Regulatory Compliance for IT Professionals (sf)

This one-day course identifies and communicates key legislative and regulatory requirements under the Personal Data Protection Act, Cybersecurity Act, Computer Misuse Act, Copyright Act and Broadcasting Act. These Acts govern certain actions that are relevant within the IT industry and its activities. By understanding the types and sources of compliance requirements, learners can understand the need for monitoring and evaluating their compliance risks. The course also highlights to learners the implications of non-compliance with the legislation and regulations.

What You'll Learn

• Learn about the legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to the IT industry
• Understand the purpose of those legislative and regulatory compliance
• Learn to identify types and sources of information on internal and external compliance requirements
• Learn about methodologies for monitoring and evaluation
• Able to identify relevant stakeholder for corporate governance
• Understand implications of non-compliance with the legislation and regulations

Minimum Entry Requirement

There are no pre-requisites for this course. However, it is preferable that learners have the following assumed knowledge and experience and assumed skills.

Assumed Knowledge and Experience:

Understands relevant organisational strategies, objectives, culture, policies, processes and products / services

Aware of compliance requirements of the organisation

Assumed Skills:

Understand relevant organisational policies, processes, IT systems and the types of data that is captured and stored in those systems;

Have information gathering skills to gather and collate necessary information;

Have analytical skills to assess policies and procedures;

Have business writing skills to prepare management report; and

Be aware of compliance requirements of organisation.

WPLN ( Workplace Literacy and Numeracy) Level for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing and Numeracy is L6 or above.