CISA: Protection of Information Assets - Part 2


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
IS audit professionals should understand and ensure that an organization's security policies, standards, procedures and controls are aligned and effectively protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization's information assets. This course covers network infrastructure security including LAN, client-server, and wireless security, and best practices for auditing overall IS management frameworks. This course also outlines best practices for environmental and physical access controls, including mitigating risk from associated threats. Finally this course covers mobile, social, and cloud asset security best practices, and preventative measures against data leakage. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification exam.

Target Audience
Individuals in IS audit, controls and security professions; individuals preparing for the CISA certification exam

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.2

Lesson Objectives

CISA: Protection of Information Assets - Part 2

  • start the course
  • identify characteristics of LAN security including virtualization
  • identify characteristics of client-server security
  • identify best practices for wireless security
  • distinguish between common internet threats
  • distinguish between different firewall technologies
  • compare IDS and IPS
  • identify cryptography and cryptanalysis
  • identify common cryptosystems
  • classify common cryptosystems
  • identify characteristics of malware and best practices for mitigating risk from them
  • identify characteristics and security issues of VoIP
  • recognize characteristics of PBX
  • identify best practices for auditing information security management frameworks
  • identify best practices for auditing logical access
  • distinguish between different security testing techniques when auditing information security management frameworks
  • identify investigation techniques and best practices when auditing information security management frameworks
  • identify characteristics and best practices for auditing remote access, auditing internet points of presence, and performing network penetration tests
  • identify characteristics and best practices for performing full network assessment reviews, and auditing network change development and authorization, and unauthorized changes activities
  • identify environmental issues and exposures
  • distinguish between different controls for environmental exposures
  • identify best practices for auditing environmental controls
  • identify physical access issues and exposures, and controls for mitigating threats
  • identify best practices for auditing physical access
  • identify mobile computing information security best practices
  • identify peer-to-peer computing information security best practices
  • identify instant messaging information security best practices
  • identify social media information security best practices
  • identify cloud computing information security best practices
  • identify characteristics and best practices for data leak prevention
  • identify challenges and considerations for data leak prevention techniques and practices
  • identify end-user security risks and controls
  • identify best practices for auditing information security management frameworks and mobile, social, and cloud asset protection
  • Course Number:
    sp_cisb_a08_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate