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
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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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...
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...
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...