NICF033 - CERTIFIED IN THE GOVERNANCE OF ENTERPRISE IT (CGEIT) (SF) (SYNCHRONOUS E-LEARNING)

Course Overview

NTUC LearningHub Course Code: NICF033

Skillsconnect Code: TGS-2018501761

The role of IT has developed down the years. At the same time, some are geared towards minutes of latest technologies, tools, platforms and are more captivated by what can be achieved by the technology; some view technology and IT as a resource to supplement organizational objective and try to figure out how IT can be utilized not just to carry out impressive tasks but to frame these tasks to provide a better result to the clients.

ISACA's Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) certification is framework agnostic and the only IT governance certification for the individual. CGEIT can put you in the role of a trusted advisor to your enterprise!

The CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT) qualification, awarded by ISACA®, demonstrates that holders have the expert knowledge and experience necessary to support the governance of enterprise IT. This ensures that an organisation’s IT is governed from the top, and therefore aligned with business needs and goals.

CEGIT five-day course will prepare participants to sit for the CEGIT certification examination.

Why CEGIT?

Apart from allowing you to become one of the most desired professionals in an organization, having a career in IT governance brings various benefits.

1. Well-Established and Long Term Career

The need for experienced IT governance professionals won't be decline any time shortly. In fact, corresponding fields such as cybersecurity are expected to undergo shortfall by 2021. Hence, your knowledge and skill will always be in demand.

2. Important Position at Organization

Not only will you have a job, but you'll be an influential participant to the company's heart of the matter. Not only will you lessen outsourcing expenses, but you'll also help improve customer confidence, aid business continuity, and assure legal compliance.

3. Recognition by Organization

As a main contributor to the organization's IT governance and security, you can expect your administration to recognize your efforts through rewards, in particular higher pay and promotion.

And these are just some of the perks of starting out a career in IT governance. You can expect more confidence in the jobs you choose.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to gain a comprehensive, up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of the following:

• How is the framework for the governance of enterprise IT defined, established, and managed in alignment with the mission, vision and values of the enterprise
• How the achievement of enterprise objectives ensure that IT enables and supports through the integration and alignment of IT strategic plans with enterprise strategic plans
• Ensure that IT-enabled investments are managed to deliver optimized business benefits and that benefit realization outcome and performance measures are established, evaluated and progress is reported to key stakeholders
• Ensure that an IT risk management framework exists to identify, analyse, mitigate, manage, monitor, and communicate IT-related business risk, and that the framework for IT risk management is in alignment with the enterprise risk management (ERM) framework
• Ensure the optimization of IT resources including information, services, infrastructure and applications, and people, to support the achievement of enterprise objectives

Pre-requisites

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Below are the certification requirements, if you are taking the course just for knowledge it is not mandatory to possess the below requirements:

5+ years of experience in CGEIT domains :

• IT Governance
• IT Resources
• Benefits Realization
• Risk Optimization

*To find out more about certification, go to https://www.isaca.org/credentialing/cgeit/get-cgeit-certified

Recommended for Career Path Advancement

• Training and CPE resources offered by ISACA or other organisations to keep up knowledge and skills
• Recommended to have CISA and CRISC and CISM certificates

No pre-requisites are imposed to take this course or to appear for the CGEIT certification examination or to gain competency in the SkillsFuture, Technical Skill and Competencies.

It is strongly recommended that you need to possess:

Minimum five years of information security work experience, with a minimum of three years of information security management work experience in three or more of the job practice areas

• Experience in information security management is mandatory
• Experience in general information security optional
• At least a graduate degree qualification, with or without a major (honours)
• Appropriate managerial skills with knowledge of relevant tools and techniques
• Proficiency in English language equivalent to the GCE O Level is expected
• Hardware & Software
  This course will be conducted as a Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom platform. Participants must own a zoom account and have a laptop or a desktop with “Zoom Client for Meetings” installed. This can be downloaded from https://zoom.us/download

Course Outline

Introduction to Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT)

• A Risk and Information Systems Control Professional: Objectives and Expectations
• Professional Managers in Information Systems: need and priorities
• ISACA Code of Professional Ethics
• Examination information and inputs
• Certification Prerequisites, Application, Maintenance and Renewal

Domain 1 Framework for the Governance of Enterprise IT

• Identifying, understanding and emphasize on the mission, vision and values of the enterprise
• Ensure the definition, establishment, and management of a framework for the governance of enterprise IT
• Ensure alignment of framework for the governance of enterprise IT with the enterprises business objective

Domain 2 Strategic Management

• Ensure that the baseline of achievement of enterprise objectives are set
• Establish the need and method of integrating and aligning of IT strategic plans with enterprise strategic plans
• Ensure that IT enables and supports the alignment of IT strategic plans with enterprise strategic plans

Domain 3 Benefits Realization

• Ensuring that IT-enabled investments are managed
• Ensuring that IT-enabled investments deliver optimized business benefits
• Ensuring that that optimized business benefit realization outcome and performance measures are established, evaluated and progress is reported to key stakeholders
• Ensure that business benefits and the realization outcome and performance measures are established and evaluated
• Ensure that business benefits and the realization outcome and performance progress are reported to key stakeholders

Domain 4 Risk Optimization

• Ensure that an IT risk management framework exists for the IT-related business risk
• Ensure that the framework is used to identify, analyse, mitigate, manage, monitor, and communicate IT-related business risk
• Ensure that the enterprise risk management (ERM) framework is identified and understood
• Ensure that the framework for IT risk management is in alignment with the enterprise risk management (ERM) framework

Domain 5 Resource Optimization

• Ensure that the baseline of achievement of enterprise objectives are identified and understood
• Ensure the optimization of IT resources including information, services, infrastructure and applications, and people are conducted
• Ensure the optimization support the enterprise objectives

Examination Preparation and Techniques

• Understand how questions are structured
• Preparing for the CGEIT Examination
• Recommended Reading for the CGEIT Examination
• Exam Favorites

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

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• Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub

Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub

• Statement of Attainment from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)

Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), Statement of Attainment (SOAs) will be issued by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) to certify that the participant has achieved the following Competency Standard(s):

• IT Strategy (ICT-SNA-5016.1.1)
• Enterprise Architecture (ICT-SNA-6012-1.1)
• Only after students pass the Official ISACA CEGIT Certification Examination, they will have to apply to ISACAs to receive the CEGIT Certificate.

CISA certification exams can now be taken via online remote proctored or at an in-person testing center. Separate registration and Exam fee applies: Find out more at (https://www.isaca.org/credentialing/cgeit/cgeit-exam)