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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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3,817 ratings

About the Course

The course is awarded The Best Free Online Courses of All Time, and Best Online Courses of the Year (2021 Edition) by Class Central
(http://www.classcentral.com). --- Information systems (IS) are important assets to business organizations and are ubiquitous in our daily lives.
With the latest IS technologies emerging, such as Big Data, FinTech, Virtual Banks, there are more concerns from the public on how
organizations maintain systems’ integrity, such as data privacy, information security, the compliance to the government regulations.
Management in organizations also need to be assured that systems work the way they expected. IS auditors play a crucial rol...
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Top reviews

YY

Feb 10, 2023

This course really helped me gain knowledge regarding IS audits, controls and assurance. Professors explanation was good and easily understandable. Guest interview made me acquire practical knowledge.

RH

Dec 28, 2020

Superb course, the instructor lecture and material is precise and concise. A worthwhile for any current and future IS auditor. Pity that I can only give 5 stars as the course deserve 10 stars rating!

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By mmenyene a

Aug 25, 2022

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By Christopher A

Mar 29, 2022

By Hank S

Jul 31, 2024

I found the course to be fairly outdated, compared to more recent security risks. The content was good, but not as advanced as I had expected (I'm preparing for the CISA certification test.) I will need to take additional, more advanced course for that. But this was a good introduction course for people who are not familiar with auditing. I've been in IT for 40 years with lots of growth over that time, so the course was a good refresher but not as in depth as I'm looking for. The content was presented well and the online technology worked fine (viewing videos, taking the quizzes, etc.) There were also a few external resource materials linked to from the course, which are no longer available (the 3rd party providers had removed the content, or you now had to register on a website to access the content.) This course is not up to date with modern DevOps SDLC processes, so the course guidance is not in alignment with this practice. Also with the vast adoption of SAAS systems and cloud computing platforms, updated content should put more focus on new controls to address those risks, in addition to the increased risks of various approaches of hacking (phishing, malware, ransomware) and authentication requirements for MFA/2SV/2FA or even Passkeys, which is still a fairly new and developing approach. All in all, I think it's time to revamp and update this course.

By Ty H

Jul 20, 2024

Course was good but the videos were too long, therefore, the balance between videos and readings could have been better. For e.g., I have done other courses on Coursera and other platforms where the videos were more exciting, interactive and to the point whilst sharing a lot of information. The reading materials then complemented the videos, allowing for a greater deep dive depending on your understanding, allowing you to skip over topics you are already familiar with. With a course like this, interactive exercises would have been good to reinforce knowledge and/or a few hands-on exercises to ensure practicality (this could be done, while maintaining the time of the overall course).

By Alok M

Aug 30, 2020

Honestly, a little disappointed. If you consider courses like CISA which are very exhaustive, I expected this to be on those lines at a less deeper level. It covers general SDLC related things quite a bit, which most software folks would know already. Few things to learn, though.

By Aparna J

Aug 22, 2020

The course covers very basic theoretical concepts. No practical application or real life case studies are mentioned. If you want to get a basic idea of IS Audit, this is enough.

By sam m

Nov 5, 2021

needs more content related to ISO 27001 ISMS. also should point or lead to next level courses after completing this course at Coursera.

By Abhishek B

May 7, 2022

course was informative, however, it would be awesome if we could atleast share our completion certificate

By ABHISHEK K

Jun 6, 2020

Overall it was a nice learning session but it could be more detailed what i feel.

By Kemkhou M

Jan 3, 2025

i like it and i enjoy it, it's useful but where can we find our certificates

By Cesar P M

Sep 14, 2020

Information requires more structure so we can go back in case of any doubt.

By Amin M

Jan 20, 2025

I found this course very difficult and did not get much out of the course.

By Hernando Z

May 6, 2021

I would expect more content aligned to the CISA certification topics.

By Muh F S

May 5, 2020

realy help me to see what an IS auditor to do and not to

By Alusani N

Aug 13, 2022

but i thought it was free course ,now i have to pay ,

By Kyle C

Feb 19, 2024

Needs better English writing in the graded quizzes

By Sachin R P

Apr 15, 2020

A good introductory course to IS auditing.

By queen k

Mar 19, 2023

it improves and equips knowledge bravo

By Olabode E

Mar 21, 2024

Good one

By Jehoram F B

Jun 24, 2022

None

By Niravkumar A P

Jun 9, 2020

It would be great if more details about Auditing Framework and some popular standards are discussed since they will be more helpful in work environment and interviews for Auditor Positions. I took the course to start my career as an IT Auditor and to add value to my profile. But the content taught is not sufficient and did not add much to the knowledge I already possess.

By Kristin S

Jul 14, 2020

Very quick high level overview with detail in few areas. By no means does it come close to covering everything an IS Auditor does or needs to know. In addition, the language conversation to U.S. English is not great causing confusion in the text and quizzes

By Taylor G

Aug 5, 2022

not happy that it doesnt actually provide a certificate... good class otherwise

By tanushree p

Oct 27, 2022

more of theoritical and less practical knowledge

By Ranjit I

Nov 26, 2020

The course was good and I liked it very much