Event: Technology Governance and Cyber Security Audit Workshop
Date: May 26-30, 2025
Venue: Dusit Princess Hotel Residences Nairobi
Cyber Security is a challenge with hackers' releasing sophisticated exploits that take advantage of opportunities to bypass weaknesses in systems. Internal Auditors need to know more than just the terms and concepts regarding cybersecurity, social media, cloud computing and technology governance.
Auditors need to be able to assess the effectiveness of cybersecurity programs, understand what controls are needed, where the controls should be positioned and how to perform substantive tests to assess reasonable effectiveness of controls.
This workshop will help participants develop an understanding of cybersecurity concepts that can be used to facilitate integrated audit efforts within their organizations. Developed with and facilitated by leading industry experts, the workshop will examine preventive, detective, and corrective controls, and how to apply the audit process to a cloud environment. Participants 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 workshop 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.
The workshop will cover:
- Overview of Cybersecurity.
- Technology Governance, Cybersecurity Risks and Laws.
- Preventive Controls, Detective Controls, Corrective Controls.
- The Mobile Environment, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and Social Networking.
- Auditing Artificial Intelligence.
- Cyber Standards and Best Practices.
- Auditing Common Security Solutions.
- Conducting a Social Media Audit.
- Applying the Audit Process to a Cloud Environment or Third-Party Service Provider.
- Recent Failures and Breaches in Cloud Computing.
- Benefits of Cloud Computing?
- Practical exercises and case studies.
This workshop will be held from May 26-30, 2025, at the Dusit Princess Hotel Residences Nairobi. Charges are KES 55,000 and KES 60,000 exclusive of VAT for Members and Non-Members respectively. Members in attendance will earn 20 CPE Hours.
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AUTHORITY ACCREDITATION:
The Institute of Internal Auditors Kenya is an accredited training provider with the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA). The NITA registration number is NITA/TRN/558(25b). Participants who are registered levy contributors can apply to NITA for reimbursement of their fees. This applies to Kenyan citizens and is subject to NITA regulations. Visit (https://www.nita.go.ke/ ) for more information.
