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Introduction

Six Tiers.
One Mission.
Security Excellence.

The NGSP International Open Programme

Customised
Client-Only Programmes

Next Generation Security Practitioner (NGSP), is the most customisable and practical learning programme in the industry - Both open and modular.

 

Designed to align your team around one strategic mission - to deliver better security outcomes for your organisation. To deliver, security excellence.

If you're a security practitioner, looking for a highly practical development programme, designed to augment your existing certifications - Next Generation Security Practitioner (NGSP) is for you.

  • A comprehensive syllabus - Covering every aspect of risk, security communication and engagement, security execution, strategy  and effectiveness

  • Video, Simulation & Workshops - A powerful library of  video learning, anchored by highly practical live workshops

  • Flexible Dates - With multiple cohorts running through the year, plan your learning around your schedule

If you're a CISO or leader looking for real ROI from training investment, NGSP is the only fully customisable learning programme of its kind in the industry. 

  • Tackle Your Critical Gaps at Team-Level - Choose from up to 36 powerful learning units - covering business-critical areas of Security GRC, including simulation-based learning powered by AI, a comprehensive video-lesson library and tailored team-workshop activities

  • 'Build Your Own' - Select any combination of modules and focus only on what your team needs

  • Align to your strategy - Every private programme we build, is tailored to deliver your strategic security goals. It's more than just a training programme.

Six Tiers. One Mission. Security Excellence.

NGSP - The Next Generation Security Practice Tiers and Module Map

Tier 1

Profiling

Risk

Mastering the art of

 identifying and communicating

Emerging risk

Tier 2

Decision

Influence

Calculating loss in real-terms

and getting the business to act

Tier 3

Building

Alliances

Increasing security resilience through powerful business partnerships

Tier 4

Security

Consulting

Strengthening security posture through insight, problem-solving & collaboration

Tier 5

Mitigating

Risk

Making risk mitigation a business enabler not just a defensive tactic

Tier 6

Driving Resilience

Improving everyday security operations and building resilience by design

Roles

BISOs

Who bridge information security and the business requirement.

Security Managers & Leads

Who align security programmes and controls with business priorities.

Risk & Assurance Managers

Who solve security risk and prove mitigation is working

Programme & Project Managers

Who embed security by design into project delivery and transformation.

Security Consultants

Who solve security problems and deliver stronger security solutions

Emerging Leaders in Security

Practitioners preparing to step into roles of senior influence.

NGSP is designed for practitioners who sit at the intersection of security and the business. People who are expected to translate technical knowledge into influence, decisions, and resilience.

 

If you're already industry certified but looking for an advanced learning programme to elevate your career. NGSP is for you.

NGSP - For
practitioners who lead not just respond

Who is NGSP For?

Download the Guide

NGSP Practitioner Guide

The NGSP International Open Programme Guide provides a detailed look into how our programme is redefining security capability, and equipping practitioners to align, engage, and lead through the lens of business risk:

  • Programme introduction

  • Course overviews

  • Enrolment options

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Lead the security conversation and drive ownership

Build powerful allies and security advocacy

Transform from enforcer to strategic partner

Learn security through the lens of business risk

Outcomes

Build on the foundations of your CISSP, CISM, CRISC (or equivalent certification), moving beyond theory into real-world practice.

NGSP takes the problems every practitioner knows - misalignment, mistrust, poor adoption - and turns them into opportunities for influence and impact. Through immersive simulation, practical tools, and consulting behaviours.

A bridge between certification and how you impact the business - designed for practitioners who already know the frameworks, but want to lead the conversation.

Turn your certified professional knowledge into influence.

Why Attend?

The world security teams operate in has changed faster than most can adapt.


AI is amplifying threats and speeding up decision cycles. Geopolitical instability, supply-chain exposure, and hybrid work have erased the old boundaries of control. Attackers move faster, leadership expects clarity sooner, and the cost of hesitation has never been higher.

Security practitioners are under pressure to translate complexity into confidence - fast.

 

The challenge isn’t knowing the frameworks; it’s applying them in live environments, influencing decisions, and keeping pace with risk that refuses to stand still.

Here's what our programme solves...

Tackle the real issues facing security teams today

What NGSP Solves

Profiling Risk

The Security Issue

The threat landscape is rapidly evolving. When traditional assessments are too slow, checklist-heavy, and technical, this breeds mistrust in the output. Escalation comes too late and security become slow to react.

NGSP increases the speed at which risk, gets identified, assessed and escalated.

The Solution

Rapid, business-aligned risk-profiling using NGSP’s proprietary THOR lens to surface vulnerabilities, exposures, and threats.

What You'll Apply:

Converting profiles into clear loss scenarios by asking targeted questions that reveal real root causes of exposure.

Decision Influence

The Security Issue

When threats can't be linked clearly, to financial, operational, or reputational consequences, leaders simply don't see the risk.

NGSP teaches practitioners to calculate real business impact, clearly and credibly, keeping security central to decisions.

The Solution

Converting risk profiles into clear loss scenarios by asking targeted questions that reveal real root causes of exposure.

What You'll Apply:

A concise impact map that links threats to business outcomes and prioritises attention.

The Security Issue

When security are seen as too IT-centric, and are seen as a blocker (not an enabler), stakeholders resist or ignore initiatives, leaving adoption weak and programmes stalled. NGSP shows practitioners how to build trust and influence by engaging outside IT and communicating security in a language that matters to the business.

The Solution

Understanding where security sits in business decisions. This, and translating security requirements in a language they understand.

What You'll Apply:

A practical alliance plan - who to engage, how to frame, and how to conduct, the critical conversations that can't be avoided.

Building Alliances

The Security Issue

If the need for security is vague, and solutions lack buy-in, high-stakes meetings drift and the risk increases. Without a clear consulting method, security controls and measures don't get owned.

NGSP provides a framework to diagnose issues, reach root causes, and co-create solutions leaders support and ownership.

The Solution

The PULSE consulting methodology (Position, Unpack, Lockdown, Solve, Execute). Framing security discussions, defining security problems and co-building solutions.

What You'll Apply:

A repeatable security consulting playbook in solving security problems, that secure agreement and direction.

Security Consulting

The Security Issue

If security is overloaded, rigid, or misaligned with what leaders can support, then plans collapse under their own weight. Messages fail to win resources, fixes are partial, and frustration grows.

NGSP trains practitioners to design SMART, defensible strategies that win backing and are taken seriously.

The Solution

Building practical, defensible strategies that secure buy-in and reduce exposure.  Designing targeted mitigation plans and smart controls.

What You'll Apply:

A prioritised, mitigation planning process with rationale leaders will understand and back.

Mitigating
Risk

The Security Issue

The threat landscape (and enterprise landscape) is moving so fast that security controls can become obsolete overnight. Teams must increase their speed and agility in identifying and correcting vulnerabilities.

NGSP teaches how to reframe, review, rework, and remove systemic weaknesses in security, making it better by design.

The Solution

Integrated security by way of a continous improvement methodology; evaluating weaknesses and building in greater resilience.

What You'll Apply:

A systematic method to evaluate, review and action security decisions along with a clear design-thinking-based approach.

Driving Resilience

Seamless & Automated

Fully hosted on a world-class learning management system:

  • Automated invites, progress tracking, and post-workshop tasks

  • Focus on learning, not logistics

  • Smooth, end-to-end experience from registration to certification

Simulation at the Core

Every session mirrors the pressures of real-world security and risk situations:

 

  • Hands-on simulation and role play, not slides and lectures

  • Practice decision-making under pressure

  • 80% practical, 20% theory - grounded in reality

A Structured Journey

Immersive workshops form the core of the NGSP experience:

 

  • Video pre-learning introduces the models and tactics ahead of time

  • Follows the 70/20/10 model: 70% interactive, 20% theory, 10% applied

  • Builds confidence and authority tier by tier

Training built for tomorrow, not yesterday

Traditional certification training focuses on theory, exams, and can be guilty of ticking boxes. NGSP is different. It’s a carefully designed eight-week journey where the learning unfolds step by step, blending interactive workshops, video pre-learning, and applied assignments. Every element is structured to turn knowledge into influence and theory into practice - so the skills you build can be used immediately in the real world.

Participation Experience

Find Out More

Talk to a trainer before you decide:
  • Book a 30-minute slot with one of our trainers

  • Explore how NGSP fits your professional goals

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