CASL launches course to combat cyber-crime

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CASL) launched its cyber-crime fighting course, the Diploma in Information Systems Security, Control and Audit (DISSCA) last week.

The program which has already completed 21 batches, is conducted with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and is conducted by foreign expert, Mathew A. Thomas, Chartered

Accountant (FCA, MCA, DISA (ICAI), CISSP, PhD). He is supported by a local faculty comprising experts representing leading organisations such as NDB, Commercial Bank, PwC, Layers-7 Seguro Consultoria (Pvt) Ltd and CASL.

The annual diploma program conducted over six months has been popular among the corporate community due to its modules covering a multitude of areas such as, Information Technology, IS infrastructure and emerging technologies, information systems assurance services, governance and management of enterprise information technology, risk management and compliance reviews, protection of information systems, infrastructure and information assets, systems development - acquisition, maintenance and implementation, business applications software audit and business continuity management.

The diploma has been designed for managers, supervisors of audit firms and internal auditors needing functional level understanding of computer auditing and also for financial officers, controllers and accountants in an information systems environment, to understand information system control and security.

Participants have the option of following the entire program or on a module basis. Students who complete the course can sit for the exam conducted by ICAI in June or December, while participants can follow the program module-wise, where module wise exams will be conducted by CASL.