How do I become an IT Internal Auditor?

Question

What degree do I need? Im thinking of majoring in Management Information Systems and Accounting.

Answer 1

concentrate on securities, cisco, external and internal securities are the primary concern. I dont know of any degrees that specialize in the but an MSCE and start with a CCNA will give you a great introduction on those 2 types.

Here are some examples to think of

Physical security- access to buildings and servers, USB keys

Internal security - protect from employees, securing againt guests in your building

Hardware security- disposal of used equipment

external connectivity security

Password policy and security

account management/user groups

Local accounts versues domain account

IP based security

Radius servers...

There is a lot to cover but personally I think a network administrator is a good place to start.

Answer 2

MIS/Accounting and IT internal auditors are different domain but inter connected.

you have separate course for Testing/Quality assurance.

through search engines yahoo/google get the information of core activities of QA internal auditor on IT.

Answer 3

Sounds like the right plan, except I would switch to Computer Science rather than MIS.