The Beginner's Guide to Information System Audit

By: Hemang Doshi, Hiral Patel

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The objective of this book is to make the university students/freshers/non-IT auditor job ready in information system audit field. From the very first day, candidate will be able to support lead auditor in the execution of system audit assignments.
The purpose of this book is to expose students to concepts, strategies, and best practices in Information Systems governance, audit and control. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills to evaluate IS governance, and plan and execute audit strategies and controls, based on proven IS audit standards, frameworks, and guidelines. This book also exposes students to the underlying legal, ethical and security issues.

After completion of this course, candidate will be able to:

• Independently develop, implement and execute IS audit in accordance with IT audit framework.

• Effectively communicate emerging issues, potential risks, and audit results to key stakeholders.

• Evaluate the organization’s IT strategies, policies, standards, procedures, and practices.

• Evaluate the design, implementation and monitoring of various security controls to ensure that information assets are adequately safeguarded.

• Evaluate organization’s compliance with respect to various security and privacy related laws and regulations.

Who this is for?

This book is ideal for students, non-IT auditors and other professionals who want to start their career in the information system audit field. You are not required to have any prior experience to understand the system audit concepts discussed in this book. After completion of this book, you will be able to independently handle the system audits.