ISACA Training in Waterloo

Description:

CISA® is the world-renowned and most popular certification for professionals working in the field of IS audit and IT risk consulting.

Our CISA course is an intense, very competitive and exam focused training course. With experience of delivering more than 150+ CISA trainings in Europe and around the world and training more than 1200+ CISA delegates, the Net Security CISA training material has been developed in house with the top priority of ensuring CISA delegates pass the ISACA CISA® Exam. The training methodology focuses on understanding the CISA IS auditing concepts and practicing large number of ISACA released question banks from the last three years. Over a period, CISA holders have been in huge demand with renowned accountings firms, global banks, advisory, assurance, and internal audit departments.

Delegates may have years of experience in IT auditing but perspective towards solving CISA questionnaires will solely depend on their understanding to globally accepted IT assurance practices. CISA exam is very challenging because the chance of a very tight clash between two possible answers exists and that is where ISACA tests you on your understanding in global IT auditing practices. To address these exam challenges, we always provide the best trainers who have extensive experience in delivering CISA training around the world.

The Net Security CISA manual covers all exam-relevant concepts, case studies, Q&A's across CISA five domains. Further, the Trainer shares the key CISA supporting material like relevant CISA notes, question banks, CISA glossary, videos, revision documents, exam tips, and CISA mind maps during the course.

Goal:

The ultimate goal is to pass your CISA examination first time.

Objectives:

• Use the knowledge gained in a practical manner beneficial to your organisation
• Provide audit services in accordance with IT audit standards
• Provide assurance on leadership and organizational structure and processes
• Provide assurance on acquisition/ development, testing and implementation of IT assets
• Provide assurance on IT operations including service operations and third party
• Provide assurance on organization’s security policies, standards, procedures, and controls to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets.

Target Audience:

Finance/CPA professionals, I.T. professionals, Internal & External auditors, Information security, and risk consulting professionals.

Description:

Disclaimer: Please be advised that this updated CISM exam content outline is applicable to exams starting 1 June 2022.

CISM® is the most prestigious and demanding qualification for Information Security Managers around the globe today. This qualification provides you with a platform to become part of an elite peer network who have the ability to constantly learn and relearn the growing opportunities/ challenges in Information Security Management.

Our CISM training methodology provides an in-depth coverage of contents across the Four CISM domains with a clear focus on building concepts and solving ISACA released CISM exam questions. The course is an intense training and hard-core exam preparation for ISACA’s Certified Information Security Manager (CISM®) Examination.

Our instructors encourage all attending delegates to go through the ISACA released CISM QA&E (Questions, Answers and Explanations) as exam preparation. The QA&E is exceptional in helping delegates understand the ISACA style of questions, approach to solving these questions and it helps rapid memory assimilation of the CISM concepts during live classroom sessions.
All our trainers have extensive experience in delivering CISM training. We will thoroughly prepare you for the CISM examination.

Goal:

The ultimate goal is to pass your CISM examination first time.

Objectives:

• Use the knowledge gained in a practical manner beneficial to your organisation
• Establish and maintain an Information security governance framework to achieve your organization goals and objectives
• Manage Information risk to an acceptable level to meet the business and compliance requirements
• Establish and maintain information security architectures (people, process, technology)
• Integrate information security requirements into contracts and activities of third parties/ suppliers
• Plan, establish and manage the capability to detect, investigate, respond to and recover from information security incidents to minimize business impact

Target Audience:

• Security professionals with 3-5 years of front-line experience
• Information security managers or those with management responsibilities
• Information security staff, information security assurance providers who require an in-depth understanding of information security management including: CISO’s, CIO’s, CSO’s, privacy officers, risk managers, security auditors and compliance personnel, BCP / DR personnel, executive and operational managers responsible for assurance functions

Description:

This four day event (CGEIT training) is the ultimate preparation for exam time and is designed to ensure that you pass the challenging CGEIT exam on your first attempt.
The CGEIT qualification is an internationally recognised symbol of excellence in IT governance awarded by ISACA. It is designed for professionals responsible for managing IT governance or with significant advisory or assurance responsibility for IT governance.
Achieving CGEIT status will provide you with wider recognition in the marketplace, as well as increased influence at executive level.

Objectives:

This seminar has been designed to prepare Delegates for the CGEIT examination by enabling them to supplement their existing knowledge and understanding to be better prepared to pass the exam, as defined by ISACA.

Target Audience:

Our training course is for IT and business professionals, with significant IT governance experience who are undertaking the CGEIT exam.

Description:

This class is intended as intense and hard core exam preparation for ISACA’s Certified Information Systems Auditor (CRISC) Examination. The latest four (4) domains of ISACA’s CRISC syllabus will be covered with a big focus on the Examination. The Official ISACA CRISC Review Manual and Question, Answer and Explanation, (Q,A&E), supplements will ALSO be provided when attending. The Q,A&E is exceptional in helping delegates understand the ISACA style of questions, the type of answers ISACA are looking for and it helps rapid memory assimilation of the material.

The technical skills and practices that ISACA promotes and evaluates within the CRISC certification are the building blocks of success in the field. Possessing the CRISC certification demonstrates your skill within the profession. With a growing demand for professionals holding risk and control expertise, ISACA’s CRISC has positioned itself to be the preferred certification program by individuals and enterprises around the world. The CRISC certification signifies commitment to serving an enterprise and the chosen profession with distinction.

Objectives:

• To help you pass the CRISC examination first time.
• Possessing this certification will signify your commitment to serving an enterprise with distinction.
• The growing demand for professionals with risk and control skills will allow holders of this certification to command better positions and salary.

You will learn:

• To help enterprises accomplish business objectives by designing, implementing, monitoring and maintaining risk-based, efficient and effective IS controls.
• The technical skills and practices that CRISC promotes, which are the building blocks of success in the field.

Description:

Cybersecurity skills are in high demand, as threats continue to plague enterprises around the world. An overwhelming majority of professionals surveyed by ISACA recognise this and plan to work in a position that requires cybersecurity knowledge.
To fill this gap, ISACA has developed the Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate, which provides education and verification of skills in this area.

Objectives:

With cybersecurity threats continuing to rise and the shortage of appropriately-equipped security professionals growing worldwide, ISACA's Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate programme is the perfect way to quickly train entry-level employees and ensure they have the skills and knowledge they need to successfully operate in the Cyber arena.

Target Audience:

The certificate program is also one of the best ways to gain foundational knowledge in cybersecurity and begin to build your skills and knowledge in this crucial area.

The training takes the form of a workshop supplemented with substantive knowledge. Classes are based on the official CISA certificate framework. During the workshop, case studies will be discussed in discussing specific issues. Classes will be conducted in English (on request in Polish) based on the ISACA handbook in English.
 

CISA Exam Material Scope:

• Information System Auditing Process (21%)
• Governance and Management of IT (17%) 
• Information Systems Acquisition, Development and implementation (12%)
• Information Systems Operation and Business Resilience (23%)
• Protection of Information Assets (27%)

Duration of the exam: 4 hours
Type: multiple choice test
Volume: 200 questions

List of the requirements that you must meet in order to be able to claim the CISA qualification: 

1. Pass the CISA exam. The CISA passing score is a mark of 450 or higher on the exam.
2. Abide by the ISACA Code of Professional Ethics 
3. Promise to obey the CISA Continuing Professional Education Policy
4. Gain at least 5 years of professional information systems auditing, control or security work experience.
5. Comply with Information Systems Auditing Standards

If you’ve passed the exam and believe that you meet those requirements, then you can begin the application for certification: page certification here
There is a fee of $50 for this application.

There’s also a yearly fee that you must pay to maintain this certification after you’ve been granted it. The fee is $40 per annum for ISACA members, and $75 for non-members.