Auditing Social Media, Cyber Security and Cloud Computing

WORKSHOP ON AUDIT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, CYBERSECURITY AND CLOUD COMPUTING

Today, hackers continue to release more sophisticated exploits taking advantage of opportunities and weaknesses in our systems. Tomorrow’s auditor needs to know more than just the terms and concepts regarding cybersecurity, social media and cloud computing.

Auditors need to be able to assess the effectiveness of an enterprise’s Cybersecurity program. They need to understand what controls are needed, where the controls should be positioned and how to perform substantive tests to assess the controls reasonable effectiveness specifically related to cybersecurity.

In this course, you will develop an understanding of cybersecurity concepts that can be used to facilitate integrated audit efforts within your organization. Developed with and facilitated by leading industry experts, this course will examine preventive, detective, and corrective controls, and how to apply the audit process to a cloud environment. You will also be exposed to the mobile environment and cyber standards, Auditing the Cloud, auditing Social media, as well as learn how to audit common security solutions.

This course is designed for IT Professionals, internal auditors involved in IT audits or those involved in audit activities that require an understanding of how to manage the impact of cybersecurity events on business risks.

Course Content

1. Overview of Cybersecurity
2. Preventive Controls, Detective Controls, Corrective Controls
3. Cybersecurity Risks and Laws
4. The Mobile Environment, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and Social Networking
5. Cyber Standards
6. Auditing Common Security Solutions
7. Conducting a Social Media Audit
8. Applying the Audit Process to a Cloud Environment or Third-Party Service Provider

• Recent Failures and Breaches in Cloud Computing 
• Business Benefits of Cloud Computing (Why the Cloud?)
• Develop a Risk-assessment Questionnaire for Your Enterprise
• Developing Your Audit Program

The Workshop will be held on 9^th - 12^th April 2019 at the Acacia Premier Hotel, Kisumu. Conference charges are Kshs. 40,000 for members and Kshs. 45,000 for non-members. Members in attendance will earn 20 CPD Hrs.

For reservation please call us on +254721615863/742143913