Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Introduction

Want to analyze the state of your company and make some effective changes? If you want to seek a career in that, then the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) is the right choice. Our Training center is providing CISA Training in GCC for interested candidates who want to have an amazing career in this field. This course is very reputed as the entire auditing is on your shoulders. To meet the dynamic needs of meeting company vulnerability management demands, this course will definitely help. You are totally responsible for the auditing of your company. This certification is given by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association. It’s a highly recognized credential for security experts. This course is specifically for consultants, audit managers, and IT auditors.

CISA course extremely enhances your career as a security expert. If you are an IT manager who has the desire to improve your marketability and quality, then this course is the right choice for you. If you are looking for a long-term career in data systems auditing, then, pursuing this course will do a lot of benefits for you without any doubt. The CISA course is suggested for Audit Managers, System Analysts, IS/IT auditors, and also CIOs and CTOs. So, join our CISA course in Dubai now and see how your career sees progress within a short span of time.

Objectives

The course objectives for our CISA Classes in the Middle East include:

• Capable of recognizing and evaluating threats and report institutional controls.
• Understand how to regulate and control company IT environments.
• Learn the testing, deployment, acquisition, and data systems.
• Gain the necessary skill needed to pass the CISA certification exam easily.
• Supervising operations, assistance, and maintenance of IS.
• Re-evaluate the data security policies, methods, and alignment with normally recognized practices.
• Create and execute a risk-based information technology audit planning in agreement with information technology audit standards.
• In-depth coverage of the six domains required to pass the CISA IT Service Delivery and Support exam:
  • Protection of Information Assets
  • IS Audit Process
  • Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• IT Governance
• Systems and Infrastructure Lifecycle Management

Prerequisites:

• Systems administration experience, familiarity with TCP/IP, and an understanding of UNIX, Linux, and Windows. This advanced course also requires intermediate-level knowledge of the security concepts covered in our Security+ Prep Course.

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

IS audit, control, assurance, and security professionals, including IT consultants, auditors, managers, security policy writers, privacy officers, information security officers, network administrators, security device administrators, and security engineers, who have five years of experience with audit, IT systems, and security of information systems.

• Security managers/architects
• Chief Compliance Officers
• Chief risk & privacy officers
• IS/IT auditors/consultants
• IT compliance managers
• Security heads/directors

Course Outline

Testing-Taking Tips and Study Techniques

• Preparation for the CISA Exam
• Submitting Required Paperwork
• Resources and Study Aids
• Passing the Exam the First Time

The Audit Process

• Risk
• Audit
• Standards and Guidelines

IT Governance

• Best Practices
• Management Practices
• Roles and Responsibilities

Lifecycle Management

• Project Management
• Business Application Development
• Information Systems Maintenance Practices

System Infrastructure Control

• Auditing Application Controls
• Application System Development
• Business Application Systems

Information Systems Hardware and Architecture

• Information Systems Operations
• Information Systems Hardware
• SDLC
• Databases

Information Systems Used for IT Delivery and Support

• OSI
• TCP/IP Model
• TCP/UDP/ICMP/IP
• Routers/Switches/Hubs
• Firewalls
• Wireless
• WAN Technologies - X.25/Frame Relay/PPP/ISDN/DSL/Cable

Protection of Logical Assets

• CIA
• Roles and Responsibilities - RACI
• Asset Management
• Taxonomy - Information Classification
• Risk Management
• Policies, Procedures, Standards, Guidelines, Baselines
• Knowledge Transfer - Awareness, Training, Education

Physical Security

• Environmental Protection Practices
• Physical Authentication
• Policies and Procedures

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

• BIA Policy
• BIA Roles and Teams
• Data Backups, Vaulting, Journaling, Shadowing
• Alternate Sites
• Emergency Response
• Required Notifications
• BIA Tests

Review and Q&A Session

Final Review and Test Prep