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    Profound knowledge on course technologies, regulation standards and practices

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    Assured comprehensive course completion containing all five domains

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    World class CISA training by experienced system auditors

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    Miniature class size for better interactions

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    24*7 online support portal to solve your queries

CISA certification is a program made for information security auditing, assurance and security professionals.

Our CISA training thoroughly prepares delegates for CISA certification, which combines the achievement of passing an internationally-respected exam with recognition of the knowledge, skills and experience required to work effectively within Information Security Auditing.

This training course looks at the five main domains of information systems audit, assurance and control as covered by the CISM exam, with an eye to passing first time and achieving this highly-respected certification.

Who should take this course

 

  • IS/IT Auditors
  • IS/IT Consultants
  • IS/IT Audit Managers
  • Security Professionals
  • Non-IT Auditors

 

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Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to attend the course or take the CISA exam. However, full CISA certification has an experience requirement of a minimum of 5 years of professional information systems auditing, control or security work.

 

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What Will You Learn

Once the course is complete, delegates will be able to understand and perform the following tasks:

  • Plan reviews to provide value to the organisation and determine if information systems are being protected and controlled.
  • Carry out follow-ups by preparing status reports to ensure appropriate actions are taken by management promptly.
  • Achieve planned audit objectives and conduct inspections according to IT audit standards.
  • Develop operational knowledge of the five domains of CISA.
  • Formulate and implement a risk-based IT audit strategy based on IT audit standards.
  • Identify and assess the liabilities, and then report on compliance and institutional controls.
  • Acquire appropriate knowledge and skills required to remove the CISA certification exam by ISACA.
  • Understand IS audit and assurance guidelines, standards, and best practices for IS audit, control, and governance of enterprise.

 

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What's included

  Course Overview

The ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISA) exam is intended to certify the competency of security professionals to assess vulnerabilities, report on compliance and institute controls within the enterprise.

Our 4-day CISA course provides a thorough look at the requirements of the CISA exam, covering in-depth the five information security auditing domains which the exam measures capability in. These are:

  • Information Systems Auditing Process
  • Governance and Management of IT
  • Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation
  • Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience
  • Protection of Information Assets

 

CISA Exam:

  • Exam Type: Multiple-choice
  • Duration: 4 hours
  • Closed Book Exam
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  Course Content

Domain 1: Information Systems Audit Process:

  • Developing a risk-based IT audit strategy
  • Planning specific audits
  • Conducting audits to IS audit standards
  • Implementation of risk management and control practices

Domain 2: IT Governance and Management:

  • Effectiveness of IT Governance structure
  • IT organisational structure and human resources (personnel) management
  • Organisation’s IT policies, standards, and procedures
  • Adequacy of the Quality Management System
  • IT management and monitoring controls
  • IT resource investment
  • IT contracting strategies and policies
  • Management of organisations IT-related risks
  • Monitoring and assurance practices
  • Organisation business continuity plan

Domain 3: Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation:

  • Business case development for IS acquisition, development, maintenance, and retirement
  • Project management practices and controls
  • Conducting reviews of project management practices
  • Controls for requirements, acquisition, development, and testing phases
  • Readiness for Information Systems
  • Project Plan Reviewing
  • Post Implementation System Reviews

Domain 4: Information Systems Operations, Maintenance, and Support:

  • Conduct periodic reviews of organisations objectives
  • Service level management
  • Third party management practices
  • Operations and end-user procedures
  • Process of information systems maintenance
  • Data administration practices determine the integrity and optimisation of databases
  • Use of capacity and performance monitoring tools and techniques
  • Problem and incident management practices
  • Change, configuration, and release management practices
  • Adequacy of backup and restore provisions
  • Organisation’s disaster recovery plan in the event of a disaster

Domain 5: Protection of Information Assets:

  • Information security policies, standards and procedures
  • Design, implementing, monitoring of system and logical security controls
  • Design, implementing, monitoring of data classification processes and procedures
  • Design, implementing, monitoring of physical access and environmental controls
  • Processes and procedures to store, retrieve, transport and dispose of information assets
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