CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor in Ouagadougou

Certified Information Systems Auditor Course Outline

Domain 1: Process of Information Systems Audit

Module 1: Planning

• Guidelines, Standards, and Ethics Codes of Information Systems Audit
• Assessments, Audits, and Review Types
• Planning Risk-Based Audit
• Considerations and Control Types

Module 2: Execution

• Execution Project Management Audit
• Execution of Sampling Methodology and Audit Testing
• Techniques of Audit Evidence Collection for Execution
• Analysing Audit Data
• Techniques of Communication and Reporting
• Audit Process Improvement and Quality Assurance

Domain 2: IT Management and Governance

Module 3: IT Governance

• Regulations, Laws, and Industry Standards
• IT Governance and Strategy, Organisational Structure
• Standards, Policies, Procedures and Practices of IT
• Enterprise Architecture and Considerations
• Risk Management of Enterprise
• Principles and Privacy Program
• Data Governance and Classification

Module 4: Managing Governance

• Information Technology (IT) Resource Management
• Information Technology (IT) Vendor Management
• Information Technology (IT) Performance Monitoring and Reporting
• Quality Assurance and Management of Information Technology

Domain 3: Development, Acquisition, and Implementation of IS

Module 5: IS Acquisition and Development

• Project Management and Governance
• Business Case and Feasibility Analysis
• Methodologies of System Development
• Identification and Design of Control

Module 6: IS Implementation

• System Readiness and Implementation Testing
• Release Management and Implementation Configuration
• System Migration, Data Conversion and Infrastructure Deployment
• Review of Post-Implementation

Domain 4: IS Operations and Business Resilience

Module 7: IS Operations

• Information Technology Components
• IT Asset Management
• Automation Process for Job Scheduling and Production
• System Interfaces
• End-User Computing and Shadow IT
• Capacity Management and Systems Availability
• Problem Management and Incident Management
• Change, Configuration, and Patch Management of Information Technology
• Log Management of Operations
• IT Service Level Management
• Database Management

Module 8: Business Resilience

• Business Impact Analysis
• System and Operational Resilience
• Data Backup, Storage, and Restoration
• Plan for Business Continuity
• Plans for Disaster Recovery

Domain 5: Information Assets Protection

Module 9: Security and Control of Information Asset

• Frameworks, Standards, and Guidelines
• Physical and Environmental Controls
• Finding and Access Management
• End-Point and Network Security
• Encryption and Data Loss Prevention
• Public Key Infrastructure
• Environments of Cloud and Virtualised
• Mobile, Wireless, and IoT Devices

Module 10: Event Management Security

• Programs and Security Awareness Training
• IS Attack Techniques and Methods
• Tools and Techniques of Security Testing and Monitoring
• Incident Response Management Security
• Forensics and Evidence Collection

Who Should Attend this CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor Course?

The CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor Course is ideal for professionals seeking to strengthen their expertise in auditing, controlling, monitoring, and assessing information systems. It is especially beneficial for individuals responsible for IT audit, governance, risk, security, and business resilience, including:

• Information Systems Auditors
• IT Auditors
• Risk Management Professionals
• IT Governance Professionals
• Information Security Managers
• Cybersecurity Professionals
• Internal Auditors
• Compliance Managers

Prerequisites of the CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor Course

There are no formal prerequisites for this CISA Training. However, delegates must possess five years of professional information systems for auditing, control, or security work experience.

Certified Information Systems Auditor Course Overview

Certified Information Systems Auditor Training helps delegates understand how to audit, control, monitor, and assess information systems. It covers audit planning, IT governance, systems development, business resilience, information asset protection, security controls, incident response, and evidence collection.

This training helps delegates build practical audit, risk, governance, and security skills. It improves their ability to assess IT controls, support incident response practices, strengthen readiness, and contribute to organisational resilience.

This 4-Day course offered by The Knowledge Academy helps delegates apply information systems audit principles in real-world situations. Delegates will learn to identify risks, evaluate controls, review security processes, and communicate audit findings confidently.

Certified Information Systems Auditor Course Objectives

• To understand how to plan and execute information systems audits effectively
• To learn risk-based audit planning, testing, evidence collection, and reporting
• To gain knowledge of IT governance, enterprise risk, and data governance practices
• To review information systems acquisition, development, implementation, and migration
• To assess IT operations, service management, continuity, and resilience controls
• To understand asset protection, security testing, incident response, and forensics

Upon completing this CISA Training, delegates will learn how to plan, execute, and report information systems audits effectively. They will assess IT governance, review system controls, evaluate operational resilience, identify security risks, and support stronger assurance outcomes across information systems environments.

What’s Included in this CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor Course?

• World-Class Training Sessions from Experienced Instructors
• Interactive Learning with 24*7 Support
• Digital Delegate Pack