How to Perform an IT Audit

About this course

We are glad to bring you a course to learn how to perform IT audits. This course is ideal for:IT and information security professionals who wish to learn techniques on how to assess their IT systems and the vulnerability of their IT systems; and Auditors or others performing assessments who wish to learn more about performing IT audits. The course will give you the knowledge and tools necessary to perform IT audits, starting from how to plan them, how to perform and how to report on the results of the engagement. It will teach you about which threats to assess and which controls should be put in place. It is taught by Adrian Resag, an experienced and CISA certified IT and information security auditor who has decades of experience evaluating information security, IT and ISO 27001 in many organizations. The course covers:Performing IT AuditsPlanning EngagementsUnderstand how to properly plan engagements by determining their objectives, criteria and scope. Know how to create working papers to document an audit and learn about different ways to staff an audit. Performing EngagementsLearn how to collect engagement information and then analyze and evaluate it. Learn how to supervise engagements. Communicating Progress and ResultsLearn how to communicate engagement results and the process of acceptance of risks. Learn how to monitor progress on the implementation status of internal audit recommendations. IT Governance, Controls and FrameworksIT ManagementKnow about the management of IT and the layers model of IT management. Systems DevelopmentBe able to assess systems development methods, including the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) model and how to audit it and the waterf