CISA Training

Exam Fees=760USD

A globally recognized certification that ensures you to gain deep insight on audit experience, knowledge and skills and indicate your capability to assess vulnerabilities and follow compliance of laws stated by the government. It is a course in which you get to learn to audit Information security. The course enables you to match the standards defined by ISO 27001 that requires organizations to have internal and external audit and acquire skills that are in huge demand today. It is meant for Information technology professionals who audit, monitor, access, and control data.
Basically, the Job Practice helps in understanding the tasks performed representing work done in Information Systems Audit, Assurance and Control. These practices will also serve as the basis for Certification exam. The CISA exam contains 150 Multiple choice questions for testing new Job Practices. The Certification will contain 5 IS audit, control or security areas.

course discription

Domain 1 : The Process of Auditing Information Systems

• Develop a risk-based strategy for IT audit
• To Plan Specific Audits Conducting audits
• as per IS audit standards
• Implementing Risk management & Control Practices

• To evaluate effectiveness of IT Governance structure
• Organisational Structure, IT and HRM
• Design IT Policies, Standards and Procedures for Organization
• Check adequacy of QMS
• IT management & Monitoring controls
• IT Resource Investment
• IT Contracting strategies and Policies
• Managing IT-related risks in Organisation
• Monitoring & assurance practices
• Knowledge of SOPs for Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

• Benefits realization knowledge through Feasibility studies, business Cases, TCO (Total cost of Ownership) & ROI (Return on Investment)
• Knowledge about Project management control
• Frameworks, Practices and Controls Risk Management practices in Projects
• Requirement analysis and Management practices fluency
• Readiness for Enterprise architecture related to Data, applications and technology
• Configuration and Release Management details related to Information system
• SDLC Related Testing Methodologies and Practices

• Knowledge of Frameworks related to Service Management
• Deep understanding of Service management Practices and Service level Management
• Conduct periodic reviews of organisations objectives
• Third Party Management expertise
• Operations & End-user procedures for scheduled & non-scheduled processes
• Expertise in system resiliency tools & techniques such as Clustering & others
• Process of Information systems maintenance
• Database administration practices knowledge
• Capacity planning and related monitoring tools & techniques
• Problem and Incident management practices such as Help Desk, tracking
• Process Knowledge including Change, configuration & Release management Practices
• Knowledge of Data backup, storage, retention and restoration of provisions
• Disaster recovery plan in the event of a disaster

• Designing, Implementation and monitoring of Security controls
• Monitoring and responding to security incidents
• Logical access controls for identification, authentication and restriction of users
• Security controls related to hardware, system software and DBMS
• Risks and controls associated with virtualization of systems
• Configuration, implementation, operation & maintenance of NetworkSecurity controls
• Processes and procedures to store, retrieve, transport and dispose of information assets

CISA Certification Eligibility Criteria:

There are no prerequisites for attending the CISA training but for appearing in CISA Certification exam, you require minimum 5 years of professional Information Systems Auditing, Control or Security work experience. If you possess certain education and general IS or Audit experience to your credit, then there can be exceptions as listed below:

• Maximum 1 year of Information systems experience OR 1 year of non-IS auditing experience is eligible for 1 year experience.
• 60 to 120 completed University semester Credit hours (equivalent for 2-year or 4-year degree) not limited by the 10-year preceding restriction, can be substituted for 1 or 2 years of experience, respectively.
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from a University that enforces ISACA-sponsored curriculum can be substituted for 1 year of experience. This option is not applicable when 3 years of experience and educational waiver has already been claimed.
• A Master’s degree in Information Security or Information Technology from an accredited University can be substituted for 1 year of experience.
• 2 years as a full-time university instructor in a related field (e.g. Computer Science, Accounting, Information Systems auditing) can be substituted for 1 year of experience.
• 3 years of IS Audit, Control, Assurance or Security experience can be substituted for 1 year of Experience

Many individuals choose CISA exam prior to meeting the experience prerequisites. Although this practice is acceptable and followed very commonly but CISA certification will not be issued unless all requirements are met. The work experience for CISA certification must have been gained within 10 year period before the application date for Certification or within 5 years from the date of originally passing the Exam. Candidates will get only 5 years from the passing date to apply for certification.

Benefits of CISA Certification:

• Certifies you for expert understanding of Information Security Audit Process
• Brings along competitive advantages against other Professionals
• Better awareness on protection of Information Systems
• A Certification will confirm your commitment to Profession
• Ensures enhanced credibility and marketability that will prove a career differentiator
• You will have knowledge of Cybersecurity with ability to recognize and managing them
• Access to valuable resources, such as peer learning and Networking