Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA®) Certification: (Second Edition)
Course Specifications
Course number: 085722
Course length: 5.0 day(s)
Course Description
Course Objective: You will evaluate organizational policies, procedures, and processes
to ensure that an organization's information systems align with its overall
business goals and objectives.
Target Student: The intended audience for this course is information systems security
professionals, internal review auditors, and other individuals who have an
interest in aspects of information systems audit, controls, and security.
Prerequisites: Students taking this course should have a minimum of five
years of professional information systems auditing, control, or security work
experience as described in the CISA job practice domain areas:
- The Process of Auditing Information Systems
- Governance and Management of IT
- Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation
- Information Systems Operations, Maintenance and Support
- Protection of Information Assets
While this course will help prepare candidates for the
CISA exam, it is not the only preparation that should be used. ISACA requires
that the successful CISA candidate have at least five years of professional
experience; because of this, the CISA exam will draw on material and experience
that is beyond the scope of any single training course, most notably covering
database administration, network components and theory, software and operating
systems, and hardware devices. Candidates who wish to solidify their understanding
of this material might choose to take additional training in these areas if
they don’t feel their professional experience is sufficient.
Hardware Requirements
This course is designed so that it can be run without
computer hardware or software for students. If the instructor wants to use
the overheads provided on the course CD-ROM, the following hardware will be
required.
- A Pentium® III with 500 MHz (or better), or Macintosh®
Intel-based or PowerPC G4 (or better) processor.
- At least 512 MB of RAM.
- A monitor capable of 1024 x 768 screen resolution and 32-bit
color display.
- A projection system to display the overheads to the students.
Software Requirements
Each computer requires the following software:
- Microsoft® Office® 2003 or later.
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 Content
- Lesson 1: The Process of Auditing Information Systems
- Topic 1A: ISACA Information Systems Auditing Standards and Guidelines
- Topic 1B: Fundamental Business Processes
- Topic 1C: Develop and Implement an Information Systems Audit
Strategy
- Topic 1D: Plan an Audit
- Topic 1E: Conduct an Audit
- Topic 1F: The Evidence Life Cycle
- Topic 1G: Communicate Issues, Risks, and Audit Results
- Topic 1H: Support the Implementation of Risk Management and Control
Practices
- Lesson 2: IT Governance
and Management
- Topic 2A: Evaluate the Effectiveness of IT Governance
- Topic 2B: Evaluate the IT Organizational Structure and HR Management
- Topic 2C: Evaluate the IT Strategy and Direction
- Topic 2D: Evaluate IT Policies, Standards, and Procedures
- Topic 2E: Evaluate the Effectiveness of Quality Management Systems
- Topic 2F: Evaluate IT Management and Monitoring of Controls
- Topic 2G: IT Resource Investment, Use, and Allocation Practices
- Topic 2H: Evaluate IT Contracting Strategies and Policies
- Topic 2I: Evaluate Risk Management Practices
- Topic 2J: Performance Monitoring and Assurance Practices
- Topic 2K: Evaluate the Organization's Business Continuity Plan
- Lesson 3: Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation
- Topic 3A: Evaluate the Business Case for Change
- Topic 3B: Evaluate Project Management Frameworks and Governance
Practices
- Topic 3C: Development
Life Cycle Management
- Topic 3D: Perform Periodic Project Reviews
- Topic 3E: Evaluate Control Mechanisms for Systems
- Topic 3F: Evaluate Development and Testing Processes
- Topic 3G: Evaluate Implementation Readiness
- Topic 3H: Evaluate a System Migration
- Topic 3I: Perform a Post-Implementation System Review
- Lesson 4: Information Systems Operations, Maintenance, and Support
- Topic 4A: Perform Periodic System Reviews
- Topic 4B: Evaluate Service Level Management Practices
- Topic 4C: Evaluate Third-Party Management Practices
- Topic 4D: Evaluate Operations and End User Management Practices
- Topic 4E: Evaluate the Maintenance Process
- Topic 4F: Evaluate Data Administration Practices
- Topic 4G: Evaluate the Use of Capacity and Performance Monitoring
Methods
- Topic 4H: Evaluate Change, Configuration, and Release Management
Practices
- Topic 4I: Evaluate Problem and Incident Management Practices
- Topic 4J: Evaluate the Adequacy of Backup and Restore Provisions
- Lesson 5: Protection of Information Assets
- Topic 5A: Information Security Design
- Topic 5B: Encryption Basics
- Topic 5C: Evaluate the Functionality of the IT Infrastructure
- Topic 5D: Evaluate Network Infrastructure Security
- Topic 5E: Evaluate the Design, Implementation, and Monitoring
of Logical Access Controls
- Topic 5F: Risks
and Controls of Virtualization
- Topic 5G: Evaluate the Design, Implementation, and Monitoring
of Data Classification Process
- Topic 5H: Evaluate the Design, Implementation, and Monitoring
of Physical Access Controls
- Topic 5I: Evaluate the Design, Implementation, and Monitoring
of Environmental Controls
Appendix A: ISACA®
CISA® Certification Process
Appendix B: Mapping
Course Content to the ISACA® CISA® Certification Exam