Certificate in Cybersecurity for Internal Auditors™

Why This Certificate Matters

Most cybersecurity training is designed for IT or security professionals—not auditors.

Internal auditors need something different:

• How cyber risks connect to business objectives
• How to identify what actually needs to be audited
• How to evaluate controls without a deep technical background
• How to document results in a way that audit committees understand

This certificate equips you with the clarity, structure, and confidence to perform meaningful cybersecurity reviews—whether you are auditing cyber for the first time or refining an established audit program.

Who This Program Is For

This certificate is designed for internal auditors at all levels, including:

• Staff & Senior Auditors who need a structured way to understand cybersecurity audits
• Audit Managers responsible for scoping and supervising cyber-related engagements
• Directors & CAEs who must provide assurance over cybersecurity risk to executive leadership and the board
• Non-technical auditors who want to ask the right questions without pretending to be security engineers

No IT background required. Everything is taught from an auditor’s perspective.

What Makes This Certificate Different

✔ Built for auditors—not IT
✔ Plain-language explanations of complex cyber concepts
✔ Directly aligned to real-world audit work
✔ Focus on controls, not just risks
✔ Designed to stand up to regulatory and stakeholder scrutiny

You won’t just “learn about cybersecurity.”
You’ll learn how to audit it.

What You’ll Be Able to Do After Completing the Certificate

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

• Confidently assess cybersecurity risks and controls across the organization
• Identify which systems, processes, and threat vectors matter most
• Determine what to test, how to test it, and how to document results
• Evaluate governance, risk management, and technical controls without getting lost in jargon
• Provide clear, defensible conclusions to management, regulators, and audit committees

Certificate Curriculum Overview

The certificate is organized into 12 practical modules, each focused on a core area internal auditors are expected to understand and evaluate.

🔐 Core Cybersecurity Foundations

Learn essential concepts such as the CIA Triad, assets, threats, vulnerabilities, and how cybersecurity fits into enterprise risk management—without technical overload.

⚖️ Cyber Risk Management

Understand how to audit risk assessments, business impact analysis, and risk treatment decisions specific to cybersecurity.

🧱 Control Types & Defense-in-Depth

Evaluate administrative, physical, and technical controls—and understand why no single control is ever enough.

🧭 Strategy, Governance & Oversight

Audit cybersecurity governance structures, reporting lines, metrics, roadmaps, and executive accountability.

🎓 Training, Awareness & Policies

Assess security culture, awareness programs, and whether policies are current, enforced, and aligned with risk.

🔑 Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Review provisioning, access reviews, deprovisioning, and privileged access controls using audit-ready criteria.

🔄 Secure SDLC & Change Management

Evaluate how secure development and formal change management reduce vulnerabilities and unauthorized changes.

💾 Data Protection & Monitoring

Audit encryption, firewalls, monitoring, and data loss prevention controls that protect sensitive information.

🖥️ Asset Management & Physical Security

Verify inventories, lifecycle management, and physical safeguards that support cybersecurity fundamentals.

🚨 Incident Response

Assess readiness, escalation, roles, evidence handling, and alignment with regulatory expectations.

🔄 Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

Evaluate BCP and DR plans, prioritization of critical processes, and testing effectiveness.

🤝 Third-Party Risk Management

Audit vendor due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and SOC report review to address extended enterprise risk.

What You’ll Walk Away With

• A repeatable approach to auditing cybersecurity
• Greater credibility with IT, security teams, and leadership
• Stronger audit documentation and clearer conclusions
• Confidence to engage in cyber discussions at any level
• A recognized Certificate in Cybersecurity for Internal Auditors

If Cybersecurity Is in Your Audit Plan—This Certificate Is Not Optional

Cyber risk isn’t going away. Expectations from regulators, boards, and stakeholders continue to rise.

This certificate ensures you are not just checking the box—but delivering meaningful, defensible assurance over one of the most critical risks your organization faces.

👉 Enroll in the Certificate in Cybersecurity for Internal Auditors and audit cybersecurity with confidence—not guesswork.