Course Length: 5 Days
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course is designed to help candidates prepare for sitting the ISACA CISA certification examination. By taking this course and obtaining CISA certification, your experience and skills in auditing and securing the organization’s information systems will be validated. Securing the organization’s information is a critical business objective in today’s business environment. The information that an organization depends on to be successful can be at risk from numerous sources. By effectively managing audit processes, controls, and other security aspects of the business, you will greatly contribute to the overall security of the organization.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The intended audience for this course is information security and IT professionals, particularly internal auditors, who are interested in earning the CISA certification. The course is also applicable to individuals who are interested in learning about information security audits, controls, and security.
PREREQUISITES
To ensure your success, you should have at least five years of professional experience in information systems auditing, control, or security. You are also required to prove this level of experience to ISACA to obtain certification. The major areas of work experience are described in the CISA job practice domains:-The process of auditing information systems-Governance and management of IT-Information systems acquisition, development, and implementation-Information systems operations, maintenance, and service management-Protection of information assets
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:-implement information systems audit services in accordance with information systems audit standards, guidelines, and best practices.-evaluate an organization's structure, policies, accountability, mechanisms, and monitoring practices.-evaluate information systems acquisition, development, and implementation.-evaluate the information systems operations, maintenance, and support of an organization; and evaluate the business continuity and disaster recovery processes used to provide assurance that in the event of a disruption, IT services are maintained.-define the protection policies used to promote the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets.
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1- THE PROCESS OF AUDITING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- ISACA Information Systems Auditing Standards and Guidelines
- Fundamental Business Processes
- Develop and Implement an Information Systems Audit Strategy
- Plan and Audit
- Conduct an Audit
- The Evidence Life Cycle
- Communicate Issues, Risks, and Audit Results
- Support the Implementation of Risk Management and Control Practices
Module 2- IT GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
- Evaluate the Effectiveness of IT Governance
- Evaluate the IT Organizational Structure and HR Management
- Evaluate the IT Strategy and Direction
- Evaluate IT Policies, Standards, and Procedures
- Evaluate the Effectiveness of Quality Management Systems
- Evaluate IT Management and Monitoring of Controls
- IT Resource Investment, Use, and Allocation Practices
- Evaluate IT Contracting Strategies and Policies
- Evaluate Risk Management Practices
- Performance Monitoring and Assurance Practices
- Evaluate the Organization's Business Continuity Plan
Module 3- INFORMATION SYSTEMS ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION
- Evaluate the Business Case for Change
- Evaluate Project Management Frameworks and Governance Practices
- Development Life Cycle Management
- Perform Periodic Project Reviews
- Evaluate Control Mechanisms for Systems
- Evaluate Development and Testing Processes
- Evaluate Implementation Readiness
- Evaluate a System Migration
- Perform a Post-Implementation System Review
Module 4- INFORMATION SYSTEMS OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPPORT
- Perform Periodic System Reviews
- Evaluate Service Level Management Practices
- Evaluate Third-Party Management Practices
- Evaluate Operations and End User Management Practices
- Evaluate the Maintenance Process
- Evaluate Data Administration Practices
- Evaluate the Use of Capacity and Performance Monitoring Methods
- Evaluate Change, Configuration, and Release Management Practices
- Evaluate Problem and Incident Management Practices
- Evaluate the Adequacy of Backup and Restore Provisions
Module 5- PROTECTION OF INFORMATION ASSETS
- Information Security Design
- Encryption Basics
- Evaluate the Functionality of the IT Infrastructure
- Evaluate Network Infrastructure Security
- Evaluate the Design, Implementation, and Monitoring of Logical Access Controls
- Risks and Controls of Virtualization
- Evaluate the Design, Implementation, and Monitoring of the Data Classification Process
- Evaluate the Design, Implementation, and Monitoring of Physical Access Controls
- Evaluate the Design, Implementation, and Monitoring of Environmental Controls