October Prize Draw 2021

Do you want to up your data protection game as a practitioner and learn more about information security?

Enter our competition now and you could be on our November CISMP course FREE OF CHARGE.

The BCS Foundation Certificate in Information Management Security Principles course will make you a better data protection professional.  This course and qualification is recognised by the Chartered Institute of IT and goes beyond the knowledge provided by existing data protection courses. 

The course gives you an understanding of Information Security, Governance and Data Security Management systems. 

This course is not for technical geeks but for data protection professionals, who want to be able to understand the principles and factors behind information security, so that you can challenge those security experts when back in the real world.  A must have qualification for all those who aspire to or undertake the role of DPM or DPO. 

To be in with a chance of winning, just submit your name and email address on this page before the 15th of October. We’ll select a winner at random on Monday 18th of October.

For full terms and conditions please contact info@dataprivacyadvisory.com. For details on how we handle your personal information, please take a look at our privacy notice.

Find out more about the BCS Foundation Certificate in Information Security Management Principles

We do also offer other BCS courses– some at the Foundation level and some at Practitioner level. Be sure to check out our schedule for any upcoming training events which may interest you.

This draw has now closed. Keep an eye out for more chances to win! 

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