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Certification
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
ISACA
Median earnings
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Cost
$50
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Completion
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Certified Information Systems Auditor® (CISA®), world-renowned as the standard of achievement for auditing, monitoring, and assessing IT and business systems, also acknowledges the importance of emerging technologies. Achieving a CISA certification showcases your expertise and asserts your ability to apply a risk-based approach to audit engagements.
Plan an audit to determine whether information systems are protected, controlled, and provide value to the organizationConduct audits in accordance with IS audit standards and a risk based IS audit strategyApply project management methodologies to the audit processCommunicate and collect feedback on audit progress, findings, results, and recommendations with stakeholdersConduct post-audit follow up to evaluate whether identified risk has been sufficiently addressedUtilize data analytics tools to enhance audit processesEvaluate the role and/or impact of automatization and/or decision-making systems for an organizationEvaluate audit processes as part of quality assurance and improvement programsEvaluate the IT strategy for alignment with the organization's strategies and objectivesEvaluate the effectiveness of IT governance structure and IT organizational structureEvaluate the organization's management of IT policies and practices, including compliance with legal and regulatory requirementsEvaluate IT resource and project management for alignment with the organization's strategies and objectivesEvaluate the organization's enterprise risk management (ERM) programDetermine whether the organization has defined ownership of IT risk, controls, and standardsEvaluate the monitoring and reporting of IT key performance indicators (KPIs) and IT key risk indicators (KRIs)Evaluate the organization's ability to continue business operationsEvaluate the organization's storage, backup, and restoration policies and processesEvaluate whether the business cases related to information systems meet business objectivesEvaluate whether IT vendor selection and contract management processes meet business, legal, and regulatory requirementsEvaluate supply chains for IT risk factors and integrity issuesEvaluate controls at all stages of the information systems development life cycleEvaluate the readiness of information systems for implementation and migration into productionConduct post-implementation reviews of systems to determine whether project deliverables, controls, and requirements are metEvaluate whether effective processes are in place to support end usersEvaluate whether IT service management practices align with organizational requirementsConduct periodic review of information systems and enterprise architecture (EA) to determine alignment with organizational objectivesEvaluate whether IT operations and maintenance practices support the organization's objectivesEvaluate the organization's database management practicesEvaluate the organization's data governance programEvaluate the organization's privacy program