Online: Auditing the Cybersecurity Program Certificate Dec. 2026 - IFACI

OBJECTIVES

• Recognize what drives cyber risk and how internal audit can assess control effectiveness • Identify how to assess data storage solutions 
• Define digitaltransformation, digitalization risks, and associated controls 
• Recognize characteristics of a typical,timely patch management process 
• Explain key concepts relating to the vulnerability management program,including commonly applied vulnerability management maturity models
• Identify how automation of business impacts the methods used in audit testing 
• Investigate méthodes to reduce risk exposure from common API and web services vulnerabilities 
• Determine how to mitigate risk exposure from common privileged access management vulnerabilities 
• Identify methods to adjust audit approches for DevSecOps 
• Review how to mitigate risk exposure from common SoD vulnerabilities in DevSecOps Applications 
• Understand internal audit’s role in continuous monitoring and continuous auditin
• Recall objectives and methods deployed in red team exercises
•  Recall importantfactors relating Security Operations Centers (SOC) and incident management, monitoring, detection, and response frameworks 
• Identify controls, and associated assessments, needed to operate a SOC

PARTICIPANTS

This program is intended for operational internal auditors and audit leaders who want to deepen their   understanding and gain recognition of their cybersecurity knowledge.

PREREQUISITS

Fundamentals of Cybersecurity or equivalent knowledge.

COURSE CONTENT

1. Auditing the Cybersecurity Program  

2. Auditing Storage Management Solution and Containers

3. Auditing Digital Transformation and Digitization Programs

4. Auditing the Vulnerability Management Program

5. Auditing the Patch Management Program

6. Auditing automation

7. Auditing API and Web Services

8. Auditing privileged Access Management

9. Auditing DevSecOps

10. Auditing Continuous Monitoring

11. Auditing Red, Blue, and Purple Team Testing

12. Auditing the Security Operations Center (SOC)

PRACTICALITIES

• From 7 to 11 December, 9:00-13:00, 2,5 days (5x4h=20h)
• Registration deadline, you need to sign up 14 days in advance to attend this course. 
• Online. The link will be sent by the organiser (IFACI) prior to the event.
• IMPORTANT NOTE: Your registration is not fully confirmed until you have received a confirmation from IFACI. 
• CPE: 20

PRICE

• Member: 1 700€
• Non-member: 2 200€

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