Overview: Recent cyber-attacks exploiting system vulnerabilities have highlighted the urgent need for management teams to implement effective systems, technologies, and processes to audit and monitor activities across complex IT environments. This course is designed to equip non-IT professionals with the practical skills required to audit IT systems, ensuring strong governance, risk management, and compliance controls. Participants will learn to assess applications, systems, and networks, identify security gaps, and implement appropriate controls to address these challenges. The course covers essential IT components, introduces key concepts, and offers hands-on experience with digital forensic tools for investigating system breaches. By the end of the programme, participants will have the knowledge and confidence to review IT audit reports, make informed management decisions, and ensure IT systems operate in compliance with audit standards.  

Course Objectives: 

• To equip non-IT professionals with the requisite skills to effectively assess and verify applications, systems, and processes.   

• To identify and correct existing gaps in IT controls.   

• To understand the key components of IT environments, concepts, and the application of digital forensic techniques for investigating system-related breaches.   

• To equip non-IT staffs with skills needed to analyse IT Audit reports for effective decision making at management level.   

• To ensure IT systems comply with the required audit standards.   

• To effectively monitor advanced sophisticated IT systems, application and databases.   

• To equip participants with a comprehensive knowledge of computer networks and network security concepts to assist making informed decisions regarding the management and protection of IT infrastructure. 

• To keep participants abreast with the common and evolving cyber threats and provide them with effective countermeasures to safeguard IT infrastructures. 

Course Modules:  

• Introduction to IT Audit & Investigations  

• IT-related Attacks & Audit Response   

• IT Audit Processes   

• Governance, Risk and Compliance in IT Audit   

• Introduction to Computer Networks 

• Common Cyberattacks & Countermeasures 

• Web Application Auditing  

• Mobile Application Auditing  

• Email System Auditing and Analysis  

• Introduction to Digital Forensic and Incident Handling   

• User Activity Auditing  

• System/Application Log Analysis and Event Monitoring  

• IT Audit & Digital Forensic Reporting  

Target Audience 

• Management Executives  

• Accountants & Finance Officers  

• Compliance Heads/Officers  

• Risk Managers/Officers  

• Human Resources Heads/Officers  

• Internal Control Heads/Officers,  

• Internal Audit Heads/Officers, and   

• Employees interested in building knowledge in cyber security.  

Pre-requisite: It is recommended that participants have basic understanding of Cybersecurity. 

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