DESCRIPTION AND BENEFITS

On this highly practical four-day workshop you will learn:

• about computer related business risks and how to use a risk based approach in your computer auditing
• how to audit the management, control and security of your computer sites
• how to monitor development projects and make a valuable contribution when designing new systems and introducing packages
• how to audit live application systems

In just four days you'll learn everything you need to know to conduct really effective audits of your organisation's computer environments. You learn by doing - you'll work through a series of highly realistic linked practical assignments, group exercises and discussion sessions to put into practice the skills you are taught.

Your workshop manual identifies all the key risks for you, and the 250 point Audit Workpacks show you exactly what questions to ask, tests to perform and things to do when out on audit.

In this new workshop Bill Attwell FCA, FIIA, PIIA brings you the experiences of over thirty years as a practitioner in computer audit and security. Highly regarded for developing and presenting the UK's premier computer audit workshops, Bill's unique style and qualities have made him the best-known tutor in his field.

This workshop is suitable for both IT professionals and those with an accounting or audit background.

WHAT WILL BE COVERED

Introduction
•understanding computer related risks
•a planned and structured approach to computer auditing

Auditing IT management
•strategic and management risks
• security policies

Auditing site security
•operational risks
•system access risks
•system change risks
•physical and environmental risks
•networking risks
•disaster recovery and contingency risks

Auditing system development projects
• auditing project management risks and controls
• where, when and how to become involved in the system development life cycle
•••• prototyping and RAD techniques
•••• auditing packages, package acquisitions and contracts
• auditing with high impact and minimum effort

Auditing computerised business systems
•auditing live application systems
•identifying risks
•evaluating and testing system controls

Audit tools, software and testing techniques
•what's available - the latest tools, techniques and suppliers

This programme is compatible with both ISACA and IIA professional examinations.

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