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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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About the Course

The course is awarded The Best Free Online Courses of All Time, and Best Online Courses of the Year (2021 Edition) by Class Central (http://www.classcentral.com). --- Information systems (IS) are important assets to business organizations and are ubiquitous in our daily lives. With the latest IS technologies emerging, such as Big Data, FinTech, Virtual Banks, there are more concerns from the public on how organizations maintain systems’ integrity, such as data privacy, information security, the compliance to the government regulations. Management in organizations also need to be assured that systems work the way they expected. IS auditors play a crucial role in handling these issues. In the course “Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance”, you will explore risks of information systems, and how to mitigate the risks by proper IS Controls. You will also get familiar with the IS Audit procedures and how they are applied during the IS development throughout the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Finally, you will get to observe how we can make the system changes more manageable using formal IS Management practices, such as Change Management Controls and Emergency Changes. The conversations between the course instructor - Prof. Percy Dias, and the IS auditing practitioner will give you a concrete idea on how IS auditors perform their duties, the qualities to become IS auditors and future prospects of IS auditing industry. This course is suitable for students and graduates from Information Systems, Information Technology and Computer Science, and IT practitioners who are interested to get into the IS auditing field. It is also a good starting point for learners who would like to pursue further studies for IS audit certifications – such as Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)....

Top reviews

YY

Feb 10, 2023

This course really helped me gain knowledge regarding IS audits, controls and assurance. Professors explanation was good and easily understandable. Guest interview made me acquire practical knowledge.

TA

Jul 24, 2022

Pro. Diaz has taught and enlightened me about system audit a lot, most of this information was very new to me. I felt fortunate to have a mentor like him, and like to enroll in more courses with him.

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By Matselane M K

Jul 28, 2020

I loved going through this course. Every part of it was interesting and I liked the fact that somebody already in the field was sharing her experiences and the ways to grow in the field. The course was delivered in simple English with technical terms being explained and that made me enjoy it.

By SRINIVASA S C

Apr 1, 2020

Overall the concept of IS Auditing is very good and the way Professor had explained the course is nice but the voice and the vocabulary used by the professor are not good. it took me to backtrack the video many times to understand the vocabulary used.

By Mary s D

Oct 30, 2022

The Professor is very intellectual he explains all the topics with examples and makes things easy to understand , The Quiz in between each chapters helps us to assess our learning . Satisfied with the course .

S . Mary Salina Delphine

By Pyone P

May 3, 2020

The course explains clearly to understand the knowledge and responsibilities to become an IS Auditor.

I would like to know more about the details documentation, procedure or standard for IS Auditing.

Thank you very much for the course.

By Tshepiso T

Oct 10, 2022

I have learnt so much from the course, better informed regarding the IS Auditing. at first i was not aware that aauditing could be done online, and too i am more aware of the challenges and strengths of the online systems.

By Simon O

Apr 12, 2022

Great course content for beginners! Professor Diaz handles difficult technical subjects with ease for any novice in the subject area to grasp. I also thoroughly enjoyed the conversations with the Lady Consultant. Great job!

By Rosana M Q

May 3, 2020

El curso es muy bueno, la información se da de manera sencilla y de fácil comprensión.

A veces el profesor es un poco redundante y hace chistes un tanto fuera de lugar

Pero por lo demás estoy muy satisfecha con el curso

By Dennis B

Aug 31, 2020

Good teacher, bad interviewer. The videos with interviews can be improved if the interviewer is not trying to interrupt so much. Better to wait until an explanation is given and then react or explain a bit more.

By Angela T

Jan 1, 2022

I enjoyed this course. Prof Diaz made it simple to understand. The scenarios were great but I would like to see more of that, different types of controls and their uses if the course is going to be updated.

By Nathan W

Feb 24, 2021

A good course on Infomation System auditing, controls and assurance. It's probably not related to the computer topics I was looking for like Networking and Security. Week 3 had quite a hard test personally.

By Vijay S

Jan 24, 2021

The course was very informative and interesting. The professors are amazing and explain in a beautiful manner. The practice questions, tests, and the case studies are very practical and make us think a lot.

By Prosper N

Aug 22, 2021

I think I like course, it advanced my information system audit skill and I particularly love the Approach the Prof uses and the Interview with Gloria, however, I'd leave one star for further improvement.

By Roy S

Oct 13, 2020

Examples given were practical and being new to the IS Audit field the examples helped with my overall understanding of the importance of carrying out an IS Audit and also the role of an IS Auditor.

By Rashmi

Feb 14, 2020

Great learning experience.Prof. Dias has provided insights to the practical world by using various examples. Looking forward for lectures on Business Continuity Planning and DRP. Thank you

By MBARUSHIMANA H

Dec 12, 2022

This Course is so helpful to Auditors, and after passing all modules now i am full packed with IT skills and i know all sensitive areas to be focused in my audit work.

Many Thnaks!

By Manu G

Apr 17, 2020

This is a good course for beginners setting out on their Information Systems Auditing journey. Basic concepts are well explained. Real life examples help to illustrate concepts.

By James N

Mar 6, 2023

Great course, and informative, and hope to get my next job with this certificate.

Thanks to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Coursera in general.

Regards

By Abinash R

Jun 5, 2021

This is a fantastic course which gave me lot of knowledge on the process of IS Auditing and Internal controls. Thank You for creating this and providing this for free.

By CM T

Jun 23, 2021

Good informative course. Some areas could be improved including possible bugs in questions, and quiz question where final answers are questionable (what is risk?).

By Feroz B

Oct 29, 2021

Besides major grammatical errors in the translation and the accent issues in the videos, this course was quite helpful in understanding the basis of IS Auditing

By Kachmala O

Apr 24, 2020

Thank you for such an opportunity to find out more about systems auditing and practise on examples that are actuall in real life, not just theoretical knowlege

By Samuel M A

Aug 29, 2022

The course was a very good one with excellent delivery. I now have a good basis to engage and commence my CISA certification process. Thank You Prof.

By Lin Y S

Jul 29, 2021

This course has given a good high level overview of IS audit and increase my increase in taking up CISA certification in another few years time.

By Abraham G

Jun 3, 2020

Course was informative and easy to follow. It was a bit heavy on software development processes, which I was personally already familiar with.

By Agnel B

May 5, 2020

The course was very knowledge developing item. We come to know from back end how things work and for decision making how things are considered