PECB Certified ISO/IEC 27032 Lead Cybersecurity Manager
Five days building the practitioner capability to establish, run and continually improve cybersecurity as a managed programme.
Total price, all inclusive
$1,495per seat
Exam, one retake and first-year certification included.
- Official PECB participant materials and case studies
- 3-hour PECB certification exam voucher included
- One free exam retake if you do not pass first time
- First-year certification application fee covered
- 31 CPD credits on completion
No payment is taken online. We confirm your seat and dates by email, then invoice. Questions?
About this course
The Lead Cybersecurity Manager scheme is built on ISO/IEC 27032 and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Where ISO 27001 governs the management system, this course concentrates on the operational programme: threat intelligence, defence-in-depth architecture, detection, response and recovery.
This is the official PECB Manager scheme for ISO/IEC 27032, delivered over 5 days and worth 31 CPD credits. On completion and after passing the examination you are awarded the PECB Certified Lead Cybersecurity Manager credential.
Why this certification is worth holding
- Bridges ISO management-system thinking and NIST CSF operational practice
- Sought after for hands-on security leadership roles, not just governance
- Complements ISO 27001 Lead Implementer for a full security portfolio
What you will be able to do
- 01Master the concepts and frameworks underpinning cybersecurity
- 02Establish, maintain and improve a cybersecurity programme
- 03Lead the programme design, control architecture and response capability the discipline demands
- 04Advise leadership using evidence, metrics and defensible judgement
- 05Prepare the programme for assessment against recognised good practice
Day-by-day agenda
5 days of instruction and case-study work, following the official PECB curriculum.
- 1
Introduction to cybersecurity and ISO/IEC 27032
- Training objectives and the certification path
- Core concepts, terminology and the ISO/IEC 27032 framework
- Governance, mandate and organisational context
- Roles, responsibilities and programme structure
- 2
Designing the programme
- Planning: cybersecurity programme design, roles and maturity targets
- Cybersecurity risk assessment, threat modelling and attack scenarios
- Objectives, appetite and decision criteria
- Policy, procedure and documented information architecture
- 3
Running the programme
- Designing and deploying cybersecurity controls across people, process and technology
- Operation: defence-in-depth controls, monitoring, detection and response capability
- Detection, incident response, recovery and lessons learned
- Awareness, competence and stakeholder communication
- 4
Measurement, assurance and improvement
- Monitoring, measurement and programme metrics
- Assurance activities, internal audit and independent review
- Reporting to leadership and demonstrating value
- Continual improvement and closing the training
- 5
Certification exam
- Exam-technique clinic: how the essay-type domains are marked
- Timed mock questions with model answers walked through
- Sitting the official PECB examination (online-proctored or paper)
- Submitting the certification application and evidencing experience
Exam and certification
Exam duration
3 hours
Exam format
Essay-type · open book
Delivery
Online-proctored or paper-based
CPD credits
31 credits
To be awarded PECB Certified Lead Cybersecurity Manager
- Pass the PECB examination for the scheme
- Five years of professional experience, two of them in the relevant field
- 300 hours of related project activities
- Sign the PECB Code of Ethics
If you do not pass first time
One retake is included at no extra cost, and PECB does not require you to repeat the training. We run a focused review session with you first to work out where the marks went, then rebook the sitting.
Exam duration and format follow PECB’s published examination rules, which we confirm with you before you sit.
Who it is for
Built for
- Cybersecurity managers owning cybersecurity in their organisation
- Consultants advising on programme design and maturity
- Team leads moving from delivery into programme ownership
- Professionals seeking a recognised practitioner credential
Prerequisites
A working knowledge of cybersecurity fundamentals. No formal prerequisite is enforced.
See the Foundation courseWhat is included
- Official PECB participant materials and case studies
- 3-hour PECB certification exam voucher included
- One free exam retake if you do not pass first time
- First-year certification application fee covered
- 31 CPD credits on completion
- Twelve months of access to the KATE learning app
- A 1:1 pre-enrolment call to confirm the course is right for you
Common questions
PECB is a global certification body that provides training and certification against ISO standards. Its personnel certification schemes are accredited to ISO/IEC 17024, the international standard for bodies certifying people — which is what makes a PECB credential recognised by employers, auditors and certification bodies worldwide rather than being a private certificate of attendance.
No. Foundation is not a formal prerequisite for Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor. It exists for people who are new to the standard and want the vocabulary and clause structure before the deeper course. If you already work with the standard day to day, go straight to the Lead course — we will tell you plainly on the pre-enrolment call which is right for you.
The official PECB participant materials and case studies, the certification exam voucher, one free retake if you do not pass first time, your first-year certification application fee, the CPD credits, twelve months of KATE app access, and a 1:1 call before you enrol. There are no separate exam fees added later.
Lead Implementer is for building the management system: scope, risk assessment, control selection, documentation and getting the organisation ready for its certification audit. Lead Auditor is for assessing one: audit planning, evidence gathering, findings, nonconformity reports and audit programme management. Implementers build, auditors verify. Consultants often hold both.
Foundation exams are one hour and multiple choice. Lead-level exams are three hours, essay-type and open book — you may bring the standard and your own notes. Exams can be sat online with remote proctoring or on paper at the end of a classroom session. Results are typically issued within four to six weeks, and your certification is then issued once your application is approved.
One retake is included in every price on this site, at no additional cost. PECB allows retakes without repeating the training, and we will run a focused review session with you first to work out what went wrong.