How to Perform an Information Security Audit
What you need to know to perform information security audits
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What you will learn
Understand how to properly plan engagements by determining their objectives, criteria and scope.
Know how to create working papers to document an audit and learn about different ways to staff an audit.
Learn how to collect engagement information and then analyze and evaluate it. Learn how to supervise engagements.
Learn how to communicate engagement results and the process of acceptance of risks. Learn how to monitor progress on the implementation status of internal audit
Know about which threats to information security should be assessed, including threats to the integrity of data, confidentiality and the availability of data.
Be able to evaluate privacy risks, risks from smart devices, insider threats, illicit software threats and cybersecurity threats amongst others.
Be able to evaluate risks by using the Asset-Threat-Vulnerability triangle.
Know about the different types of information security controls, including IT general controls.
Be able to put in place a solid governance over information security, such as by putting in place IT management and governance controls.
Be able to implement the segregation of IT duties and IT departmentalization, an information security framework and cybersecurity governance and policies.
Be able to apply the Three Lines of Defense Model in cybersecurity.
Learn about controls such as identity access management and authentication, encryption and firewalls, data privacy and protection controls.
Know about application and access controls, technical IT infrastructure controls, external connections controls and 3rd party information security controls.
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09/11/2022
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