M.U.S.
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
Information Systems Control
Security and Audit
MALTA UNIVERSITY SERVICES LTD
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Information Systems Control
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I wish to attend the course:
CPE Accreditation 30 hours
Information Systems Control Security and Audit
Please find Cheque no. ........................... for Lm100 (€ 232.94 for information purposes only)
made payable to: Malta University Services Ltd.
Course Tutor
George Cassola
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Course Starts: 5th November 2007
Closing Date for Application: 1st November 2007
Early registration is advisable!
For further enquiries please contact:
Mr C.J. Falzon (Short Courses Manager)
Tel: 2123 4121/2 Fax: 2123 0551
E-mail: charles.j.falzon@mus.com.mt
Venue: University Campus, Msida
Course starts: 5th November 2007
Information Systems Control
Security and Audit
Starting: 5th November 2007
Overall Course Objectives
Course Content
The aim of the course is to show participants, who are directly or indirectly
involved in the running of business information systems, why, how, and what
security controls need to be adopted in those systems in order to safeguard the
security and integrity of their data and other computer assets, and to meet the
increasing stringency of legal and audit requirements.
The course will focus on the problems of keeping IT systems secure from error or
abuse, whether internal or external, and will examine how controls can be designed,
within the systems and around them, to achieve their optimum security and integrity.
The following are the principal topics that will be covered during the course:
Target Audience
Fundamentals of Information Technology
The IS Audit Practitioner
The IT Systems Control Environment
• Auditors of information systems who want to refresh and update their knowledge
of computer auditing procedures
• Accountants in business and in private practice
• Business executives using computerised information systems
• IT practitioners involved in the development of business information systems
• Students aspiring to any of the above-mentioned professions.
The Development of Information Systems and Control Objectives
Internal Controls and Security in IS
Computer Crime
Security in Telecommunications
Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques
A View of Computerised Accounting Systems
Issues of Systems Integration
Lecturer
A number of case studies will also be presented in order to enable students to
apply their learning to practical situations.
George Cassola has recently retired from the post of Head of Finance with APS
Bank, following a career of 40 years’ service in public and private organizations.
He graduated as an accountant from the University of Malta and was trained in
IT in London. He worked for the Inland Revenue Department, the Government
Computer Centre, Joseph Tabone & Co (now KPMG), ETC and APS Bank, doing
systems development, IT management, general and computer audit and
consultancy, financial control, management accounting, etc. He has been
lecturing in Computer Audit at the University since 1988.
Duration: 30hrs (10 sessions x 3 hrs each)
Days: Mondays and Wednesdays
Time: 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Couse Fee: Lm100 (€ 230.94 for information purposes only)