IT Governance Through Data Management
The role of IT Governance using data identification, data processing and storage, data sharing and data access are addressed with focus on NIST 800-53. Coverage of data classification and categorization are also included.
Fraud & Analytics
The consideration of fraud is essential for an effective audit. Many times this is difficult to do effectively and efficiently. This session will discuss how analytics can be used to consider, detect, and prevent fraud in every audit.
IT audit for non IT Auditors
Frameworks: a non-IT auditor’s best friend
Learning Objectives:
The objective of this training session is to develop a thorough understanding of how to hold effective meetings. Meetings are maybe one of the most common experiences of any professional’s workday. Despite this, many people lack a fundamental understanding of how to effectively manage (or even participate in) meetings. This session will cover the fundamentals of effective meetings, including 9 tips for how to make your meetings a better experience for everyone involved.
Avoiding Group Think and Scope Creep
This training will provide you with an understanding of group dynamics and the potential impact on decision making. You will learn how to develop strategies to reach agreement and avoid mismanaged agreement during group decision-making efforts.
Writing Audit Objectives/Tests and Designing Methodologies
This session will discuss how to develop and write audit sub-objectives and tests for an audit plan. Upon completion of this class you will be able to develop audit plans that:
Building Your Audit Analytics Strategy
Every internal audit department has access to copious amounts of data that could be analyzed. But simply buying an analytics tool and then expecting analytics to take off is never going to work. Hiring a data analyst and expecting analytics to simply happen rarely works.
In our experience, the root cause of a lifeless audit analytics programs is an unclear strategy. In this session, learn what elements an internal audit shop should address in a data strategy.
Learning Objectives:
· Identify the key components of an effective data strategy for internal auditors
· Determine how to measure the impact of your data strategy
· Identify how to integrate data analytics into the internal audit process
Holding One-on-Ones (Business Management & Organization)
The objective of this training session is to develop a thorough understanding of how to hold effective one-on-one meetings with the people that report to you (and even your own boss!). Many professionals have periodic status meetings with the people that work for them to keep informed about the status of current projects. This session will explore one approach to holding such meetings to help ensure they are both effective and meaningful to both people involved.
The role of IT Governance using data identification, data processing and storage, data sharing and data access are addressed with focus on NIST 800-53. Coverage of data classification and categorization are also included.
Fraud & Analytics
The consideration of fraud is essential for an effective audit. Many times this is difficult to do effectively and efficiently. This session will discuss how analytics can be used to consider, detect, and prevent fraud in every audit.
IT audit for non IT Auditors
Frameworks: a non-IT auditor’s best friend
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the common IT frameworks and how they interrelate with each other.
- How to use framework concepts to conduct impactful IT reviews.
- Strategies to partner with IT to strengthen core organizational security programs.
The objective of this training session is to develop a thorough understanding of how to hold effective meetings. Meetings are maybe one of the most common experiences of any professional’s workday. Despite this, many people lack a fundamental understanding of how to effectively manage (or even participate in) meetings. This session will cover the fundamentals of effective meetings, including 9 tips for how to make your meetings a better experience for everyone involved.
Avoiding Group Think and Scope Creep
This training will provide you with an understanding of group dynamics and the potential impact on decision making. You will learn how to develop strategies to reach agreement and avoid mismanaged agreement during group decision-making efforts.
Writing Audit Objectives/Tests and Designing Methodologies
This session will discuss how to develop and write audit sub-objectives and tests for an audit plan. Upon completion of this class you will be able to develop audit plans that:
- Identify the sub-objectives and tests required to answer the overall audit objective (including audit tests to identify the elements of the finding(s) and quantify outcome measures).
- Provide for gathering sufficient and reliable information to support your report message.
Building Your Audit Analytics Strategy
Every internal audit department has access to copious amounts of data that could be analyzed. But simply buying an analytics tool and then expecting analytics to take off is never going to work. Hiring a data analyst and expecting analytics to simply happen rarely works.
In our experience, the root cause of a lifeless audit analytics programs is an unclear strategy. In this session, learn what elements an internal audit shop should address in a data strategy.
Learning Objectives:
· Identify the key components of an effective data strategy for internal auditors
· Determine how to measure the impact of your data strategy
· Identify how to integrate data analytics into the internal audit process
Holding One-on-Ones (Business Management & Organization)
The objective of this training session is to develop a thorough understanding of how to hold effective one-on-one meetings with the people that report to you (and even your own boss!). Many professionals have periodic status meetings with the people that work for them to keep informed about the status of current projects. This session will explore one approach to holding such meetings to help ensure they are both effective and meaningful to both people involved.