As the final step in the Advent IM Information Asset Owner (IAO) Education Journey, our fully supportive training program for IAOs, and to build on our successful IAO Intermediate course, we have developed IAO Advanced. The completion of this course indicates a comprehensive understanding and application of the IAO role by the delegate. It combines their in-role experience with a deeper understanding of not only information risk management but also data protection and communication with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). They will operate with increased knowledge and confidence in their abilities and experience. Fully fledged IAOs will bring organisational benefits of efficiency and developed information risk management. This course is designed to enable this completion and fully realise the potential of each IAO.

Who Should Attend

This is a full day course and is designed for experienced IAOs with a minimum of six months in post or have completed our IAO training course as part of the Advent IM IAO Education Journey. They should work within UK Police Forces and require a more developed understanding of their role and responsibilities as an IAO.

Course Outline

The in-depth tailored training course will cover a more advanced knowledge of the IAO role and provide further context and strategies for its day to day application. This will continue to aid the delegate incorporating the IAO role as business as usual. The course will build on the intermediate knowledge the IAO already has in order to upskill the delegate to a practitioner level. This will result in a knowledgeable IAO who will make decisions and manage information risk surrounding their information asset (s,) on a day to day basis.

This is a full day course, and covers the following key areas:

1. Understanding the responsibilities within the Information Asset Owner role and supporting role

2. Understanding the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR and the importance of its alignment to the Information Asset Owner role

3. Understanding the principles for the requirement of having and maintaining Information Asset Registers (IAR) and a Record of Processing activities (ROPA)

4. Understanding the principles of Information Risk Management, Information Asset and inclusion of Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA)

5. Understanding the responsibilities of fulfilling Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests

6. Understanding the requirement, importance and responsibilities of reporting and escalation of risk issues and data breaches

7. Understanding the effective management of information security incidents including responding, handling and reporting

Talk to us about combining any of your IAO Training courses for a reduced rate. 

“Really enjoyable course. Prompted very useful discussions throughout the day. Michelle was excellent and had thorough knowledge of the subject.“

-EMSOU East Midlands Special Operations, Police Information Asset Owner (IAO) Advanced Training 

“It has refreshed knowledge around areas of information security and made me look at risk appetite differently.”

-Cumbria Constabulary, Police Information Asset Owner (IAO) Intermediate Training 

“It provides the theory and framework through which to make informed information risk management decisions in the future.”

-Warwickshire Police, Police Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) Training 

“The course was far more operationally focused than I had expected and had a helpful view around performing the SIRO role in a way that gets the most from an organisations information sources and not just protecting them.”

–Cheshire Constabulary, Police Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) Training