Cyber Security Governance & Management Systems
Understand audit scope, Annex A controls, evidence requirements, governance workflows, and audit execution processes.
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor & Cyber Security Compliance Training
ISO 27001 Training & GRC Course for Cyber Security Governance Careers
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor and Lead Implementer Training with Real-World Cyber Security Compliance Projects
ISO 27001 & CISA Aligned
Real Audit Case Studies
Governance & Risk Focused
Learning Outcomes
Practical Audit Skills You Will Build
Risk Management & Compliance Mapping
Map risks, controls, and policies to ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, GDPR, DPDP Act, and SOC 2.
Auditing
Create risk registers, treatment plans, control owners, residual risk notes, and remediation trackers.
Training & Capacity Building
Review vulnerability reports, validate severity, understand CVSS scoring, and connect findings to compliance controls.
Privacy & Compliance Basics
Learn GDPR, India’s DPDP Act, data protection principles, breach notification, and privacy documentation.
Audit Report Writing
Prepare executive summaries, audit observations, evidence logs, corrective actions, and closure notes.
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Skills You'll Gain
GRC & Compliance Skills for Practical Audits
ISO 27001 Auditing
PCI-DSS Compliance
GDPR & DPDP Act
Risk Assessment
HIPAA Compliance
Auditing
GRC Frameworks
Report Writing
Curriculum
60-Day Audit & Compliance Curriculum
- Information security concepts: CIA Triad, threats, vulnerabilities, controls
- Information security governance models and frameworks
- Introduction to GRC: Governance, Risk, and Compliance
- Corporate governance and the role of the CISO/ISO
- Security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines
- India's IT Act 2000, CERT-In regulations, and DPDP Act 2023
- ISO 27001:2022 standard - structure, clauses, and Annex A controls
- ISMS scope definition and context of the organization
- Risk assessment and treatment methodology (ISO 27005)
- Statement of Applicability (SoA) preparation
- Internal audit planning, execution, and reporting
- Certification process and audit evidence collection
- Corrective actions, management review, and continual improvement
- ISO 27001 Lead Auditor exam preparation
- Risk management lifecycle: identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring
- Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods
- NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- OCTAVE and FAIR risk models
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and risk appetite
- Risk register creation and maintenance
- Third-party risk management (TPRM)
- PCI-DSS v4.0 - 12 requirements deep dive
- Cardholder data environment (CDE) scoping
- Network segmentation for PCI compliance
- QSA (Qualified Security Assessor) audit process
- Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) types and completion
- PCI penetration testing requirements (Requirement 11)
- Real PCI audit case study walkthrough
- GDPR principles, lawful bases, data subject rights
- India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023
- Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
- Role of DPO (Data Protection Officer)
- HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule for healthcare
- Privacy by design and data minimization
- Breach notification obligations and timelines
- Introduction to ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 and cybersecurity compliance frameworks
- Understanding information security policies, governance, risk management and compliance (GRC)
- Security audit documentation, compliance evidence collection and audit preparation techniques
- Cybersecurity assessment report writing and professional VAPT reporting methodologies
- Risk assessment, CVSS scoring, vulnerability prioritization and remediation recommendations
- Executive summary creation, technical findings documentation and client-ready security reporting
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Career Outcomes
After This Program, You’ll Be Able To
Learn practical cyber security governance, risk management, ISO 27001 auditing, compliance assessment, audit documentation, and GRC workflows through real-world security audit and compliance case studies.
Conduct Cyber Security Audits
Perform ISO 27001 audits, cyber security compliance reviews, audit evidence collection, control validation, risk assessments, and security documentation reviews using industry audit methodologies.
Understand ISO 27001 & GRC Frameworks
Work with ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, GDPR, DPDP Act, SOC 2, HIPAA, and governance-risk-compliance frameworks used in enterprise cyber security environments.
Perform Risk Assessments & Gap Analysis
Identify security risks, evaluate compliance gaps, create risk registers, prioritize remediation activities, and align cyber security controls with business objectives.
Review VAPT & Security Assessment Reports
Analyze penetration testing reports, vulnerability assessment findings, compliance evidence, and remediation plans to support enterprise governance and audit programs.
Support Enterprise Compliance Programs
Assist organizations in implementing security policies, audit controls, compliance workflows, documentation processes, and cyber security governance programs.
Prepare for GRC & Audit Careers
Become job-ready for roles such as Cyber Security Auditor, GRC Analyst, ISO 27001 Consultant, Risk Analyst, Compliance Associate, Information Security Auditor, and Governance Consultant.
Tools & Frameworks
GRC Standards You'll Master
Master globally recognized cyber security governance, risk management, privacy, audit, and compliance frameworks used by enterprises, banks, healthcare, cloud providers, and security teams worldwide.
ISO 27001:2022
International information security management standard used for ISMS implementation, risk management, audit controls, governance, compliance, and cyber security policies.
NIST CSF
Cybersecurity framework used for identifying, protecting, detecting, responding, and recovering from cyber threats across enterprise environments.
PCI-DSS v4.0
Payment card industry security standard used for securing cardholder data, payment systems, transactions, and financial compliance environments.
GDPR
European data protection regulation focused on privacy governance, personal data protection, breach notification, and compliance management.
DPDP Act
India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act focused on privacy compliance, consent management, personal data handling, and data governance practices.
HIPAA
Healthcare security and privacy regulation used for protecting patient data, healthcare systems, medical records, and compliance governance.
COBIT
IT governance and risk management framework used for aligning business goals, compliance requirements, audit processes, and enterprise IT controls.
SOC 2 Type II
Cloud security compliance framework focused on security, availability, confidentiality, privacy, and operational trust controls.
OCTAVE
Risk assessment methodology used for identifying cyber risks, evaluating critical assets, threat analysis, and organizational security planning.
FAIR
Cyber risk quantification framework used for measuring financial risk, threat exposure, business impact, and enterprise risk analysis.
Capstone Projects
Real-World GRC Projects for Your Portfolio
ISO 27001
Complete ISMS Implementation Roadmap
For a simulated 200-person fintech company, define ISMS scope, conduct risk assessment, build the Statement of Applicability, and create a 12-month implementation roadmap with budget estimate.
PCI-DSS
PCI-DSS Gap Assessment Report
Conduct a gap assessment of a simulated payment processing company against PCI-DSS v4.0 requirements. Identify non-compliant controls, assign risk ratings, and develop a remediation plan with timelines.
Risk Management
Enterprise Risk Register & Treatment Plan
Build a comprehensive risk register for a hypothetical healthcare organization. Identify 30+ information security risks, assess likelihood and impact, determine risk treatment options, and present to leadership.
Security Audit
IS Audit Report - End-to-End Simulation
Execute a complete information security audit following ISACA IS Audit Standards. Develop audit program, gather evidence, interview stakeholders, identify control gaps, and produce a formal audit report.
Eligibility
Who Should Join This Program?
This cyber security audit course is beginner-friendly. Non-technical learners can start with governance, risk and compliance fundamentals before moving into ISO 27001 and audit case studies.
Ideal Candidates
- Fresh graduates from IT, computer science, commerce, management, law, engineering or other streams
- Non-technical learners who want to enter cybersecurity through governance, risk and compliance
- Ethical hackers and bug hunters who want to connect technical findings with audit controls
- Security analysts who want to understand ISO 27001, risk management and compliance evidence
- IT professionals, developers, system administrators and network engineers moving into audit work
- Finance, banking, legal, quality, internal audit and operations professionals exploring cyber compliance
Beginner-Friendly Requirements
- Basic computer and internet usage skills
- No prior hacking, coding or cybersecurity audit experience required
- Interest in policies, documentation, risk, controls and regulatory compliance
- Ability to read case studies, prepare notes and practice audit documentation
- Networking, security and compliance terms are introduced step by step
- Laptop with a browser and document tools for assignments and templates
FAQ
Audit & Compliance Program FAQs
VARUTRA SPARK's Audit & Compliance program is a beginner-friendly cyber security audit course in Pune for fresh graduates, non-technical learners, IT professionals, ethical hackers, security analysts, bug hunters and career switchers. The course covers ISO 27001, GRC, PCI-DSS, GDPR, DPDP Act, risk assessment, audit evidence, VAPT report review and compliance documentation.
Yes. Non-technical students can join because audit and compliance training focuses on governance, risk, controls, documentation, policies, evidence review and regulatory requirements. The program starts with cybersecurity fundamentals before moving into ISO 27001, GRC frameworks, privacy laws and audit reporting.
GRC stands for Governance, Risk and Compliance. In cyber security, governance defines policies and accountability, risk management identifies and treats security risks, and compliance ensures alignment with standards and regulations such as ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR, DPDP Act, SOC 2, HIPAA and CERT-In requirements.
An ISO 27001 Lead Implementer focuses on designing and implementing an Information Security Management System, including scope, risk assessment, controls and documentation. An ISO 27001 Lead Auditor focuses on planning audits, reviewing evidence, checking compliance against ISO 27001 clauses and Annex A controls, writing findings and verifying corrective actions.
Yes. Ethical hackers, bug hunters and security analysts benefit from audit and compliance knowledge because it helps them map technical findings to business risk, ISO 27001 controls, PCI-DSS requirements, evidence expectations, remediation priorities and executive reporting.
A practical GRC and compliance course should cover ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27005, NIST CSF, NIST RMF, PCI-DSS v4.0, GDPR, DPDP Act, HIPAA, SOC 2, COBIT, risk registers, audit checklists, Statement of Applicability, evidence trackers, Nessus or Qualys report review and GRC platforms such as ServiceNow GRC or Archer GRC.
This program is suitable for fresh graduates, non-technical learners, ethical hackers, security analysts, bug hunters, IT professionals, developers, auditors, quality professionals, finance or banking professionals and career switchers who want to learn cyber security governance, risk, compliance and audit fundamentals.