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