CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor - Exam Preparation Training Course

This training is delivered as an interactive workshop enriched with in-depth theoretical knowledge. The curriculum aligns with the official CISA certification framework. Throughout the sessions, we will analyze case studies to address specific challenges. Instruction is conducted in English (with Polish available upon request), utilizing the ISACA English-language handbook as the primary resource.

CISA Exam Content Domains:

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 qualify for the CISA certification, candidates must satisfy the following requirements:

Successfully pass the CISA exam. A score of 450 or higher is required to pass.
Adhere to the ISACA Code of Professional Ethics
Commit to the CISA Continuing Professional Education Policy
Acquire a minimum of 5 years of professional 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 your certification application via this certification page.
A processing fee of $50 applies to this application.

Additionally, an annual fee is required to maintain your certification after it has been awarded. The fee is $40 per year for ISACA members and $75 for non-members.

This course is available as onsite live training in United Arab Emirates or online live training.

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Course Outline

Objective:

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

Information System Auditing Process (21%)

Deliver audit services in compliance with IT audit standards to help the organization protect and control its information systems.

1.1 Develop and implement a risk-based IT audit strategy aligned with IT audit standards to ensure coverage of key areas.
1.2 Plan specific audits to verify that information systems are protected, controlled, and provide value to the organization.
1.3 Execute audits in accordance with IT audit standards to achieve planned audit objectives.
1.4 Report audit findings and provide recommendations to key stakeholders to communicate results and drive necessary changes.
1.5 Conduct follow-ups or prepare status reports to ensure management has taken appropriate actions in a timely manner.

Governance and Management of IT (17%)

Provide assurance that the necessary leadership, organizational structure, and processes are established to achieve objectives and support the organization's strategy.

2.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of the IT governance structure to determine if IT decisions, directions, and performance support the organization’s strategies and objectives.
2.2 Assess the IT organizational structure and human resources management to determine if they support the organization’s strategies and objectives.
2.3 Review the IT strategy, including direction, and the processes for its development, approval, implementation, and maintenance to ensure alignment with organizational strategies and objectives.
2.4 Evaluate the organization’s IT policies, standards, and procedures, along with the processes for their development, approval, implementation, maintenance, and monitoring, to ensure they support the IT strategy and comply with regulatory and legal requirements.
2.5 Assess the adequacy of the quality management system to determine if it supports the organization’s strategies and objectives cost-effectively.
2.6 Evaluate IT management and control monitoring practices (e.g., continuous monitoring, QA) for compliance with the organization’s policies, standards, and procedures.
2.7 Assess IT resource investment, usage, and allocation practices, including prioritization criteria, for alignment with the organization’s strategies and objectives.
2.8 Evaluate IT contracting strategies, policies, and contract management practices to determine if they support the organization’s strategies and objectives.
2.9 Assess risk management practices to determine if the organization’s IT-related risks are properly managed.
2.10 Evaluate monitoring and assurance practices to ensure the board and executive management receive sufficient and timely information about IT performance.
2.11 Review the organization’s business continuity plan to assess its ability to maintain essential business operations during an IT disruption.

Information Systems Acquisition, Development and Implementation (12%)

Provide assurance that practices for acquiring, developing, testing, and implementing information systems meet the organization’s strategies and objectives.

3.1 Assess the business case for proposed investments in information systems acquisition, development, maintenance, and retirement to determine alignment with business objectives.
3.2 Evaluate project management practices and controls to ensure business requirements are met cost-effectively while managing organizational risks.
3.3 Conduct reviews to determine if projects are progressing according to plans, adequately documented, and supported by accurate status reporting.
3.4 Evaluate controls for information systems during requirements, acquisition, development, and testing phases to ensure compliance with organizational policies, standards, procedures, and applicable external requirements.
3.5 Assess the readiness of information systems for implementation and migration into production to verify that project deliverables, controls, and organizational requirements are met.
3.6 Conduct post-implementation reviews to determine if project deliverables, controls, and organizational requirements are met.

Information Systems Operation and Business Resilience (23%)

Provide assurance that processes for information systems operations, maintenance, and support meet the organization’s strategies and objectives.

4.1 Conduct periodic reviews of information systems to ensure they continue to meet organizational objectives.
4.2 Evaluate service level management practices to determine if the level of service from internal and external providers is defined and managed.
4.3 Assess third-party management practices to determine if providers adhere to the control levels expected by the organization.
4.4 Evaluate operations and end-user procedures to ensure scheduled and unscheduled processes are managed to completion.
4.5 Review the information systems maintenance process to ensure effective control and continued support of organizational objectives.
4.6 Evaluate data administration practices to determine database integrity and optimization.
4.7 Assess the use of capacity and performance monitoring tools and techniques to ensure IT services meet organizational objectives.
4.8 Evaluate problem and incident management practices to ensure incidents, problems, or errors are recorded, analyzed, and resolved timely.
4.9 Assess change, configuration, and release management practices to ensure scheduled and unscheduled changes to the 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 Assess the organization’s disaster recovery plan to determine if 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 information security policies, standards, and procedures for completeness and alignment with generally accepted practices.
5.2 Assess 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 data classification processes and procedures to ensure alignment with organizational policies, standards, procedures, and applicable external requirements.
5.4 Assess the design, implementation, and monitoring of physical access and environmental controls to determine if 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 if information assets are adequately safeguarded.

Requirements

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

The work experience requirement may be reduced to 4 years for candidates holding a bachelor's degree, or to 3 years for those with a master's degree.

Candidates are permitted to sit for the exam even if they have not yet met the work experience requirement. However, this experience must be obtained within 5 years of taking the exam. Failure to fulfill this requirement within the 5-year window will result in the cancellation of your exam pass.

Target Audience

General auditors
IT system auditors
IT infrastructure managers,
Risk management or business continuity managers,
Professionals responsible for comprehensive IT management