Specialist IT Internal Auditor Training
IT Auditing – Using Controls to Protect Information Assets (straight to the point)
Course Description
Under the skillful guidance of ALTUM’s best instructors, participants will learn how to plan and perform complex technical audits. Over a three to six month
period, a General Controls Review, Network Audit, several Operating System Audits and a review of the Internet should be able to be completed. Participants
will also learn how to effectively report issues to management, while providing the IT administrators and technicians with a working document allowing them
to correct existing security issues. This is a 4-day hands-on training and all participants are to come along with their laptops.
Course Profile
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1. Building an Effective Internal IT Audit Function
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Understanding the IA activity
Role of the IT Audit team
Forming and maintaining the team
IT professionals
Maintaining expertise
Relationship with external auditors
2. Frameworks and Standards
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COSO
COBIT
ITIL
ISO 27001/ISO 17799/BS 7799
3. IT Risk Management Life Cycle
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Identifying information assets
Quantifying and qualifying threats
Assessing vulnerabilities
Control gap remediation
Managing on-going risk
4. The Audit Process
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Determining what to audit
The stages of the audit
Standards
5. Auditing Entity Level Controls
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Test steps
Master checklists
6. Auditing Data Centers and Disaster Recovery
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Test steps
Master checklists
7. Auditing Switches Routers and Firewalls
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Test steps
Master checklists
8. Auditing Windows Operating Systems
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Test steps
Master checklists
9. Auditing Unix and Linux Operating Systems
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Test steps
Master checklists
11. Auditing Databases
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12. Auditing Applications
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Test steps
Master checklists
13. Auditing WLAN and Mobile Devises
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Test steps
Master checklists
14. Auditing Company Projects
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Test steps
Master checklists
15. IT Audit Reporting
10. Auditing Web Servers
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Test steps
Master checklists
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From Issues to Findings
Report Format
The Final Report
Test steps
Master checklists
Target Audience: IT Auditors and non- IT Internal Auditors who desire to do IT/IS audits Venue: Sunlodge Hotel, Tesano, Accra.
Program Fee: GHC 1300 (VAT inclusive), covers 2 snacks, lunch, course handouts and sample audit tools and templates.
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