Essentials of IT Auditing for the Non-IT Auditor

• OVERVIEW

Information Technology (IT) is a critical enabler of business. As computing power has advanced, enterprises have become increasingly dependent on technology to carry out their operational requirements and to collect, process, maintain and report essential data. This reliance on electronically encoded data and on the systems that affect managerial decisions are a major concern of audit professionals. Assuring an enterprise’s governance, including risk management and control processes, requires auditors to understand the role of IT within their organizations and to develop adequate knowledge and skills to audit IT systems as the line separating “IT,” and “non-IT” audits are beginning to disappear, except in the very technical IT domains.

• LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Information system (IS) audit concepts, risks, and concerns in the IT environment
• Globally recognized control frameworks for the audit of IT
• Basics of how to perform an IT audit
• Auditing IT Governance
• Auditing IS acquisitions, developments, and implementations
• Auditing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 
• Available IT/IS Audit tools

• WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND

This webinar will assist those without technology experience in their pursuit of designing and executing audits which assess information security components. It is specially designed to meet the basic IT audit training needs of financial and operational auditors who assess IT risks, governance, management, and controls during their audits. The objective of this training is to provide the basic knowledge for non-IT auditors to allow them to perform a basic IT audit during a financial or an operational audit.

This course will also benefit the IT-auditors by enhancing their general and application controls understanding. During this webinar, you will acquire baseline knowledge for IT general and application control concepts and skills and their importance and relationship in your business processes. You will also learn the fundamentals of issues concerning IT controls, and the scope of addressable IT risks in today’s business environment.

• WHO WILL BENEFIT?

• Financial, Operational and Information Technology auditors
• Audit management, Information Security and Risk Management professionals
• Audit Managers
• Financial Auditors
• Operational Auditors
• Business Process Auditors
• IT Professionals
• Risk Managers
• System administrators
• Directors of security
• Safety and continuity planning professionals
• Human Resource managers
• Financial officers (CFO, CAO)
• Senior management (CEO, CIO, COO, CSO)
• Chief Audit Executives
• IT/IS Directors and managers
• Accountants
• Procurement officers