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Certificate
Course Outline
Goal:
The ultimate goal is to successfully pass the CISA examination on the first attempt.
Information System Auditing Process (21%)
Provide audit services in accordance with IT audit standards to assist organizations in protecting and controlling information systems for government operations.
- 1.1 Develop and implement a risk-based IT audit strategy in compliance with IT audit standards to ensure that critical areas are included for government use.
- 1.2 Plan specific audits to determine whether information systems are protected, controlled, and provide value to the organization for government operations.
- 1.3 Conduct audits in accordance with IT audit standards to achieve planned audit objectives for government purposes.
- 1.4 Report audit findings and make recommendations to key stakeholders to communicate results and effect necessary changes for government accountability.
- 1.5 Conduct follow-ups or prepare status reports to ensure that appropriate actions have been taken by management in a timely manner for government oversight.
Governance and Management of IT (17%)
Provide assurance that the necessary leadership, organizational structure, and processes are in place to achieve objectives and support the organization's strategy for government operations.
- 2.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of the IT governance structure to determine whether IT decisions, directions, and performance support the organization’s strategies and objectives for government purposes.
- 2.2 Evaluate the IT organizational structure and human resources (personnel) management to determine whether they support the organization’s strategies and objectives for government operations.
- 2.3 Evaluate the IT strategy, including the IT direction, and the processes for its development, approval, implementation, and maintenance to ensure alignment with the organization’s strategies and objectives for government use.
- 2.4 Evaluate the organization’s IT policies, standards, and procedures, and the processes for their development, approval, implementation, maintenance, and monitoring to determine whether they support the IT strategy and comply with regulatory and legal requirements for government compliance.
- 2.5 Evaluate the adequacy of the quality management system to determine whether it supports the organization’s strategies and objectives in a cost-effective manner for government efficiency.
- 2.6 Evaluate IT management and monitoring of controls (e.g., continuous monitoring, QA) for compliance with the organization’s policies, standards, and procedures for government oversight.
- 2.7 Evaluate IT resource investment, use, and allocation practices, including prioritization criteria, for alignment with the organization’s strategies and objectives for government operations.
- 2.8 Evaluate IT contracting strategies and policies, and contract management practices to determine whether they support the organization’s strategies and objectives for government procurement.
- 2.9 Evaluate risk management practices to determine whether the organization’s IT-related risks are properly managed for government security.
- 2.10 Evaluate monitoring and assurance practices to determine whether the board and executive management receive sufficient and timely information about IT performance for government oversight.
- 2.11 Evaluate the organization’s business continuity plan to determine the organization’s ability to continue essential business operations during the period of an IT disruption for government resilience.
Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation (12%)
Provide assurance that the practices for the acquisition, development, testing, and implementation of information systems meet the organization’s strategies and objectives for government operations.
- 3.1 Evaluate the business case for proposed investments in information systems acquisition, development, maintenance, and subsequent retirement to determine whether they meet business objectives for government purposes.
- 3.2 Evaluate project management practices and controls to determine whether business requirements are achieved in a cost-effective manner while managing risks to the organization for government efficiency.
- 3.3 Conduct reviews to determine whether a project is progressing according to project plans, is adequately supported by documentation, and status reporting is accurate for government accountability.
- 3.4 Evaluate controls for information systems during the requirements, acquisition, development, and testing phases for compliance with the organization's policies, standards, procedures, and applicable external requirements for government compliance.
- 3.5 Evaluate the readiness of information systems for implementation and migration into production to determine whether project deliverables, controls, and organizational requirements are met for government operations.
- 3.6 Conduct post-implementation reviews of systems to determine whether project deliverables, controls, and organizational requirements are met for government oversight.
Information Systems Operation and Business Resilience (23%)
Provide assurance that the processes for information systems operations, maintenance, and support meet the organization’s strategies and objectives for government resilience.
- 4.1 Conduct periodic reviews of information systems to determine whether they continue to meet the organization’s objectives for government operations.
- 4.2 Evaluate service level management practices to determine whether the level of service from internal and external service providers is defined and managed for government efficiency.
- 4.3 Evaluate third-party management practices to determine whether the levels of controls expected by the organization are being adhered to by the provider for government oversight.
- 4.4 Evaluate operations and end-user procedures to determine whether scheduled and non-scheduled processes are managed to completion for government accountability.
- 4.5 Evaluate the process of information systems maintenance to determine whether they are controlled effectively and continue to support the organization’s objectives for government operations.
- 4.6 Evaluate data administration practices to determine the integrity and optimization of databases for government data management.
- 4.7 Evaluate the use of capacity and performance monitoring tools and techniques to determine whether IT services meet the organization’s objectives for government efficiency.
- 4.8 Evaluate problem and incident management practices to determine whether incidents, problems, or errors are recorded, analyzed, and resolved in a timely manner for government response.
- 4.9 Evaluate change, configuration, and release management practices to determine whether scheduled and non-scheduled changes made to the organization’s production environment are adequately controlled and documented for government oversight.
- 4.10 Evaluate the adequacy of backup and restore provisions to determine the availability of information required to resume processing for government continuity.
- 4.11 Evaluate the organization’s disaster recovery plan to determine whether it enables the recovery of IT processing capabilities in the event of a disaster for government resilience.
Protection of Information Assets (27%)
Provide assurance that the organization’s security policies, standards, procedures, and controls ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets for government operations.
- 5.1 Evaluate the information security policies, standards, and procedures for completeness and alignment with generally accepted practices for government compliance.
- 5.2 Evaluate the design, implementation, and monitoring of system and logical security controls to verify the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information for government security.
- 5.3 Evaluate the design, implementation, and monitoring of data classification processes and procedures for alignment with the organization’s policies, standards, procedures, and applicable external requirements for government data management.
- 5.4 Evaluate the design, implementation, and monitoring of physical access and environmental controls to determine whether information assets are adequately safeguarded for government security.
- 5.5 Evaluate the processes and procedures used to store, retrieve, transport, and dispose of information assets (e.g., backup media, offsite storage, hard copy/print data, and softcopy media) to determine whether information assets are adequately safeguarded for government operations.
Requirements
- Five years of professional experience in IT auditing or security.
- Basic knowledge in the areas of information technology operations, business support through information technology, and internal control.
The required work experience can be reduced to four years if the candidate holds a bachelor's degree, or to three years if they hold a master's degree.
Candidates may take the exam without meeting the full work experience requirements. However, all conditions must be fulfilled within five years from the date of the exam. If these conditions are not met within this timeframe, the passing score will become invalid.
Audience for Government
- auditors
- IT system auditors
- IT infrastructure managers
- risk management or business continuity managers
- individuals responsible for all aspects of IT management
28 Hours
Testimonials (2)
Questions, that helps me a lot to understand the characteristics of CRISC examination.
Masakazu Yoshijima - Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.
Course - CRISC - Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
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