The Complete Information Systems Auditing Masterclass

Name: The Complete Information Systems Auditing Masterclass
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Mastering Information Systems Control: A Comprehensive Guide to IT Governance and Infrastructure Security

Created byEssa Khan

Last updated 5/2026

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What you'll learn

They will learn how to draft an audit charter, plan an audit phase, and apply mathematical risk assessment methodologies.
Master the forensic skills needed to collect digital evidence, apply sampling techniques, and communicate their findings to senior management with authority.
They will learn how to evaluate Enterprise Architecture and IT Governance frameworks to ensure technology is actually serving the business.
Understand how to enforce the segregation of duties, manage IT resource portfolios, & strictly evaluate the risks associated with third-party service providers.
They will learn to audit both Traditional (SDLC) and Agile development environments.
Students will master how to evaluate business cases, oversee rigorous system testing stages, and manage safe system migrations and post-implementation reviews.
They will learn to audit IT asset management, database quality controls, and the frameworks used for incident and problem management.
Learn the critical science of building and evaluating a Business Impact Analysis & Disaster Recovery Plan, ensuring a company can survive a catastrophic event.
Students will decode Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) and understand how to evaluate logical access and authentication controls.
Learn the mechanics of network infrastructure defense, Public Key Infrastructure, & modern encryption standards to protect against sophisticated cyber threats.

Course content

5 sections • 24 lectures • 2h 57m total length

Fundamental Concepts of Information Systems Auditing7:56
The IS Audit Charter and Audit Planning Phases7:54
Risk Assessment Methodologies in IS Auditing8:07
Audit Execution: Evidence Collection and Sampling Techniques8:06
Explains how auditors gather high-quality evidence through interviews, observation, and documentation review, and how data analytics and sampling (statistical and non-statistical) ensure sufficiency and reliability.
Audit Reporting, Communication, and Follow-Up Procedures7:41
Learn to maintain continuous audit communication, conduct exit interviews, and craft an executive summary report detailing findings, root causes, business impact, and management responses. Use follow-up tracking to ensure remediation.

IT Governance Frameworks and Enterprise Architecture8:19
Align technology with business objectives through governance, using COBIT as the gold standard and TOGAF for enterprise architecture to ensure value, risk mitigation, and standardized, auditable controls.
IT Organizational Structure and Segregation of Duties8:30
Assess the IT organizational structure led by the CIO and governed by an IT steering committee, and emphasize the segregation of duties and compensating controls.
IT Policies, Standards, Procedures, and Guidelines7:59
Understand the hierarchy from formal IT policy through standards, procedures, and guidelines, and see how auditors verify approval, communication, and daily compliance across the enterprise.
IT Resource Management and Portfolio Management8:25
Master information technology resource management by balancing hardware, software, and skilled personnel with capacity planning and budget oversight. Apply information technology portfolio management to prioritize high-value projects with auditor verification.
Evaluating Third-Party Service Provider Risk and Compliance8:23

Business Case Development and Feasibility Analysis8:41
Traditional System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Phases8:17
explore the traditional system development lifecycle, often called the waterfall model, from requirements definition to maintenance, highlighting secure design, rigorous testing, deployment options, and auditing implications for strong controls.
Agile Methodologies and Alternative Development Practices8:15
Information Systems Testing Stages and Methodologies8:40
Explore the software testing lifecycle from unit testing to uat, including load and security testing. Learn how auditors evaluate testing plans and regression practices to ensure secure, reliable software.
Post-Implementation Review and System Migration Controls6:10

IT Asset Management and Configuration Management Processes6:02
Master it asset management by tracking hardware and software across the lifecycle, ensuring visibility and compliant licensing. Leverage configuration management and the CMDB to map dependencies and prevent unauthorized devices.
Incident Management and Problem Management Frameworks5:29
Database Management Systems and Data Quality Controls6:01
Explore the database management system architecture, relational model, and data quality controls, including ACID properties, input validation, referential integrity, and role-based access controls, plus backup strategies for reliable enterprise data.
Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Resilience Planning5:25
Perform a business impact analysis to identify critical functions and quantify downtime costs, then set recovery time objective and recovery point objective to guide resilient planning and audits.
Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) and Backup Strategies6:27

Fundamentals of Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)5:58
Logical Access Controls and Authentication Mechanisms5:52
Network Security Principles and Infrastructure Defense7:17
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Encryption Standards7:35
Examine the public key infrastructure, asymmetric encryption, and digital certificates, including certificate authority, registration authority, certificate revocation list, online certificate status protocol, aes, hashing, and key management with hardware modules.

Requirements

Willingness to learn.

Description

This course includes the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations face unprecedented technological risks, regulatory pressures, and cyber threats. This comprehensive course is meticulously designed to transform you into a strategic Information Systems (IS) Auditor capable of navigating, evaluating, and protecting complex enterprise environments. Moving far beyond basic compliance checklists, this program equips you with the forensic mindset and executive-level insight required to bridge the gap between technical operations and overarching business strategy. You will begin your journey by mastering the foundational elements of the IS auditing process, learning how to draft an authoritative audit charter, execute mathematically precise risk assessments, and collect irrefutable evidence. Through practical exploration of sampling techniques and impactful reporting procedures, you will develop the communication skills necessary to influence senior leadership and drive meaningful organizational change.

As you progress, the curriculum expands to the macro level of enterprise governance and IT management. You will explore how multi-billion-dollar global organizations structure their technological investments using industry-standard IT governance frameworks and enterprise architecture. By analyzing the critical necessity of segregation of duties, comprehensive IT policies, and strategic portfolio management, you will learn how to evaluate the fundamental heartbeat of a business. Furthermore, you will tackle the increasingly vital challenge of third-party service provider risk, ensuring that external vendors do not become hidden vulnerabilities within your corporate ecosystem. This holistic understanding of governance empowers you to evaluate whether an organization’s technology actively supports its operational goals or silently drains its resources.

Innovation and growth require constant technological evolution, which is why a significant portion of this course is dedicated to system acquisition, development, and implementation. You will step into the rigorous world of software and infrastructure deployment, learning to evaluate everything from the initial business case feasibility to the final post-implementation review. Whether an organization utilizes the highly structured Traditional System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) or fast-paced Agile methodologies, you will master the auditing controls required to ensure quality and security. You will dive deep into testing stages, system migration controls, and data conversion accuracy, ensuring that newly deployed systems operate flawlessly without introducing catastrophic technical debt or operational friction.

Even the most well-designed systems face daily friction and unexpected disasters, making operational resilience a critical focus of your training. You will learn to audit the day-to-day mechanics of IT operations, including robust asset management, configuration management, and database quality controls. More importantly, you will master the life-saving strategic frameworks of incident and problem management. When theoretical risks become terrifying realities, you will be prepared. The course will guide you through the intricate process of auditing a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and evaluating Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) strategies, ensuring the enterprise has mathematical, proven methodologies to recover from devastating hardware failures, natural disasters, or critical system crashes.

Finally, the course culminates in the ultimate defense of the modern enterprise: the protection of information assets. You will decode the complex architecture of Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) and learn how to evaluate the practical implementation of logical access controls and authentication mechanisms. By exploring advanced network security principles, infrastructure defense strategies, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and modern encryption standards, you will understand how to secure an organization against sophisticated external adversaries and internal threats. By the end of this journey, you will not merely be an auditor who identifies problems; you will be an architect of digital trust, armed with the knowledge and authority to protect the future of the global digital enterprise.

Who this course is for:

Professionals looking to enter the technology auditing field who want to bypass basic, entry-level checklists and immediately build an executive-level foundation in risk assessment and forensic evidence collection.
Experienced auditors who want to elevate their careers, transitioning from tactical compliance checkers into highly respected, strategic architects of digital trust and enterprise security.
Compliance professionals who need to deeply understand the actual technical mechanics and enterprise architecture frameworks that keep a global corporation legally and structurally secure.
Defensive security experts who build firewalls and access controls, but now need to master how to formally evaluate, document, and prove the effectiveness of those defenses during rigorous external audits.
Leaders overseeing massive software development lifecycles (both Traditional and Agile) who must ensure that strict security controls and testing methodologies are embedded seamlessly into the innovation process.
Professionals responsible for managing physical hardware, database quality, and daily incident response who want to ensure their daily operations run flawlessly and can withstand intensive independent evaluations.
Strategic planners who need proven, mathematical methodologies to build a Business Impact Analysis and ensure total corporate survival during catastrophic physical or digital disaster events.
Traditional financial professionals who recognize that all modern money is digital, and who want to transition into the highly lucrative technology sector to evaluate digital financial controls and data integrity.
Senior executives who require a master-level, holistic understanding of systemic enterprise risk, portfolio management, and third-party vendor vulnerabilities to protect their entire organization from the top down.
Independent professionals and agency consultants who are hired to analyze, evaluate, and rescue complex technology governance and security frameworks for multi-billion-dollar corporate enterprises.

The Complete Information Systems Auditing Masterclass

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Course content

The Information Systems Auditing Process5 lectures • 40min

Governance and Management of IT5 lectures • 42min

Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation5 lectures • 40min

Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience5 lectures • 29min

Protection of Information Assets4 lectures • 27min

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