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IA Professional Series - M11 - IT Audit Essentials (PowerPoint PPTX Slide Deck)
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BENEFITS OF THIS POWERPOINT DOCUMENT
- Provides comprehensive IT general controls testing procedures covering access management, change management, and IT operations with step-by-step methodologies and ready-to-use checklists for systematic technology risk assessment.
- Delivers practical cybersecurity risk assessment frameworks including vulnerability assessment procedures, security configuration checklists, penetration testing guidance, and incident response testing enabling effective security posture evaluation.
- Equips professionals with application control testing procedures and data privacy compliance checklists covering GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and PCI DSS requirements ensuring comprehensive coverage of technology and information protection risks.
AUDIT MANAGEMENT PPT DESCRIPTION
The Internal Audit Professional Series is a comprehensive 18-module training program designed to transform internal audit professionals from foundational competence to strategic excellence. Developed and published by Business Excellence, a leading advisory and consultancy firm specializing in internal audit, risk management, corporate governance, and business strategy, this series delivers practical, actionable knowledge aligned with the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS 2024).
Module 11: IT Audit Essentials provides practical technology risk assessment methodologies for internal auditors. This module equips professionals with comprehensive frameworks for conducting IT general control reviews, cybersecurity assessments, and application control testing across technology environments.
This module covers 7 comprehensive sections:
1. IT Control Environment Assessment – Evaluating IT governance structures through systematic checklists covering IT strategy alignment, organizational structure, policies and standards, risk management, and performance monitoring. Includes IT organizational structure review guides and policy inventory templates.
2. Access Control Testing Procedures – Systematic access testing through user access review methodology with six-step approach, privileged access testing procedures for administrator, service, emergency, and vendor accounts, segregation of duties matrices, and access provisioning/deprovisioning testing protocols.
3. Change Management Audit Program – Controlling changes to systems through comprehensive change control testing procedures, emergency change evaluation frameworks, change approval and implementation testing covering authorization matrices, segregation of duties, environment controls, and rollback procedures.
4. IT Operations Control Testing – Keeping systems running through backup and recovery testing procedures, job scheduling review methodology, and incident management assessment covering classification, response procedures, escalation protocols, resolution tracking, root cause analysis, and trend monitoring.
5. Application Control Assessment – Evaluating controls within applications through input control testing procedures, processing control verification, and output control and interface testing covering report distribution, reconciliation controls, interface balancing, and error handling.
6. Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Framework – Assessing security posture through vulnerability assessment procedures, security configuration review checklists for network, endpoint, email, database, and application security, penetration testing processes, and security incident response testing methodologies.
7. Data Privacy and Protection Controls – Protecting information assets through data classification assessment frameworks, privacy compliance assessment checklists for GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, and PCI DSS, data loss prevention testing procedures, data retention and disposal testing, and third-party data sharing assessments.
This module includes ready-to-use tools such as IT governance evaluation checklists, user access review templates, privileged access testing procedures, segregation of duties matrices, change control testing checklists, backup and recovery assessment frameworks, application control testing procedures, security configuration checklists, vulnerability assessment procedures, and data privacy compliance checklists.
The Internal Audit Professional Series progresses through four levels: Foundation (Modules 1-5), Core Processes (Modules 6-10), Specialized Practice (Modules 11-14), and Advanced Application (Modules 15-18). Save significantly by purchasing the complete 18-module bundle.
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