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Please Note:
Beginning with the June 2006 exam, a new CISA Job Practice will be introduced that will form the basis for the June 2006 exam and future CISA exams.


Description of the Examination
The tasks and knowledge required of today's and tomorrow's information systems audit professional serve as the blueprint for the CISA examination.
These areas are defined through a Practice Analysis that is conducted at regular intervals and consists of both process and content components in a CISA's job function.
Accordingly, exams consist of tasks that are routinely performed by a CISA and the required knowledge to perform these tasks.


Content Areas

1. Management, Planning, and Organization of IS (11%)
Evaluate the strategy, policies, standards, procedures and related practices for the management, planning, and organization of IS.

2. Technical Infrastructure and Operational Practices (13%)
Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization's implementation and ongoing management of technical and operational infrastructure to ensure that they adequately support the organization's business objectives.

3. Protection of Information Assets (25%)
Evaluate the logical, environmental, and IT infrastructure security to ensure that it satisfies the organization's business requirements for safeguarding information assets against unauthorized use, disclosure, modification, damage, or loss.

4. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity (10%)
Evaluate the process for developing and maintaining documented, communicated, and tested plans for continuity of business operations and IS processing in the event of a disruption.

5. Business Application System Development, Acquisition, Implementation, and Maintenance (16%)
Evaluate the methodology and processes by which the business application system development, acquisition, implementation, and maintenance are undertaken to ensure that they meet the organization's business objectives.

6. Business Process Evaluation and Risk Management (15%)
Evaluate business systems and processes to ensure that risks are managed in accordance with the organization's business objectives.

7. The IS Audit Process (10%)
Conduct IS audits in accordance with generally accepted IS audit standards and guidelines to ensure that the organization's information technology and business systems are adequately controlled, monitored, and assessed.