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CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide

By : Hemang Doshi
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CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide

By: Hemang Doshi

Overview of this book

Are you looking to prepare for the CISA exam and understand the roles and responsibilities of an information systems (IS) auditor? The CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide is here to help you get started with CISA exam prep. This book covers all the five CISA domains in detail to help you pass the exam. You’ll start by getting up and running with the practical aspects of an information systems audit. The book then shows you how to govern and manage IT, before getting you up to speed with acquiring information systems. As you progress, you’ll gain knowledge of information systems operations and understand how to maintain business resilience, which will help you tackle various real-world business problems. Finally, you’ll be able to assist your organization in effectively protecting and controlling information systems with IT audit standards. By the end of this CISA book, you'll not only have covered the essential concepts and techniques you need to know to pass the CISA certification exam but also have the ability to apply them in the real world.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Section 1: Information System Auditing Process
4
Section 2: Governance and Management of IT
7
Section 3: Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation
10
Section 4: Information System Operations and Business Resilience
13
Section 5: Protection of Information Assets

Enterprise architecture

An Enterprise Architecture (EA) defines the structure and operations of the organization. The objective of EA is to determine how an organization can achieve its current as well as future objectives. It is important for the EA to include the entire future outcome. If a future-state description is not included in the EA, then it is not complete.

The EA's main focus is to ensure that technology initiatives are compatible with the IT framework. Hence, the EA's goal is to help the organization adopt the most successful technologies. The Zachman Framework is one of the first EAs created by John Zachman. It is a fundamental EA structure that provides a formal and structured way of viewing and defining an enterprise.

Enterprise security architecture

Enterprise security architecture is a subset of the overall enterprise architecture and includes security processes and procedures and how these are linked across the organization from a strategic, tactical, and...