CISA Review Course
ISACA-CMC - Spring 2009
Presented by: Trony Clifton, CISA, CISM, CPA  

Mandem Consulting

Dates: Monday - Wednesday, May 4 - 6, 2009

Place: The Conference Center at the Maritime Institute
            692 Maritime Blvd
            Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
            (410) 859-5700

Planned CPEs: 21

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Price:

Course pricing reflects local chapter support to obtain the CISA certification. Reduced pricing is made available to a limited number of full time students. Please email education@isaca-cmc.org with proof of full-time student status to qualify.

Payment/Registration: Prepayment and pre-registration are required. Please follow the following links to:

REGISTER AND PAY BY CHECK

Make checks payable to ISACA-CMC. Please include the registrant’s name with your check and mail to:

Cancellation Notice: Full refunds will be given if registration is cancelled prior to Friday, April 10th. Cancellation must be received via email at education@isaca-cmc.org. Refunds will not be given after that date; however attendance is transferable.  

Hotel Accommodations: For those living outside of commuting distance to the conference center, hotel reservations can be made at the Maritime Institute hotel at the ISACA group rate, which includes dinner and breakfast.  To make reservations, call Maritime at (410) 859-5700.  Hotel guests also receive free shuttle service from the BWI airport and the BWI Amtrak train station, but would need to call the Maritime hotel to schedule pickup.

CISA Exam Information:  To learn more about the CISA exam and to register, go to the ISACA CISA Certification webpage linked here. 

The CISA exam registration fees range between $360 to $530 depending on the discounts given to ISACA members and for online registration. The online registration process will enable you to register for an exam, purchase study aids and an ISACA membership. 

The final registration deadline for the June 13, 2009 CISA exam is Wednesday, April 8, 2009.  

CISA Review Course Description:  Most CISA Review Course registrants will already have registered for the CISA exam and received study materials prior to taking the review course.  As the review course is shorter than most (3-day vs. 5-day), it is more of an overview format of each domain with a daily quiz by section.  For those who have been studying the CISA Review Manual and taking the CISA practice exams, it allows them to ask the instructor for explanations for incorrect answers during one-on-one time. 

For those, who haven’t found time to study, the CISA review course is designed to give them a jump start to focus their studying and provide a forum to connect with other local exam takers.  The scheduling for the review course ensures that there is at least one month prior to the CISA exam date.  

The CISA Review Courses that Mandem Consulting offers are some of the best aids in studying and preparing for the exam. The course briefly reviews the major areas as described in the ISACA CISA Bulletin of Information, which includes recent Information Systems technology developments. Specifically, the course will cover the exam’s following areas:

•     The IS Audit Process (10%)
•     IT Governance (15%)
•     Systems and Infrastructure Lifecycle (16%)
•     IT Service and Support (14%)
•     Protection of Information assets (31%)
•     Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (14%)

The CISA review course includes a CD-ROM of the presentation and a hardcopy index of the slides to take notes on.  Laptops can be brought to class to address any concern about reading the projected slides.  Class size is limited to 22 registrants. A CD of over 1,000 questions and answers is included.

Instructor Bio:  Trony Clifton is currently the CEO of Mandem Consulting based in New York and New Jersey. In addition to holding the Certified Information Systems Auditor designation, Trony is an active board member of the New Jersey ISACA Chapter, and has taught the Chicago ISACA CISA Review course from 1995-1998 as well as the CISA review course for the North America CACS conference from 1996-1998.  Trony currently teaches the Atlanta Chapter (1997 to present), New Jersey Chapter (1999 to present), the Mexico City Chapter (1997 to 2001), Beijing China (2001-2003) chapters, Pittsburgh Chapter (2004-Present), Philadelphia Chapter (2005-Present) and Deloitte & Touche (2005 to Present).

Trony is also an adjunct professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) teaching graduate courses (IS 680 AND IS 681) in IT Audit and Information Security Audit (2003-Present). In his tenure as a CISA Instructor, Trony’s passing rate has ranged from 72 to 80 percent passing.  In 2002 Trony’s studying and training techniques has enabled two students, one from Atlanta, and one from New Jersey, to obtain the highest CISA scores in their respective states.

Trony is also a published author: Auditing Oracle: Conducting the IS Audit and IT Auditing: A Practical Guide to the CISA Exam.