Office security isn't just about locking a filing cabinet at the end of the day – it covers everything from who can walk into a records room to which employee account can open a sensitive database. Treating offices, physical files and information systems as one connected security perimeter is what actually keeps an organisation's data safe.

Information security itself blends technical and legal dimensions: technically, it is the tools, means and procedures needed to protect information from internal and external risk; legally, it covers the procedures that prevent hacking attempts or the misuse of these systems to commit crimes such as cybercrime. Because it touches so many other specialisations, information security needs constant monitoring alongside them, not treatment as an isolated IT task.

This training course, delivered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, is built for anyone who wants to gain solid, practical experience with information security management systems in order to protect records, documents and the offices that hold them.

What Participants Will Gain

• Solid experience in information security management systems.
• Skills in using the software that supports information security systems.
• The ability to file and archive records and documents securely.
• Management skills for running archive and information security departments.

Who Should Attend

• Directors and owners of commercial and economic institutions.
• Employees in administrative and archive departments.
• Directors of information security departments.
• Staff of state ministries and universities.
• Employees in information systems protection, archive and technical development departments.
• Employees and directors of data and document organization departments and technical offices.
• Academics and students of information technology, computer science and communication faculties.

Module 1: Securing the Office Environment Around Your Records

• Definition and importance of information security as it applies to an office setting.
• Archiving strategies that keep physical and digital records safe within that environment.
• Programs and software that support an office's information security systems.

Module 2: Planning an Office Security Programme

• Setting goals for office and records security that stay consistent with company policy.
• Realistic planning that accounts for material cost and organisational capacity.
• Work mechanisms to complete before and during the rollout of new office security measures.

Module 3: Getting the Whole Office on Board

• Effective communication between management and staff to implement security objectives.
• Analysing the internal and external environment, including strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities.
• Managing strategic-planning workshops and follow-up meetings.

Module 4: Leadership Skills for Office and Archive Managers

• Administrative and supervisory leadership skills for those running archive and security departments.
• Strategy-formulation and innovative-thinking skills to keep office security current.
• Preparing work maps and strengthening day-to-day supervisory performance.