7DEC
7 - 11 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
Professional training course · AGRC-045
Auditing IT General Controls
Almost every financial and operational process now runs on information systems. If the underlying IT environment is poorly controlled, application controls and system…
- 5 daysClassroom
- 49Upcoming dates
- 12Cities
- £2,250Fees from
Course overview
Introduction
Almost every financial and operational process now runs on information systems. If the underlying IT environment is poorly controlled, application controls and system reports cannot be relied upon, and errors or fraud may go undetected. IT general controls therefore sit at the heart of both internal and external audit work.
This Auditing IT General Controls training course gives auditors a practical understanding of how to plan, test and report on the core IT control domains: access management, change management, IT operations and system development. Participants learn what good controls look like, how to obtain and analyse evidence, and how to evaluate deficiencies and their impact.
The course is designed for both IT and non-IT auditors, explaining technical concepts in clear language while providing the depth needed to perform credible, evidence-based audit work.
Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the purpose of IT general controls and their link to financial reporting
- Scope an IT general controls review based on risk
- Assess the design of logical access and user management controls
- Test change management controls for applications and infrastructure
- Evaluate IT operations controls including backup and job scheduling
- Review system development and acquisition controls
- Obtain, analyse and document reliable IT audit evidence
- Evaluate and report control deficiencies effectively
Target Audience
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including:
- Internal auditors and audit managers
- IT auditors and IT risk professionals
- External auditors involved in IT reviews
- Information security and compliance staff
- IT managers preparing for audits
- Finance professionals relying on system controls
Training Methodology
The course is practical and evidence-focused. Participants work through sample system reports, user access listings, change tickets and backup logs, performing tests as they would in a real audit. Short technical explanations are followed by exercises, walkthrough simulations and the drafting of audit findings.
Target Competencies
- IT audit scoping
- Access control testing
- Change management review
- IT operations assessment
- IT audit evidence analysis
- Deficiency evaluation and reporting
Course outline
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1Day One: IT General Controls and Audit Planning
- The relationship between IT general controls and application controls
- IT risks to data integrity, availability and confidentiality
- Common control frameworks used in IT audit
- Understanding the IT environment: systems, databases and infrastructure
- Risk-based scoping of an IT general controls review
- Working with IT teams and planning walkthroughs
- Exercise: scoping an ITGC review for a finance system
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2Day Two: Logical Access and User Management
- User provisioning, modification and removal processes
- Privileged and administrator access controls
- Password policies, authentication and single sign-on
- Segregation of duties in systems and how to test it
- Periodic user access reviews and their effectiveness
- Analysing user listings against HR leaver data
- Exercise: testing access controls with sample data
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3Day Three: Change Management Controls
- Why uncontrolled changes threaten system reliability
- Change request, approval, testing and implementation steps
- Segregation between development and production environments
- Emergency changes and how they should be controlled
- Database and infrastructure change controls
- Selecting samples and testing change tickets
- Exercise: evaluating a set of change records
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4Day Four: IT Operations and System Development
- Job scheduling, monitoring and incident management
- Backup, restoration testing and data retention
- Physical and environmental controls over data centres
- Controls over cloud and outsourced IT services
- System development life cycle and project controls
- Data migration and go-live controls
- Exercise: reviewing backup and incident evidence
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5Day Five: Evidence, Evaluation and Reporting
- Sufficient and appropriate IT audit evidence
- Using data analytics and system reports reliably
- Evaluating the severity of IT control deficiencies
- Compensating controls and their limitations
- Writing clear IT audit findings for non-technical readers
- Agreeing remediation and follow-up with IT management
- Personal action plan for IT general controls auditing
Schedule
Dates and fees
49 upcoming dates in 12 cities. Fees are per delegate; bring colleagues and every seat is discounted.
December 2026
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
14DEC
14 - 18 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
21DEC
21 - 25 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
January 2027
4JAN
4 - 8 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
11JAN
11 - 15 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
18JAN
18 - 22 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
MunichGermany · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
25JAN
25 - 29 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
February 2027
1FEB
1 - 5 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
8FEB
8 - 12 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
15FEB
15 - 19 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
22FEB
22 - 26 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
ParisFrance · Classroom
£4,500per delegate2+ people: £3,600 each
March 2027
1MAR
1 - 5 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
RomeItaly · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
8MAR
8 - 12 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
15MAR
15 - 19 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
22MAR
22 - 26 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
April 2027
5APR
5 - 9 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
12APR
12 - 16 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
ViennaAustria · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
19APR
19 - 23 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
26APR
26 - 30 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
May 2027
3MAY
3 - 7 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
10MAY
10 - 14 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
17MAY
17 - 21 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
AmsterdamNetherlands · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
24MAY
24 - 28 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
June 2027
7JUN
7 - 11 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
14JUN
14 - 18 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
21JUN
21 - 25 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
July 2027
5JUL
5 - 9 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
DubaiUnited Arab Emirates · Classroom
£5,250per delegate2+ people: £4,200 each
12JUL
12 - 16 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
19JUL
19 - 23 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
26JUL
26 - 30 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
August 2027
2AUG
2 - 6 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
9AUG
9 - 13 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
GenevaSwitzerland · Classroom
£5,250per delegate2+ people: £4,200 each
16AUG
16 - 20 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
23AUG
23 - 27 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
September 2027
6SEP
6 - 10 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
13SEP
13 - 17 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
20SEP
20 - 24 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
October 2027
4OCT
4 - 8 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
11OCT
11 - 15 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
18OCT
18 - 22 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
25OCT
25 - 29 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
Kuala LumpurMalaysia · Classroom
£2,250per delegate2+ people: £1,800 each
November 2027
1NOV
1 - 5 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
MadridSpain · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
8NOV
8 - 12 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
15NOV
15 - 19 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
22NOV
22 - 26 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
December 2027
6DEC
6 - 10 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
13DEC
13 - 17 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
MunichGermany · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
20DEC
20 - 24 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
27DEC
27 - 31 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
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Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the Auditing IT General Controls course?
The course runs over 5 days of classroom training, usually Monday to Friday.
When is the next Auditing IT General Controls course?
The next public date is 7 - 11 Dec 2026 in Barcelona. There are 49 upcoming dates in total.
Where is this course held?
Upcoming sessions run in Barcelona, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Amsterdam, Dubai, Geneva, Kuala Lumpur, Madrid.
How much does the course cost?
Fees start from £2,250 per delegate, depending on the city. Fees include tuition and course materials.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Delegates who complete the course receive a London Leadership Management Innovation certificate of completion.
Can this course be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. LLMI can tailor and deliver this course privately for your organisation at your premises or in one of our training cities.
Course information last updated 14 November 2026.
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