ISACA CISA December 11, 2018 Graeme Messina Roles and responsibilities of information security auditor Most people break out into cold sweats at the thought of conducting an audit, and for good reason. Auditing the information systems of an organization requires...
ISACA CISA August 13, 2018 Brian Hickey CISA Domain 5 – Protection of Information Assets The focus of Domain 5 is the evaluation of controls for protecting information assets. The syllabus covers: Logical security controls Physical and environmental...
ISACA CISA August 13, 2018 Beth Osborne CISA domain 4: Information systems operations, maintenance and service management This domain aims to ensure the candidate has a sound understanding of the processes for information systems operations, service management, and disaster recovery. IS...
ISACA CISA August 13, 2018 Beth Osborne CISA domain 3: Information systems acquisition, development and implementation The purpose of this element of CISA is to make sure candidates can assure the effective operation of the processes used for IS acquisition, development, and...
ISACA CISA May 27, 2018 Brian Hickey CISA domain 1: The process of auditing information systems The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification exam focuses on five job practice areas, or domains. You can review them all here. In this article,...
ISACA CISA October 19, 2017 Tyra Appleby IT Auditor interview questions IT auditors are responsible for performing independent verifications of an organization’s security posture. These positions can have many name variations...
ISACA CISA July 2, 2011 Kenneth Magee IT auditing and controls – Database technology and controls PORTIONS OF THIS ARTICLE INCLUDING MANY OF THE DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY HAVE BEEN SOURCED AND SUMMARIZED FROM ISACA.ORG and COURSE MANUALS PUBLISHED BY ISACA. A...
ISACA CISA July 1, 2011 Kenneth Magee IT auditing and controls – Infrastructure general controls PORTIONS OF THIS ARTICLE INCLUDING MANY OF THE DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY HAVE BEEN SOURCED AND SUMMARIZED FROM ISACA.ORG and COURSE MANUALS PUBLISHED BY ISACA. Infrastructure...
ISACA CISA May 24, 2011 Kenneth Magee IT auditing and controls – Auditing organizations, frameworks and standards What is a standard? Who defines standards? Where do we as IT auditors come into contact with standards? Which framework should we use to do an IT audit...
ISACA CISA April 1, 2011 Kenneth Magee CISA Domain 5 – Protection of Information Assets Domain 5, Protection of Information Assets is the last domain in the CISA certification area and the most important. ISACA has stated that this domain represents...