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CISA® Certified Information Systems Auditor. |
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CISA
course Jan-May 2008
We are pleased to offer the opportunity for prospective auditors
to follow a course of study to lead for the CISA® examination of June 2008,
here in
The course will cover the listed content areas, lectured by Maltese professional lecturers in the field. The duration of the course is of 5 months, spread over sessions of two hours each, every Monday and Wednesday starting 14th January 2008 until 28th May 2008, between 6:00pm and 8:00pm at ExecuTrain training centre in Hamrun/Guardamangia.
A two day intensive preparation programme will follow the evening sessions. This two day programme will be conducted by Dr Derek Oliver an internationally renowned IS audit expert.
The cost of the course is of Lm610 (EUR 1420) (Excluding VAT). This cost includes the course material published by ISACA and a two full-day intensive preparation course conducted by Dr Derek Oliver.
Registration Form
Download from here.
The CISA® Exam
The CISA® examination is offered each year in June and
consists of 200 multiple-choice questions, administered during a four hour
session. The purpose of the examination is to test a candidate’s
knowledge, evaluation and application of IS audit principles and practices and
technical content areas. These areas and their definitions are as listed below:
Process-based Area
The IS Audit Process (about 10% of final mark) —Provide
IS audit services in accordance with IS audit standards, guidelines, and best
practices to assist the organization in ensuring that its information technology
and business systems are protected and controlled.
Content Areas
IT Governance (about 15 % of
final mark) — To provide assurance that the organization has the
structure, policies, accountability, mechanisms, and monitoring practices in
place to achieve the requirements of corporate governance of IT
Systems and Infrastructure Lifecycle (about 16% of final mark)— To provide assurance that the
management practices for the development/acquisition, testing, implementation,
maintenance, and disposal of systems and infrastructure will meet the
organization’s objectives.
IT Service Delivery and Support (about 14% of final mark)— To provide assurance that the IT
service management practices will ensure the delivery of the level of services
required to meet the organization’s objectives.
Protection of Information Assets (about 31% of final mark)— To provide assurance that the
security architecture (policies, standards, procedures, and controls) ensures
the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (about 14% of final mark)— To provide assurance that in the
event of a disruption the business continuity and disaster recovery processes
will ensure the timely resumption of IT services while minimizing the business
impact.
Further Information
For further information, please phone on 21 235 451, fax on 21
232 630, email infodesk@executrain.com.mt
Course
Director Profile
Derek J. Oliver is an
Information Audit & Security specialist with over 20 years experience and
is qualified as a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), a Certified
Information Security Manager (CISM) a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a Fellow
of the British Computer Society (FBCS) and a Chartered IT Professional (CITP).
His background in computer programming is represented by Fellowship of the
Institution of Analysts & Programmers (FIAP). In 1996, he was admitted a
Freeman of the City of
Following a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Information Technology, awarded
for his work on disaster recovery and business continuity planning, he received
a Doctorate (PhD) from the Americus University of Washington, DC, for research
into the various elements of executive policies contributing to information
security management.
He is internationally
regarded as an expert in Information Security and British Standard BS7799, now
ISO17799 (Information Security Management Guidelines) and is a regular
presenter at many international conferences and training courses from Oslo to
Cape Town by way of Orlando and Canberra on a variety information security,
fraud and audit topics.
Derek worked for 15 years with
H.M. Customs & Excise, ending up as a Higher Executive Officer conducting
audit and security reviews of Excise applications at businesses all over the
He left First Data in 1995 to
respond to the challenge of information systems audit and security consultancy.
Since then he has conducted both high level and in-depth audit and security
reviews across the information processing spectrum and for a variety of clients
from multi-national corporations to NHS Hospitals.
The
Faculty
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Mr Anthony Formosa |
Anthony Formosa is presently employed with Bank Of Valletta plc. His current position is Audit Manager, IT. He has been employed with BOV for 20 years. He has 10 years IT Audit experience with 5 years as Manager of the IT Audit function. Anthony Formosa is a Certified Information Systems Auditor since 1997. He is actively involved in the ISACA Local chapter since its inception and currently holds the office of the Secretary of the Malta Chapter. Anthony has been lecturing for CISA at St Martins since 2004. He has also given a number of presentations locally on IT Audit related subjects. |
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Mr Kenneth Ciantar |
Mr. Kenneth Ciantar is currently the IT Security and Q.A. Manager at APS Bank Ltd. Mr. Ciantar is a Certified Information Systems Auditor since 2004. He is actively involved in the ISACA Local Chapter and currently holds the position of the CISA/CISM coordinator of the Malta Chapter. Kenneth brings with him a number of years experience and academic background on IT Security and Network Infrastructures. |
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Mr Herbert Zarb |
Mr. Zarb heads the IT security department of Bank of Valletta. Mr. Zarb brings with him a number of years experience and academic background, coming from an important financial institution to be shared with the student audience preparing for the CISA qualification. |
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Mr Josef Manuseto |
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Mr Alan Alden |
Mr. Alden joined the bank in September 1979 where he spent the first 10 years at various branches. In 1988 he got involved with the computerisation project and became system administrator and also lectured at the Bank's training centre in the evenings. In 1990 he joined the Internal Audit dept and in 1993 became an IT auditor, becoming Head of the IT Audit section in 1995. In 1997 he obtained my CISA certification. He introduced the BS7799 idea at BOV and also was instrumental in the appointment of an information security officer. He was also heavily involved in the Y2K project. In February 2000 he left the bank and after a few months joined Deloitte & Touche where he set up the Enterprise Risk Services (ERS) section, which is heavily involved in Internal Audits, IT Audits, Information security consultancy, on-line gaming reviews and consultancy and data protection. Mr Alden is the president of the ISACA Malta chapter and is currently representing the local chapter in two technical committees at the Malta Standards Authority. JHe is married to Karen and have two boys and a girl. In his spare time he plays table-tennis, watches football and does some farming. |
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