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IT Audit School: How IT is Used in Organizations and IT Risks

Evaluate how business technologies create risk across systems and processes

Sophie GoodwinJCHM

Created by Sophie Goodwin, Jason Claycomb, Hernan Murdock

Gain a practical understanding of how technology supports business operations and where risks can arise. Learn to connect IT systems, infrastructure, and applications to real-world business processes and controls. Build the skills needed to document assets and evaluate technology risks effectively.

ACI | 262 min

What You Will Learn

You will explore how business systems and supporting technologies operate in real organizations. Realistic audit scenarios help you connect risk concepts to infrastructure, applications, and transactions. Step by step, you will practice documenting technology and evaluating risks, controls, and ownership.

Key Features

  • Understand how IT systems and infrastructure support business activities and controls
  • Identify and assess technology-related risks across applications, databases, and vendors
  • Document technology assets and evaluate control ownership within business processes

Target Audience

Ideal for financial, operational, business, and entry-level IT auditors, as well as technology, risk, and compliance professionals. If you need to assess business applications, infrastructure, transactions, vendors, or data protection, this course will help you build the practical knowledge and confidence to do so.

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