Northeastern University - Henderson House
99 Westcliff Road
Weston, MA

Spring 2010 – CISA REVIEW COURSE SCHEDULE

April 10^th,  April 17^th and April 24^th, 2010

Date	Time	Domain & Content Area	Potential Instructor
4/10	8:30am-12:00pm	1. Content Area 1: IS Audit Process (10%) Provide IS audit services in accordance with IS audit standards, guidelines, and best practices to assist the organization in ensuring that its information technology and business systems are protected and controlled.	John Beveridge
4/10	01:00pm -4:30pm	2. Content Area 2: IT Governance (15%) To provide assurance that the organization has the structure, policies, accountability, mechanisms, and monitoring practices in place to achieve the requirements of corporate governance of IT.	John Beveridge
4/17	8:30am-12:00pm	3. Content Area 3: Systems and Infrastructure Lifecycle (16%) To provide assurance that the management practices for the development/acquisition, testing, implementation, maintenance, and disposal of systems and infrastructure will meet the organization’s objectives.	Tony Giroti
4/17	01:00pm -4:30pm	4. Content Area 4: IT Service Delivery and Support (14%) To provide assurance that the IT service management practices will ensure the delivery of the level of services required to meet the organization’s objectives.	Tony Giroti
4/24	8:30am-12:00pm	5. Content Area 5: Protection of Information Assets (31%) To provide assurance that the security architecture (policies, standards, procedures, and controls) ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets.	Larry Wilson
4/24	01:00pm -4:30pm	5. Content Area 5: Protection of Information Assets (31%) (cont..) 6. Content Area 6: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (14%) To provide assurance that in the event of a disruption the business continuity and disaster recovery processes will ensure the timely resumption of IT services while minimizing the business impact.	Larry Wilson

On the first day please come 15 minutes early for registration purposes

Course Material (What you will get)

(a) CISA Review Material (printed version of the ISACA slides): The students will receive a printed version of the slides as course material.

(b) Review Questions (from ISACA CD).  Each student will be given a hard copy of the questions for each chapter.  You are asked to do the first 10 questions as homework before you come to the class.  Additionally you will do another 10 or so questions in class.  The instructor will discuss the answers in the class.

Teaching Material (material that you will be taught from)

(a) ISACA Power Point Presentation:  All instructors will deliver the presentation from these power point slides.

(b) Instructor's own material: Instructors may offer some additional material if required.

(c) CISA Review Manual: Each of you should have/buy your own CISA review manual.

Refer to Review Course Description.

Phone: 781.235.5847

Henderson House is located in Weston, Mass., less than one-half hour from downtown Boston. It is convenient to Route 128, the Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 9. There are nearby hotel facilities for guests who require overnight accommodations.

Suggested routes to Henderson House:

• Going West on Route 30
At the top of the hill, a little over a mile west of the intersection of Routes 128 and 30 and the Massachusetts Turnpike, take a hairpin left turn onto Oak Street. The street sign at the intersection reads, "Oak Street to Cliff Road"; just below is a Henderson House sign with an arrow. Follow the road about one-quarter mile to a 4-way intersection. Go straight through the intersection and take the second right, onto Scotch Pine Road, which winds around to the first right: Westcliff Road. Henderson House is the first house on the left-hand side.

• Going south on Route 128
Take Exit 24 and follow Route 30 West according to the directions above.

• Going north on Route 128
Take Exit 20B and follow Route 9 West according to the directions above.

• Going west on the Massachusetts Turnpike
Take Exit 15 (Route 128) and as you leave the toll booth, bear left following Route 30 West. Proceed according to the directions above.

• Going east on the Massachusetts Turnpike
Take Exit 14 (Route 128) following the signs for Route 128 North after leaving the toll booth. Then still within the interchange complex, take the exit for Route 30 at Route 128 (Exit 24) and proceed on Route 30 West according to the directions above.

• Going west on Route 9
West of Route 128, 2 miles up, you will go under a stone underpass to a working set of lights (firehouse and Gulf gas station will be on your right). Go through lights, pass Gulf station, and just after station take a sharp right onto Cliff Road. Proceed down Cliff Road; the seventh left down is Scotch Pine Road (Henderson House sign on the post). Take a left onto Scotch Pine Road. It will wind around to your first right: Westcliff Road. Henderson House is the first house on the left.

• Going east on Route 9
From the Natick Mall area: Proceed down Route 9 East, going through Natick and into Wellesley. You will see the Wellesley town line sign on Route 9. Proceed down Route 9 for approximately 2 miles. You will eventually approach a working set of lights (Route 16 interchange in Wellesley Hills). Take a right off Route 9 to Route 16. At the end of the exit, you will come to another set of lights (Bread & Circus will be directly in front of you). At these lights, take a right on Route 16, heading west, to the next set of lights and take a right onto Cliff Road. Proceed down Cliff Road, the seventh left down is Scotch Pine Road. Take a left onto Scotch Pine Road and it will wind around to your first right, which is Westcliff Road. Henderson House is the first house on your left.

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