The Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) Institute (HISPI) is an independent certification organization consisting of volunteers that are true information security practitioners, such as Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Information Security Officers (ISOs), Information Security Managers, Directors of Information Security, Security Analysts, Security Engineers and Technology Risk Managers from major corporations and organizations.

HISPI promotes a holistic approach to information security program management by providing certification opportunities in information security, information assurance and governance.HISPI focuses on international standards, best practices, and comprehensive frameworks for developing robust and effective information security programs.

The objectives of HISPI include:

• To bridge the current gap between existing professional certification programs by proactively promoting the need to develop comprehensive and holistic information security programs amongst information security, audit and compliance professionals representing various sectors internationally.
• To promote cost-effective training and certification to information security, audit and compliance professionals, particularly Public Sector and Higher Education employees, where budget constraints can be a barrier to obtaining such quality training and certification.
• To provide a vendor neutral forum that will facilitate the sharing of knowledge, ideas and other positive initiatives for enhancing the current state of information security in various sectors internationally.
• To research and develop an integrated system for widely accepted best practice frameworks that are applicable to Information Security such as ISO/IEC 27002, ISO/IEC 27001, COBIT, COSO, ISO/IEC 20000 (ITIL), NIST Guidelines, FIPS 200 (NIST 800-53).
• To foster collaborative efforts across various sectors internationally, particularly government, law enforcement and commercial sector.
• To foster a positive code of ethics amongst information security, audit and compliance professionals.
• To reduce the cost of meeting legal, regulatory and contractual requirements pertaining to information security, across various sectors internationally. In addition to the existing partnership with British Standards Institute (BSI) Americas, to also partner and collaborate with other reputable organization.

“The instructor provided a comprehensive view of the material making the ISO27002:2005 crystal clear but also providing all the practical tips necessary for a successful implementation. This course was a great investment of my time as it provided a huge amount of knowledge”, Senior Security Consultant,Microsoft Hellas

“This course had good baseline of information on security considerations and understanding of how ING got to our policies and procedures.”, Senior Enterprise Architect - ING North America

“HISP Training is focusing on business needs” Operations and Controls Manager, ABN AMRO Bank

“The training course had a methodical approach in all aspects. It is really a Holistic Security Training Course”, Head of Security, G4S

“Very knowledge instructor, huge experience from real life situations / examples, his ability to illustrate subjects through experience was excellent” Senior Security Consultant”, Head of IT, Consolidated Constructors Company

“I liked the mapping of the existing standards (ISO27001,COSO, COBIT,ITIL) with the support of examples, practical case studies & discussions”, Internal Auditor, Bank of Greece

“The instructor had valuable extensive experience that he did not mind sharing” TUV Austria ISO 27001 Auditor

“What I like most about this training class is the approach of clarifying and reinforcing the information contained in the standards and Real World scenarios and examples. I feel the HISP Course is a valuable investment for information security, auditing and IT professionals who are involved in assisting enterprises with developing strategic directions, planning, ensuring compliance, and integrating ISO 17799, COBIT and ITIL!”,Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Georgia State University.

“I would recommend this instructor and training course to others.” Product Group Microsoft Corporation

“What I like most about this training class is the connective aspects of ISO (completely security focused) with other frameworks such as COBIT (SOX and IT Management), HIPAA (Health Organizations).”, Technology Risk Management Consultant” Jefferson Wells

“I got an in-depth overview of the ISO security framework. The case studies were extremely helpful and applicable to the material covered.”,Information Assurance The Coca Cola Company

“I would recommend this training course to others.”, Information Security, Motorola