Long before "information security" became a department, the simplest and still most effective safeguard was knowing exactly who was allowed to touch a given piece of data — an identification system limited to trusted users. That idea hasn't gone away; it's just been rebuilt for computers. This course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy covers documents security, confidentiality, and classification using computers, treating it as part of the broader discipline of information systems.

Since the last decades of technological development, networked systems have let institutions link their departments into one unified structure regardless of physical distance, and let them create, save, and exchange electronic files instead of paper ones. Participants learn how that shift plays out in practice: from user identification through to leading an archive department that runs on fully electronic records.

By the End of the Program, Participants Will Be Able To:

• Lead the archiving process for records and documents.
• Manage an archive department.
• Use programs that support Information Security.
• Use specialized technical programs for archiving.

Who Should Attend?

• Directors and owners of economic and commercial businesses.
• Employees in administrative and archive departments.
• Directors of technical development departments.
• Academics in information technology and communication faculties.
• Students of computer science and communication faculties and institutes.
• Employees of information technology departments in companies and institutions.

Module 1: Document Security as an Information Systems Problem

• Defining information security and why it matters for document protection
• Providing protection against both internal and external dangers

Module 2: User Identification and Trusted Access

• The identification system for trusted users, the simplest and most reliable protection method
• Making sure only authorized users can access the system or network

Module 3: Linking Departments Through One Unified System

• How networked systems let institutions connect their departments regardless of physical distance

Module 4: Creating, Saving and Exchanging Electronic Files

• Recent developments in creating, saving, and exchanging electronic sheets
• Transferring messages, records, and software to any networked location worldwide

Module 5: The Shift to Fully Electronic Records

• How public and private institutions moved to international communication networks
• Replacing hard copies with electronic records entirely

Module 6: Archiving Strategy and Leading the Archive Department

• Strategies of archiving and records archiving
• Leading archive processes and managing an archive department

Module 7: Software Tools for Security and Technical Archiving

• Programs that support Information Security Systems
• Specialized technical programs used in archiving