CISA Cert Prep: 1 Auditing Information Systems for IS Auditors

Demonstrate your ability to audit, control, and monitor information systems by earning a CISA certification. This course helps to prepare you for the Process of Auditing Information Systems portion of the exam.

Released: 9/1/2017

Earning a CISA certification validates your ability to audit, control, and monitor information systems. The CISA Cert Prep series prepares you to tackle this exam by going into each of the topics it covers, helping you acquire the skills you need to confidently manage IT security audits. In this course'the first in the series'take a deep dive into the concepts covered in the Process of Auditing Information Systems domain. Learn how to organize and plan an audit, put controls in place, and use a repeatable audit process to ensure that your results are meaningful and your audit is complete. Plus, learn about communicating results with an audit outbrief, embedding the audit function into operations, and how continuous auditing can help you identify and fix problems more effectively. Note: This series was created by Human Element, Michael Lester, Jordan Genung, and Steve Bennett.

Topics include:

Managing an IS audit

Regulatory drivers

IS controls

Performing an IS audit

Communicating audit results

Self-assessments

Evolving the audit process

Continuous auditing

Introduction

Welcome 53s

What you should know 1m 48s

1. IS Audit Management

Keeping the audit organized 5m 22s

Planning an audit 8m 38s

Regulatory drivers 5m 41s

2. IS Internal Controls

Risk analysis 3m 9s

Internal objectives and controls 4m 59s

Best practice frameworks 11m 22s

3. Performing an IS Audit

The need for an audit process 9m 24s

IS audit process 6m 27s

IS audit results 1m 54s

IS audit considerations 4m 12s

4. Communicating Audit Results

Audit reporting 4m 57s

Audit report and documentation 5m 9s

Closing findings 2m 27s

5. Control Self-Assessments

Control self-assessments 6m 26s

6. Continuous Auditing

Continuous auditing 6m 28s

Conclusion

Next steps 33s