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Prepare for CISA certification and improve your job skills with the training you'll receive in this valuable book. Covering the very latest version of the exam, it's packed with instruction on all exam content areas, including the most up-to-date regulations, IS auditing best practices, and compliances. You'll find practical exercises and plenty of real-world scenariosjust what you need for the CISA exam, and beyond.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.478
EAN: 9780470231524
ISBN: 0470231521
Label: Sybex
Manufacturer: Sybex
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 570
Publication Date: 2008-03-24
Publisher: Sybex
Studio: Sybex


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• CISA Exam Cram: Certified Information Systems Auditor (Exam Cram 2)
• CISSP Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 4th Ed.
• IT Auditing: Using Controls to Protect Information Assets
• Information Technology Control and Audit, Third Edition
• CISA Exam Prep: Certified Information Systems Auditor (ACM Press)


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Summary: Only resource needed to pass CISA.
Comment: Myself and two other co-workers took the CISA exam recently. The only resource I utilized was this book. My co-workers took a week-long class with the author. I passed and scored about the same as one of them. So, this CISA book should be all you need to pass. Good luck!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent study guide!
Comment: I purchased this book in March 2008 to prepare for the CISA exam in June 2008. I thought the book was quite helpful in explaining concepts. The material is very structured and it is a useful tool for preparing for the CISA exam. I used this book, one other book, and the ISACA CD (review questions) and passed the exam on my first attempt in June 2008. (I also had the ISACA official review guide/book and found that too comprehensive and dry to study from for more than short periods of time.) I do recommend this book to others looking to prepare for the CISA exam.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good for understanding the topics - Not for passing exam
Comment: Read the book. Then I ordered the manual and questions. Basically the book did not help me answer the practice questions. If you want to pass the exam, get the manual and practice questions. If you want to learn some practical industry tips along with the broad understanding of topics, get this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A very good book to start with for CISA exam preparation
Comment: I really enjoyed reading this study as it does cover many aspects of CISA exam. However, this book alone is not sufficient to clear the exam. Apart from professional experience in ICT industry, I used the following to clear the CISA exam in December 2007:
CISA exam prep study guide (latest edition)
CISA study guide by sybex (latest edition)
ISACA question and answer set (software) - latest edition

This should suffice to give anyone a good try at the CISA exam. Cheers.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Learn to Think like an Auditor
Comment: After waiting eight weeks for my score, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief: I passed the CISA exam!

Preparing for and taking the CISA exam is a painful and frustrating process. I used this book in combination with the CD of 700+ questions from ISACA. I work as a network security professional, so I also relied heavily on my own experience and the experience of my colleagues. I interviewed colleagues extensively, particularly those with bank auditing experience and background in the financial industry.

My own background includes 10 years as a Network Administrator. I had few worries about the technical material: my main concern was how to think like an auditor. In that, I found this book very helpful. I read through it more than once. The chapters introducing audit concepts I read three times, taking notes and paying close attention. It was important to learn how to translate my technical knowledge into the framework of auditing: concepts such as auditor independence, material evidence, chain-of-custody -- these were issues that were new to me, or at least new in this context.

I strongly recommend the book to technical people who need a way to shift their viewpoint into the mindset of an auditor. There is a structure to auditing that is not covered in most IT training, and thus is new to us. But the knowledge gained is immediately useful and has real-world applications, especially if you already work in the IT security field.

For familiarity with the actual CISA exam questions, I recommend use of the CD available from ISACA. The exam itself is full of ambiguous questions. Even now, I don't know if my passing score reflects actual auditing skill or luck in interpreting the questions. The exam was also grueling due to uncomfortable seating with very little elbow room. It's an unpleasant ordeal all the way through, but I did gain a lot from the process of studying for the test and I hope the certification will be good for my career.

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