CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor - Exam Preparation Training Course

This training is delivered as a workshop enriched with substantial theoretical knowledge. The curriculum aligns with the official CISA certification framework. Throughout the workshop, case studies will be analyzed to address specific issues in depth. Instruction is conducted in English (with Polish available upon request), utilizing the ISACA handbook as the primary resource.

Scope of CISA Exam Content:

Information System Auditing Process (21%)
Governance and Management of IT (17%)
Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation (12%)
Information Systems Operation and Business Resilience (23%)
Protection of Information Assets (27%)

Exam Duration: 4 hours
Format: Multiple-choice test
Number of Questions: 200

To claim the CISA qualification, you must fulfill the following requirements:

Successfully pass the CISA exam, achieving a score of 450 or higher.
Adhere to the ISACA Code of Professional Ethics
Commit to complying with the CISA Continuing Professional Education Policy
Acquire at least five years of professional work experience in information systems auditing, control, or security.
Comply with Information Systems Auditing Standards

If you have passed the exam and believe you meet these criteria, you may begin the certification application process via this page.
A processing fee of $50 applies to the application.

Additionally, there is an annual fee required to maintain your certification. The cost is $40 per year for ISACA members and $75 for non-members.

This course is available as onsite live training in Portugal or online live training.

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Course Outline

Objective:

The primary goal is to help you pass your CISA examination on the first attempt.

Information System Auditing Process (21%)

Deliver audit services in accordance with IT audit standards to assist the organization in protecting and controlling information systems.

1.1 Develop and implement a risk-based IT audit strategy compliant with IT audit standards to ensure key areas are covered.
1.2 Plan specific audits to determine whether information systems are protected, controlled, and provide value to the organization.
1.3 Conduct audits in accordance with IT audit standards to achieve planned audit objectives.
1.4 Report audit findings and make recommendations to key stakeholders to communicate results and effect change when necessary.
1.5 Conduct follow-ups or prepare status reports to ensure appropriate actions have been taken by management in a timely manner.

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.

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.
2.2 Evaluate IT organizational structure and human resources (personnel) management to determine whether they support the organization’s strategies and objectives.
2.3 Evaluate the IT strategy, including the IT direction, and the processes for strategy development, approval, implementation, and maintenance for alignment with the organization’s strategies and objectives.
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.
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.
2.6 Evaluate IT management and monitoring of controls (e.g., continuous monitoring, QA) for compliance with the organization’s policies, standards, and procedures.
2.7 Evaluate IT resource investment, use, and allocation practices, including prioritization criteria, for alignment with the organization’s strategies and objectives.
2.8 Evaluate IT contracting strategies and policies, and contract management practices to determine whether they support the organization’s strategies and objectives.
2.9 Evaluate risk management practices to determine whether the organization’s IT-related risks are properly managed.
2.10 Evaluate monitoring and assurance practices to determine whether the board and executive management receive sufficient and timely information about IT performance.
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.

Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation (12%)

Provide assurance that practices for the acquisition, development, testing, and implementation of information systems meet the organization’s strategies and objectives.

3.1 Evaluate the business case for proposed investments in information systems acquisition, development, maintenance, and subsequent retirement to determine whether it meets business objectives.
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.
3.3 Conduct reviews to determine whether a project is progressing in accordance with project plans, is adequately supported by documentation, and status reporting is accurate.
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.
3.5 Evaluate the readiness of information systems for implementation and migration into production to determine whether project deliverables, controls, and organization's requirements are met.
3.6 Conduct post-implementation reviews of systems to determine whether project deliverables, controls, and organization's requirements are met.

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.

4.1 Conduct periodic reviews of information systems to determine whether they continue to meet the organization’s objectives.
4.2 Evaluate service level management practices to determine whether the level of service from internal and external service providers is defined and managed.
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.
4.4 Evaluate operations and end-user procedures to determine whether scheduled and non-scheduled processes are managed to completion.
4.5 Evaluate the process of information systems maintenance to determine whether they are controlled effectively and continue to support the organization’s objectives.
4.6 Evaluate data administration practices to determine the integrity and optimization of databases.
4.7 Evaluate the use of capacity and performance monitoring tools and techniques to determine whether IT services meet the organization’s objectives.
4.8 Evaluate problem and incident management practices to determine whether incidents, problems, or errors are recorded, analyzed, and resolved in a timely manner.
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.
4.10 Evaluate the adequacy of backup and restore provisions to determine the availability of information required to resume processing.
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.

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.

5.1 Evaluate the information security policies, standards, and procedures for completeness and alignment with generally accepted practices.
5.2 Evaluate the design, implementation, and monitoring of system and logical security controls to verify the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.
5.3 Evaluate the design, implementation, and monitoring of the data classification processes and procedures for alignment with the organization’s policies, standards, procedures, and applicable external requirements.
5.4 Evaluate the design, implementation, and monitoring of physical access and environmental controls to determine whether information assets are adequately safeguarded.
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.

Requirements

Five years of professional experience in IT auditing or security.
Foundational knowledge in IT operations, business support via information technology, and internal controls.

The required work experience may be reduced to four years for candidates holding a bachelor’s degree, or to three years for those with a master’s degree.

You are permitted to sit for the exam even if you have not yet fulfilled the work experience requirements. However, these requirements must be met within five years of the exam date. Failure to do so will result in the invalidation of your exam passing score.

Target Audience

Auditors
IT system auditors
IT infrastructure managers,
risk management or business continuity managers,
professionals responsible for all aspects of IT management

28 Hours

Custom Corporate Training

Training solutions designed exclusively for businesses.

Customized Content: We adapt the syllabus and practical exercises to the real goals and needs of your project.
Flexible Schedule: Dates and times adapted to your team's agenda.
Format: Online (live), In-company (at your offices), or Hybrid.

Investment

Price per private group, online live training, starting from 5200 € + VAT*

(*The final price may vary depending on the technical specialization of the course, the level of customization, the method of delivery and the number of learners)