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2011 Best Newsletter Award !!!
The ISACA Jeddah Chapter received the 2011 Best Newsletter Award worldwide in the small chapter category. This was announced recently by Summer Cole the ISACA/ITGI Chapter Relations Coordinator. The award will be formally presented to our chapter at the 2012 Asia Leadership Conference scheduled to take place in New Delhi, India on 18-19 February 2012.
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Politicization of Data Theft
The next technical session will be on 7th Feb 2012 at 7:30pm onwards at Rosewood Corniche Jeddah and it'll cover the recent purported Israeli and Saudi hacker attacks on data. Please make sure you join the interesting discussion!! |
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ISACA Jeddah Website Gold-Level!!
ISACA Jeddah Chapter is proud to announce that our website has been nominated as a Gold Level Website for 2010 by ISACA! ISACA members can visit www.isaca.org/websiteawards for more details!
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Opportunity Knocks!!
Risk IT is a set of proven, real-world practices that helps organizations achieve their goals, seize opportunities and seek greater return with less risk. It allows enterprises to manage and capitalize on risk in the pursuit of their objectives. It extends COBIT, ISACA globally recognized IT governance framework, and saves time, cost and effort by providing organizations with a way to focus effectively on IT-related business risk areas, including risks related to late project delivery, compliance, obsolete IT architecture and IT service delivery problems. Members can download from here |
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Val IT
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consists of a set of guiding principles, and a number of processes conforming to those principles that are further defined as a set of key management practices.
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addresses assumptions, costs, risks and outcomes related to a balanced portfolio of IT-enabled business investments. It also provides benchmarking capability and allows enterprises to exchange experiences on best practices for value management. |
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COBIT®
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that allows managers to bridge the gap between control requirements, technical issues and business risks. COBIT enables clear policy development and good practice for IT control throughout organizations. COBIT emphasizes regulatory compliance, helps organizations to increase the value attained from IT, enables alignment and simplifies implementation of the COBIT framework.
A complimentary PDF download of COBIT 4.1 is available for members only on the ISACA website
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K-NET
Global Information Repository (GIR), has been
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specifically developed to benefit members by all existing the burden of identifying and retrieving relevant and reliable information vital to keep pace with technological change. Through K-NET, pertinent knowledge has been sought, identified and peer reviewed, then organized into logical categories of interest and concern.
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What training facilities / assistance are available for candidates intending to take up CISA exams?
What books I should read?
Do I need to become member of ISACA to take the CISA examination?
What is the membership fees as well as CISA examination fees?
Can I become Jeddah Chapter member without becoming ISACA member?
How do I apply for membership?
What help can I get from Jeddah Chapter in preparing for the CISA examination?
What are the activities of Jeddah Chapter?
What are the prospects after CISA?
Can I get personal guidance from you?
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Training facilities at ISACA |
The Jeddah Chapter offers a detailed CISA Review Course to assist candidates intending to take the CISA Examination. Enrolling for this review Course is optional.
The Review Course consists of class room lectures on Thursday between 9.30 am and 12.30 noon. The lectures are handled by qualified experienced CISA volunteers from Jeddah chapter and will cover the entire syllabus for the examination. There will also be a few practice tests.
The First day of the Review Course starts with a Mock Test, to be taken without any prior preparation by the participants. This test helps the candidates to assess their level and decide about joining the Review Course.
The course will be for a duration of 3 months.
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Books |
Suggested books are:
For Non Members (For Members )
CISA Review Technical Information Manual US$125 (US$100)
CISA Review Questions, Answers & Explanations US$115 (US $90)
CISA Review Q & A Supplement US $45 (US $30)
Candidate's guide to CISA examination US $15 (US $5)
These books are to be ordered directly from ISACA. The prices may change. To check the price, visit web site for current prices as well as for downloading the Customer order form. Shipping charges are extra and are mentioned on the Customer order form.
Apart from these books, you may also have to refer to books available locally like 'Computer Networks' (Third Edition) by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and 'Information System Audit and Control by Ron Weber' It is also suggested that you read computer magazines and publications to understand the concepts clearly about latest in the field of Information Technology. Do not feel embarrassed even to read the 'Dummies' series of books. They are good for basic understanding. Questions on concepts of Internet security, Java applets, Data warehousing, Fire walls, Intrusion detection, Encryption, wireless etc are asked in this examination. You may not know these in technical details but you should know these things conceptually well to answer any multiple choice question which tests your concepts and not theoretical understanding.
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To become member of ISACA |
You do not need to be a member of ISACA to take the CISA examination. But the advantages of becoming member of ISACA are far too many. To begin with, the first year's membership fees almost includes the CISA examination fees. Then all the books from ISACA are offered with substantial discount to members and you do need to buy a few books for the examination. You get the excellent 'IS Audit and Control Journal' which publishes excellent articles for I.S. Audit, Control andSecurity professionals. You get to participate in local chapter activities and establish network of contacts.
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Membership fees |
Association Dues New Member Fee
(Only first year)
ISACA (International) US$ 120
Jeddah Chapter US$ 35 |
CISA Exam Fee For Members (For Non Members) - June 2006 Exam
Before 3rd April US$ US$
Between 13th Feb. and 3rd April 2006 US$ (US$460)
The fees for the December 2006 will be as announced by ISACA.
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Membership |
ISACA's constitution does not permit local chapter membership alone. You have to be member of the ISACA International to be eligible to become local chapter member.
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Apply for membership
You can download the membership form from ISACA's web site. Complete the form, get a US$ draft made in the name of ISACA and send the completed membership form along with the US$ draft directly to ISACA International on the address given on the application form.
To become local chapter member, send a photo copy of the original membership form and photocopy of US$ payment made to the following address:
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Email : membership@isaca-jeddah.org
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Help for CISA Exam
Jeddah chapter plans to conducts comprehensive CISA Review Course for the the December 2010 examination. The classes will be conducted in the evening. You do not have to become ISACA member to join the Review Course. Details will be published soon.
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Activities of Jeddah Chapter
Jeddah chapter is a very active chapter in Saudi Arabia. Apart from conducting the training sessions for the CISA aspirants, it conducts monthly meetings for the members where prominent speakers are invited to talk on topics of interest to members. A monthly newsletter ISACA Jeddah Red Sea is being published since 2006 with articles contributed by members.
For more information, you may send an email to webmaster@isaca-jeddah.org.
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Prospects after CISA
I.S. Audit profession is becoming one of the hot professions. With increasing dependence on I.T., every organization is realizing the necessity of employing Certified I.S. Auditors. Major employers of CISAs are of course the large audit firms. Apart form these, many large corporations are directly employing CISA's. Some CISA's are setting up their own practice. Thus CISA is fast becoming de facto standard qualification for I.S. auditors.
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Get personal guidance
This web site has been designed to provide online communication to members and other visitors. The non members who seek personal guidance may write to
webmaster@isaca-jeddah.org or
educ_director@isaca-jeddah.org or
cisa@isaca-jeddah.org or
cism_cgeit@isaca-jeddah.org
For personal interaction, you may have to attend the member's meetings or join the study circle.
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