Cyber Security for Non-IT Auditors

Learning Objectives

• To explain the basics of cybersecurity.
• To discuss cybersecurity frameworks
• To analyze how to audit cybersecurity.
• To explore what cybersecurity strategies are commonly employed
• To discuss how cyber factors into the risk management process.
• To inspect the cybersecurity maturity model and how it is utilized.
• To review cybersecurity from an internal audit perspective.
• To discuss the latest data breach trends.
• To explore how to audit cybersecurity best practices.

Course Description

As the world is increasingly interconnected, everyone shares the responsibility of securing cyberspace. Cyber Security is the highest risk and at the top of the minds of C-suite members at every company. Beginning with the underlying fundamentals of cyber security, then going step by step through the primary focus areas, risk prioritization, and key audit steps, this is a CPE course for any auditor wanting to learn how to address cyber security as a key audit risk. 

You have probably heard of some of the more common types of cyber crimes such as ransomware, spyware, computer viruses, phishing, spoofing, data breaches, denial of service attacks, hacking, etc. 

This Online CPE Webinar is designed to familiarize internal auditors who are not information technological (IT) experts on data breaches and cyber security risks and internal controls.

The continuous integration of IT and business is putting more and more CIOs under unprecedented pressure. In the modern-day environment, all auditors must become multi-faceted and multi-purposed. Regardless of background, internal audit professionals must have the basic knowledge of IT Auditing to understand the general concepts, understand IT terminology, and how IT Auditing is integral to general auditing.

This Online CPE Auditing webinar will help professionals from the audit discipline to understand the critical aspects of governance, risk, security, and control relating to cyber security and obtain the level of knowledge required to audit cyber security controls.

Overview

• What do you want to learn today?

  13 mins
• Cybersecurity background

  33 mins
• Cybersecurity terminology

  61 mins
• SolarWinds compromise

  76 mins
• Cost of a data breach study

  94 mins
• Global study at a glance

  113 mins
• Why use a cybersecurity framework?

  149 mins