The Information Systems Auditing Process: Conducting an Audit

By Kevin Henry
As an auditor, you need to understand the techniques of auditing in order to provide audits efficiently and effectively. This course will help you gain an essential understanding of how to conduct information systems audits.
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Course info
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Sep 11, 2019
Duration
1h 43m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 1m
Creating an Audit Plan
Conducting an Audit: Part One 6m Conducting an Audit: Part Two 8m The Steps Taken When Auditing 8m
Selecting the Audit Process
Selecting the Audit Procedures: Part One 5m Selecting the Audit Procedures: Part Two 6m Substantive Testing and Sampling: Part One 7m Substantive Testing and Sampling: Part Two 9m Gathering Audit Evidence: Part One 4m Gathering Audit Evidence: Part Two 8m Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (CAATs) 5m Control Self-Assessment (CSA) 5m Continuous Auditing Techniques 6m
Reporting and Communicating the Audit Results
Reporting and Communicating the Audit Results 10m Audit Documentation 9m Audit Follow-up and Improvement 7m
Description
Course info
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Sep 11, 2019
Duration
1h 43m
Description

Auditing examines information systems in order to provide valuable information about the operations and security of information and information systems. This course, The Information Systems Auditing Process: Conducting an Audit, teaches you essential information in order to conduct information systems audits. First, you will learn about the audit planning process. Next, you will discover how to conduct audit procedures. Finally, you will explore the process of audit reporting. By the end of this course, you will understand the techniques of auditing in order to provide audit efficiently and effectively.

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Kevin Henry
About the author

Kevin Henry is a passionate mentor and educator in the fields of information security and audit. Mixing experience with knowledge, Kevin delivers effective training programs for companies and individuals worldwide. A frequent speaker at prestigious conferences, Kevin is known for a clear understandable manner of imparting practical information and explaining difficult topics.

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Section Introduction Transcripts
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Course Overview
Hello, and welcome. My name is Kevin Henry, an information systems security auditor, and educator, and author of several certification courses here in information security management and audit at Pluralsight. Welcome to this course on conducting information systems audits. I look forward to sharing knowledge and experiences with you. This course will help you gain an essential understanding of how to conduct information system audits. Auditing examines information systems in order to provide valuable information about the operations and security of information and information systems. As auditors, we need to understand the techniques of auditing in order to perform audit effectively and efficiently. This course addresses audit planning, audit procedures, and audit reporting. I hope you'll join me on this journey to learn about information systems auditing here, at Pluralsight.

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