From the course: CISA Cert Prep: 1 Auditing Information Systems for IS Auditors

Welcome

- [Mike] So why do we need to audit anything? Well, because complex things are made by people and people make mistakes. Hi, I'm Mike Lester of Human Element LLC and I'm an instructor for information systems auditing. In this course, we'll start out by looking at concepts of the IS audit function in organizations and agencies. Then we'll move on to IS controls and how they're developed because let's face it, auditing is really all about testing some control somewhere. We'll dig into how IS audits are planned and how they're carried out. Later we'll look at IS audit reporting and how to communicate the results of an audit to someone, we'll cover control self assessments and how auditing can be performed without dedicated auditors and finally we'll take a look at the hot new area of continuous auditing where once more, we find a way to cut those sneaky auditors out of the loop. So if you're ready for a rock 'n roll explosion of excitement, let's get to information systems auditing.

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