Auditing Information Technology

Course Description

This course covers the principles, the approaches and the methodology in auditing information systems to ensure the processes and the procedures are in compliance with pertinent laws and regulatory provisions especially in the context of information systems security (ISS).

Major Instructional Areas

  1. ISS compliance
  2. The standards and the frameworks in the  compliance audit of an information technology (IT) infrastructure
  3. The components and the basic planning requirements of an IT infrastructure audit for compliance
  4. The parameters for conducting and reporting on a compliance audit of an IT infrastructure
  5. ISS compliance within the User Domain, Workstation and Local Area Network (LAN) Domains, LAN-to-Wide Area Network (WAN) and WAN Domains, Remote Access Domain, and System/Application Domain
  6. Qualifications, ethics, and certification organizations for IT auditors 

Course Objectives

  1. To describe the role of ISS compliance in relation to U.S. compliance laws.
  2. To explain the use of standards and frameworks in a compliance audit of an IT infrastructure.
  3. To describe the components and basic requirements for creating an audit plan to support business and system considerations.
  4. To describe the different parameters required to conduct and report on IT infrastructure audit for organizational compliance.
  5. To describe information security systems compliance requirements within the User Domain.
  6. To describe information security systems compliance requirements within the Workstation and LAN Domains.
  7. To use an appropriate framework to implement ISS compliance within the LAN-to-WAN and WAN Domains.
  8. To describe information security systems compliance requirements within the Remote Access Domain.
  9. To describe the information security systems compliance requirements within the System/Application Domain.
  10. To describe the qualifications, ethics, and certification organizations for IT auditors.

 

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For the Student:

  • Auditing IT Infrastructures for Compliance, a fully developed textbook, available in print or as an online eTextbook through CourseSmart.com
  • Laboratory Manual to accompany Auditin IT Infrastructures for Compliance, available in print of as an expressPDF
  • Hands-on applied labs - Provides hands-on exercises, each with measurable learning outcomes.
        -- Paper-based Labs
        -- Video Demo Labs
        -- Hands-on, Scenario-based Equipment Labs
        -- Online hands-on labs using vLearning Cloud technology

For the Instructor:

  • PowerPoint Lecture Slides - customize to fit your course
  • Test Items
  • Instructor's Guide - Available for textbook and lab manual
  • Sample Course Syllabus
  • Case Scenarios/Handouts