Thursday, June 5, 2008

IT Audit in Pakistan

CISA Objectives

The objective of this program is to prepare an understanding of the scope and areas to be tested in the CISA exams, and to prepare the students for the exam.

Benefits

CISA Designation always assures employers that the staff is able to apply state of the art information systems and information technology audit, security and controls practices and techniques. Many employers require that the achievement of CISA designation is a strong factor for employment and/or advancement in their careers.

Contents of the Exam

CISA exam contains those tasks that would routinely be performed by IS & IT auditors. Considering the exam contents, this program covers the following subjects:
· IS Audit Process
· IT Governance
· Systems and Infrastructure Lifecycle Management
· IT Service Delivery and Support
· Protection of Information Asset
· Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Participants Profile

This course is open for all graduates, with basic auditing experience. Basic computer knowledge would be an added advantage. The ideal candidates would be auditors, chartered accountants, CA and ACMA students, IT security managers and administrators, database & network administrators, risk managers and IT project managers.

IT Audit

We conduct an Information Technology Audit which focused on physical controls, inventory controls, environmental controls, access security and recovery planning for any Organization' Information Technology System.

The major emphasis of the audit is to look at the strength of IT infrastructure and finding out the gap to improve the standards to meet the future requirements.

Audit objectives are to ensure IT acquisitions comply with policies and standards of central control departments and information department, promote the advancement of the departmental strategic directions for information technology.