CISA Workshop

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) is a certification issued by ISACA for the people in charge of ensuring that an organization’s IT and business systems are monitored, managed and protected.

Pre-Requisite:

• CISA certification requires a minimum of 5 years of professional work experience in information systems auditing, control or security. Substitutes to work experience may be applied for a maximum of 3 of the 5 required years. ISACA allows the following as qualifying substitutes.
• A maximum of 1 year of information systems experience or 1 year of non-IS auditing experience can be substituted for 1 year of experience.
• Sixty (60) to 120 completed university semester credit hours (the equivalent of a 2 or 4-year degree) not limited by the 10-year preceding restriction, can be substituted for 1 or 2 years, respectively, of experience.
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree from a university that enforces the ISACA-sponsored Model Curricula can be substituted for 1 year of experience.
• A master’s degree in information security or information technology from an accredited university can be substituted for 1 year of experience.
• Two years as a full-time university instructor in a related field (e.g., computer science, accounting, information systems auditing) can be substituted for 1 year of experience.

Outline:

• Quick Reference
• Management of the IS Audit Function
• ISACA IS Audit and Assurance Standards and Guidelines
• IS Controls
• Performing An IS Audit
• Communicating Audit Results
• Control Self-assessment
• The Evolving IS Audit Process
• Case Studies
• Answers to Case Study Questions