AFP-DSI
Chief Information Officer
The AFP-DSI track trains IT directors and their management teams to fully exercise their responsibility for information system security, secure architecture and resilient digital transformation in African financial institutions.
Who it is for
- IT directors (CIOs) and their deputies
- IT project managers and technical architects
- Infrastructure and IT operations managers
- IT directors at fintechs, e-money institutions and mobile money operators
Certification levels
AFP-DSI Foundation
- Prerequisites
- Experience in IT management or technical architecture
- Total duration
- 3 days (21h)
- Exam format
- 50-question multiple-choice test + security plan for an IT project
- Practical exam location
- ACRC / remote
- Validity
- 3 years (recertification required)
Curriculum
- 3h
The CIO's role in the financial institution's cyber governance
Lecture
- 4h
Secure architecture: Zero Trust principles in banking
Lecture + diagrams
- 3h
Regulatory obligations for IT: BCEAO/BEAC requirements for critical systems
Regulatory course
- 4h
Cloud and hybrid infrastructure security for African banks
Hands-on workshop
- 4h
Managing IT projects with built-in security (Secure SDLC)
Practical case
- 3h
IT business continuity: recovery plans, maintenance, RTO/RPO
Case study
Skills acquired
- Integrate security into the day-to-day running of information systems
- Apply Zero Trust principles to African banking architecture
- Meet BCEAO/BEAC requirements for information systems
- Run IT business continuity together with the CISO
AFP-DSI Practitioner
- Prerequisites
- AFP-DSI Foundation or 3 years of IT management experience
- Total duration
- 5 days (35h)
- Exam format
- Secure architecture plan + continuity exercise (ROOM#42) + report
- Practical exam location
- ACRC: Cyber Range & ROOM#42
- Validity
- 3 years (recertification required)
Curriculum
- 6h
Designing a Zero Trust architecture for a core banking system
Cyber Range lab
- 5h
Identity and access management (IAM/PAM) in banking
Cyber Range lab
- 5h
Securing digital channels: API banking, mobile money, USSD
Technical workshop
- 4h
Vulnerability and patch management (patch management, SIEM)
Cyber Range lab
- 5h
IT disaster recovery plan: design, testing and optimisation
ROOM#42 simulation
- 4h
Managing relationships with critical IT and cloud providers
Practical case
- 3h
Information security reporting from the CIO to the CEO and the board
Workshop
- 3h
Preparing and defending the architecture plan
Coaching
Skills acquired
- Design and deploy a secure Zero Trust architecture for a banking system
- Run an IT disaster recovery plan and test it in real conditions
- Secure digital channels (APIs, mobile, USSD) according to African standards
- Report effectively on IT security posture to management and the board
AFP-DSI Expert
- Prerequisites
- AFP-DSI Practitioner + 4 years in IT leadership
- Total duration
- 5 days (35h) + strategic thesis
- Exam format
- Thesis on secure digital transformation (50%) + strategic panel (50%)
- Practical exam location
- ACRC headquarters, Dakar
- Validity
- 3 years (recertification required)
Curriculum
- 6h
Pan-African IT strategy: interoperability, digital sovereignty, resilience
Lecture + discussion
- 5h
Banking OT/SCADA and IoT: security of physical systems (ATMs, HSMs)
Specialised Cyber Range lab
- 4h
AI and cybersecurity: opportunities and risks for African CIOs
Foresight seminar
- 4h
Quantum computing and post-quantum cryptography: anticipating the threat
Expert lecture
- 6h
CIOs in major crises: their role in the crisis cell (ROOM#42)
ROOM#42 exercise
- 6h
Running secure digital transformation (open banking, CBDC)
Strategic project
- 4h
Thesis defence and panel feedback
Oral
Skills acquired
- Define the IT strategy of a pan-African financial group with sovereignty and resilience
- Anticipate technological disruption (AI, quantum, CBDC) and its security impact
- Play a key role in the crisis cell during major IT incidents
- Lead secure digital transformation in compliance with African regulators
AFP-DSI Instructor
- Prerequisites
- AFP-DSI Expert + teaching aptitude
- Total duration
- 3 days (21h)
- Exam format
- Technical workshop delivered before an ACRC panel
- Practical exam location
- ACRC Cyber Range
- Validity
- 3 years (recertification required)
Curriculum
- 5h
Technical teaching for CIO and IT manager profiles
Seminar
- 6h
Designing labs and technical scenarios (Cyber Range)
Workshop
- 10h
Delivering and assessing AFP-DSI
Demonstration
Skills acquired
- Train CIOs and IT managers across the entire AFP-DSI track
- Design Cyber Range labs suited to African banking environments
Registration request
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AFP-DSI · Chief Information Officer
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