Academic year/semester: 2026/27/1

ECTS Credits: 5

Available for: Only for the faculty’s students

Lecture hours: 2
Seminarium:0
Practice: 0
Laboratory: 1
Consultation: 0

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Course Leader: Dr. Valéria Póser

Faculty: John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics, 1034 Budapest, Bécsi út 96/b

Course Description:
The course will provide insight into the types of IT audit, the auditor\'s tasks and responsibilities, as well as the aspects and expectations of documentation and its requirements. It will also introduce students to the theory and practice of corporate governance and development requirements, and through case studies and project work, students will learn methods and solutions for auditing different systems and areas (operations, critical infrastructure, corporate assets).

Competences:
The goal of the course is to introduce students the concepts and methods related to IT audit and familiarize them with tasks and processes of IT audit in an enterprise environment. The further aim is to prepare students to be able to perform and evaluate a risk assessment.

Topics:
1.  Introduction

2.  Types of IT audit

3.  IT auditor\'s responsibilities and tasks

4.  The structure, content and requirements of audit documentation

5. The process and requirements of the IT audit, standards and regulations

6. Analysis of controls

7. Corporate regulators

8. Analysis of development and operation

9. Protection of corporate assets

10. The goals and methods of risk assessment

11. The process and steps of risk assessment

12. Evaluation of IT security assessment

13. Summary, Lab work demonstration

14. Lab work demonstration

Assessment: The final grade will be calculated using the following scale: Achieved result - Grade 87% - 100% - excellent (5) 75%- 86% - good (4) 64% -74% - satisfactory (3) 51% - 63% - pass (2) 0 - 50 % - failed (1)

Exam Types:

Mid Term Exam

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