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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance

Thinking of gaining a globally recongized credidental in IS auditing ? Upon completing the course, you will receive a seperate email of taking the ISACA IT Audit Certificate Exam at a special discount! Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) is the professional body in the IS Auditing area for years. ISACA offers certificates like CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager), etc. which has helped individuals worldwide to advance their careers in IS auditing. --- Information systems (IS) are important assets to business organizations and are ubiquitous in our daily lives. With the latest IS technologies emerging, such as Big Data, FinTech, Virtual Banks, there are more concerns from the public on how organizations maintain systems’ integrity, such as data privacy, information security, the compliance to the government regulations. Management in organizations also need to be assured that systems work the way they expected. IS auditors play a crucial role in handling these issues. In the course “Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance”, you will explore risks of information systems, and how to mitigate the risks by proper IS Controls. You will also get familiar with the IS Audit procedures and how they are applied during the IS development throughout the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Finally, you will get to observe how we can make the system changes more manageable using formal IS Management practices, such as Change Management Controls and Emergency Changes. The conversations between the course instructor - Prof. Percy Dias, and the IS auditing practitioner will give you a concrete idea on how IS auditors perform their duties, the qualities to become IS auditors and future prospects of IS auditing industry, which is suitable for students and graduates from Information Systems, Information Technology and Computer Science, and IT practitioners who are interested to get into the IS auditing field. The course is awarded The Best Online Courses of the Year (2021 Edition) by Class Central (http://www.classcentral.com).

Status: Emerging Technologies
Status: Risk Management
BeginnerCourse9 hours

Featured reviews

HS

5.0Reviewed Jan 31, 2022

A Great way to learn different skills . Wonderful course for those who are in the field of compliance and assurance . Change management and incident identification explained so neatly

RH

5.0Reviewed Dec 28, 2020

Superb course, the instructor lecture and material is precise and concise. A worthwhile for any current and future IS auditor. Pity that I can only give 5 stars as the course deserve 10 stars rating!

AO

5.0Reviewed May 16, 2021

This was really fun to learn. I love the course and the lecturer was good at explaining things. Also, the live interview with Rachael also helped me to have a broad understanding of the course

JR

5.0Reviewed Mar 22, 2022

N​ice course! Great way to learn about IS Ausditing. The interviews were hard to watch. The professional had very interesting things to say but were constantly interrupted by the professor.

RR

4.0Reviewed Feb 13, 2020

Great learning experience.Prof. Dias has provided insights to the practical world by using various examples. Looking forward for lectures on Business Continuity Planning and DRP. Thank you

YY

5.0Reviewed Feb 10, 2023

This course really helped me gain knowledge regarding IS audits, controls and assurance. Professors explanation was good and easily understandable. Guest interview made me acquire practical knowledge.

AG

5.0Reviewed Sep 27, 2020

Professor Dias is a very good instructor who is enthusiastic about IS systems and who teaches you very valuable information on the field of IS auditing. Very good to show to employers.

SK

5.0Reviewed Jun 29, 2024

The entire process was profound. Course content was explained in a simple but elaborate and detailed way. The assignments increased understanding of the course content . Overall it was great.

S

5.0Reviewed Apr 14, 2023

really great learning forum,made me see I.T in a whole different perspective and also knowing more about what it means to be an I.T auditor if un the nearest future i find myself servibg as an I.T

AI

5.0Reviewed May 14, 2020

The course is well put together. A good refresher for me having completed a masters in information systems in 2001, now wanting to complete the CISA certification. Thanks Prof and Gloria. Kudos.

MA

5.0Reviewed Mar 14, 2021

This is my first completed course on Coursera. By far has been really insightful, though a bit more skewed to SDLC rather than IT Infrastructure which is my field. I enjoyed it. Thumbs up to Prof

JR

5.0Reviewed Aug 20, 2020

This course was very enthusiastic. It created more curiousity to continue next next videos because of the Professor who delivered clearly with more scenario examples. Fully Enjoyed!!! :)

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