How long does this certification take?

The programme is 8 Week and can be completed at your own pace through our self-paced online option, or alongside live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are internationally recognised and carry CPD credits, making them valuable for career advancement worldwide.

What level is this certification?

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Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist (CISAS) | Online Certification

Executive Summary

Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist (CISAS) delivers a rigorous Intermediate-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in financial management, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis.

This 8 Week programme is structured around IFRS, GAAP and recognised financial management and reporting standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CISAS holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification

Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist

Acronym

CISAS

Who Should Enrol?

Cloud, Connectivity and Cost — applied to your own work
Automation, AI and Their Limits — applied to your own work
Adoption and Lifecycle — applied to your own work
Requirements and the Real Problem — applied to your own work
Data Quality and Sources — applied to your own work
Security and Data Protection — applied to your own work

Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

All study materials and study guide
Access to GLI online learning portal
Online examination and assessment
Digital certificate and digital badge
Physical certificate (shipped to you)
CPD credits for professional bodies
GLI alumni network membership
Facilitator and tutor support
Resource downloads and reference library
Automatic enrolment confirmation

Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Career Advancement

Accelerate your career towards senior finance, controller and CFO roles

Professional Recognition

Credential aligned with IFRS, GAAP and recognised financial management and reporting standards

Leadership Capability

Develop the strategic and operational skills to lead complex financial management functions

Organisational Impact

Design and implement financial management systems that drive performance and measurable results

Compliance Readiness

Master the standards, compliance and ethical governance central to financial management

Global Employability

Qualify for financial management roles across corporates, banks, NGOs and public-sector organisations worldwide

Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Financial Accounting, Reporting and Analysis

✦Budgeting, Planning and Cost Control

✦Corporate Finance, Investment and Valuation

✦Treasury, Working Capital and Cash Management

✦Financial Controls, Audit and Governance

✦Professional Ethics and Governance

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist

Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist: industry context, trends and professional standards
The role of finance in organisations and value creation
Financial, management and cost accounting distinguished
The finance operating model and business partnering
Accounting concepts, principles and the regulatory landscape
Financial statements and the accounting equation
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Ethics and professional standards in finance
Corporate objectives and shareholder value
The finance function and digital transformation
Building a finance career and professional development

Cloud, Connectivity and Cost

Descriptive statistics and reading a distribution
Technical debt and system lifecycle
Delivering technology change that people adopt
Business continuity and disaster recovery
Business intelligence and reporting
Data analytics and visualisation
Big data technologies and platforms
Data privacy and protection
Network design, LAN/WAN and topologies
TCP/IP, DNS and routing
Wireless, mobile and edge networking
Cloud platforms and services
Containerisation and Kubernetes
Serverless and microservices
Platform engineering and reliability (SRE)

Automation, AI and Their Limits

Automation and where it genuinely pays
Artificial intelligence: capability, limits and responsible use
Correlation, causation and experiment design
Analytical techniques and bias
CI/CD and release management
Preparing financial statements
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Management accounts and dashboards
DevOps culture and practices
Budget vs actual and variance
Automated testing strategies
Quality assurance and code review
Performance and load testing
Cost and profitability analysis

Adoption and Lifecycle

Delivering technology change that people adopt
Technical debt and system lifecycle
Systems integration and the single source of truth
Systems analysis, design and modelling
Forecasting and planning
Data visualisation for finance
Servers, storage and data centres
Decision support and insight
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Scalability, availability and performance
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Digital transformation strategy
Agile and product operating models

Requirements and the Real Problem

Requirements and the specification gap
Delivering technology change that people adopt
Turning analysis into a decision
Peer support and consultation
Compliance and audit in ERP
Data governance in enterprise systems
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Measuring ERP value
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Duty of care and risk management
Record-keeping and data protection
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Performance and optimisation
Client feedback and satisfaction
Evidence-based improvement

Data Quality and Sources

Data quality and the fitness-for-purpose test
Systems integration and the single source of truth
Turning analysis into a decision
Software design patterns and quality
Maintenance, refactoring and technical debt
Data modelling and database design
SQL and relational databases
NoSQL and modern data stores
Data warehousing and data lakes
Monitoring, observability and logging
Network security and zero trust
Cost, performance and capacity management
ETL/ELT and data pipelines
Big data platforms (Spark, Hadoop)
Streaming and real-time data

Security and Data Protection

Cybersecurity fundamentals and the human factor
Data protection and privacy by design
Cloud, infrastructure and the connectivity constraint
Risk, security and feasibility analysis
Managing risk and difficult cases
Designing and facilitating groups
Psychoeducation and workshops
Data structures and algorithms
Object-oriented and functional design
Clean code and design patterns
Designing an intervention or programme
Debugging and problem solving
APIs and service design
Concurrency and performance
Evidence-based practice

Legal and Regulatory

Regulatory awareness (GDPR and beyond)
Vendor, contract and asset management
Regulatory and privacy requirements
Smart contracts and dApps
Risk and regulatory considerations
Data ethics, privacy and protection
Policy development and drafting
Data protection and privacy
Regulatory technology (RegTech)
Regulatory mapping and horizon scanning
Policy that changes behaviour
Research methods for policy
Regulatory impact assessment
Policy cycle and evidence-based policy
Guard force and contractor management

Delivery and Projects

Project governance and risk
Agile delivery and iterative development
Continuous improvement in delivery
IT project and portfolio management
Leading IT projects and change
Capacity planning and line balancing
Projects and expansion: connecting the unserved
Range planning and category management
Mine planning and methods: surface and underground
Goal setting and contracting
Treatment planning and review
Cost reduction and efficiency programmes
Compliance frameworks and programmes
Designing and testing a compliance programme
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting

Leadership and Decisions

Upgrades and roadmap management
IT service management and support operations
Managing technology teams and technical work
IT operations and service management
Incident and problem management
Patching and change management
DevOps, CI/CD and release management
Supervised and unsupervised learning
Turning insight into decisions
Scaling technology and teams
Risk management and security frameworks
Cyber risk management
Training and change management
Vendor and partner management
Innovation management and R&D

Capability and Training

Front-end and back-end development
Building digital capability in an organisation
Version control and collaborative development
Web and mobile application development
Software development lifecycle (SDLC)
Supplier development and improvement
Real estate development and project appraisal
Proposal development and donor reporting
Attachment and developmental theory
Managing complexity and comorbidity
Lessons learned and development
Training and capability building
Coaching for performance
Development banking and project finance
Message development and testing

Change and Adoption

Digital transformation roadmaps
User adoption and change
Data literacy and adoption
Managing resistance and upskilling
Measuring digital transformation impact
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations
Customer experience transformation
Digital and self-service transformation
Measuring CX transformation impact
Digital transformation in banking
Managing resistance and reskilling
Habit change and behaviour design
Change control and configuration
Organisational change management
Change and adoption in projects

Operations and Service

Self-service analytics
IT operating models and organisation
IT service and product mindset
Quality, defects and reliability
Process modelling and mapping
Service strategy, design and transition
Continual service improvement
Incident response process
ERP concepts and business processes
Process optimisation and RPA
Testing, quality assurance and defect economics
Natural language processing
Advisory service design and delivery
Customer service and experience principles
Service culture and brand promise

Cost and Investment

Innovation and technology investment
Finance, procurement and supply modules
Roadmapping and investment
Cost, performance and FinOps
Flexible budgets and rolling forecasts
Responsibility accounting and cost centres
Capital budgeting: NPV, IRR and payback
Cost of capital and WACC
Capital structure and financing decisions
Real options and strategic investment
Financial modelling and scenario analysis
Impact, blended and concessional finance
Total cost of ownership
Investment principles and objectives
Alternative investments

Stakeholders and Vendors

Data products and stakeholder value
Stakeholder and gap analysis
Stakeholder mapping and business partnering
Presenting and influencing
Negotiation with vendors
ERP platforms and vendors
Vendor selection and managing technology suppliers
Influencer and affiliate marketing
Building strategic customer relationships
Workplace and organisational contexts
Negotiation with buyers, suppliers and financiers
Stakeholder and sponsor management
Stakeholder rights and fair treatment
Delivery, quality and stakeholder plan
Stakeholder identification and analysis

Communication and Documentation

Dashboards, reporting and the metric that misleads
Data storytelling and communicating findings
Professional and technical documentation
Cryptography and secure communications
Reporting and enterprise analytics
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Reporting quality and governance
Communicating financial results
Professional case study and presentation
Communicating with families and carers
Professional writing and reports
Document and configuration management
Integrated marketing communications
Dashboards and performance reporting
Professional presentation and pitching

Users and Customers

Scaling innovation to production
Digital user experience and accessibility
Managing user and customer expectations
Reducing customer effort
Customer effort and sentiment analysis
CRM systems and customer data
Customer service technology stack
Social media customer care
Unified customer view
Customer loyalty and advocacy
Customer lifetime value
Market analysis and environmental scanning
Customer personas and insight
Product and portfolio strategy
Go-to-market and channel strategy

Strategic Context

Data-driven and platform business models
Emerging threats and defensive strategy
IT strategy and business alignment
Business models for new tech
Ethics and responsible innovation
Innovation and experimentation culture
Vision, mission and strategic intent
Competitive strategy and positioning
Business model design and innovation
Setting strategic priorities and choices
Aligning teams around strategy
Competition and antitrust
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Reward strategy and total reward frameworks

Security

Security by design
Change talk and readiness
Awareness and security culture
Cloud and data security
Incident reporting and record-keeping
Security governance and management systems
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Security operations management
Security programme design and budgeting
Security metrics and reporting
Security culture and awareness
Leading security teams
Aligning security with business goals
Security risk assessment and proportionate response
Security technology selection and operation

Performance Measurement

KPIs and metric design
IT KPIs, SLAs and scorecards
System performance and reliability metrics
Measuring IT value and performance
System performance and tuning
Performance tuning and optimisation
Linking CX to business performance
Performance management in service
Banking KPIs and branch scorecards
Credit risk measurement and mitigation
Sales performance and pipeline management
Policy, planning and objectives
Managing team performance and dynamics
High-performance team rituals and cadence
Contract performance and exit

Procurement and Supply

Third-party and supply-chain risk
Supply market analysis
Procurement and supply chain: scope and value
The procurement cycle and operating models
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Public versus private procurement
Supply markets and the enabling environment
Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Fair trade and responsible supply
Procurement and asset management under donor rules
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Procurement and contract value
Procurement and contract management
Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution

Workforce

Workforce planning and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Customer and employee satisfaction
Employee engagement models and drivers
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
Communicating risk to the workforce
Workforce and shift management in retail
Workforce management and scheduling
Applicant tracking systems and recruitment analytics
Digital HR and the employee experience platform
Data protection and employee privacy
Belonging, culture and employee resource groups
Future of work and workforce transformation
Customer (employee/manager) satisfaction
Recruitment marketing and candidate attraction

Ethics and Standards

Professional ethics in technology
Ethical and responsible technology
Digital ethics and algorithmic accountability
Ethics, responsibility and digital citizenship
Marketing and sales ethics
Brand safety and responsible marketing
Sustainability and responsible marketing
Goal setting and action planning
Accountability and follow-through
Corporate social responsibility and community impact
Ethics and fair customer treatment
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Ethics of technology in practice

International Context

Global and comparative HR contexts
Global sourcing and international trade
International and cross-border tax
Measuring coaching outcomes
Key global frameworks: FAO, GlobalG.A.P., SDGs and national strategies
Grades, standards and export certification (GlobalG.A.P.)
Governance, risk and compliance
The business analysis discipline and role
Requirements and analysis
Governance, compliance and standards (ISO 27001)
IT governance frameworks (COBIT)
Strengths, flow and engagement

Sustainability

Sustainability and green IT
Responsible and sustainable governance
ESG principles and frameworks
Environmental governance and climate risk
Governance of ESG and reporting
Sustainability standards (GRI, ISSB)
Meaning, purpose and values
Sustainability and environmental duty
Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)
Environmental legal compliance
Sustainability and climate responsibility
Sustainability and social impact in projects
Outcome and process measures
Data, records and confidentiality tech
Monitoring sustainability outcomes

Learning and Knowledge

Deep learning and neural networks
Blended and hybrid learning design
Motivation and self-directed learning
Instructional design and blended learning
Knowledge management and capability building
Learning technologies and the LMS
Learning transfer and capability building
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Practice management systems
Complaint data and learning
Cognitive load and learning science
Learning strategy and business alignment
Learning cultures and the learning organisation
Instructional design models (ADDIE, SAM)

Health and Safety Context

Working with organisations on wellbeing
Risk assessment and safety planning
Wellbeing and resilience coaching
Health, safety and compliance in delivery
Brand health and measurement
Regulatory compliance and biosafety
Safety management systems (ISO 45001)
Product safety and standards
Safety management systems overview (ISO 45001)
Safety culture and leadership
Safety communication and campaigns
Emerging tools and innovation
Health records, data and confidentiality
Telehealth and digital care delivery
Public health programmes: prevention and outreach

Technology Foundations

Cloud data platforms
The technology landscape and trends
Digital accessibility and inclusion
Bridging business and technology
Capstone scoping: a real technology problem
Designing a technical solution or system
Emerging-technology evaluation
LAN, WAN and network design
Digital finance, mobile money and payment operations
GRC platforms and technology
Compliance monitoring systems
Automation, RPA and straight-through processing
Technology governance and change control
Digital credit and alternative data
Digital and alternative-data credit

Data and Evidence

Dashboards and data storytelling
Predictive and prescriptive analytics
Continuous improvement and DevOps metrics
Data and information requirements
Metrics, velocity and flow
Master data and configuration
Data and interoperability
Data architecture and integration
Statistics and exploratory data analysis
Evaluation metrics and monitoring
People analytics and HR measurement
Evidence-based practice and research literacy
Psychometric and screening tools
Quality and delivery metrics
Agile metrics and velocity

Governance and Risk

Risk, compliance and audit
Enterprise architecture governance
Residual risk and ALARP
Risk registers and monitoring
Working with referrers and multidisciplinary teams
Compliance monitoring and enforcement
Psychoeducation and public communication
Contract types and risk allocation
Contract governance and compliance
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
Likelihood, impact and risk rating
Asset-liability committee (ALCO) governance
Derivatives and risk instruments
Control environment and risk assessment
Process and control documentation

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

Cloud, Connectivity and Cost — applied to your own work
Automation, AI and Their Limits — applied to your own work
Adoption and Lifecycle — applied to your own work
Requirements and the Real Problem — applied to your own work
Data Quality and Sources — applied to your own work
Security and Data Protection — applied to your own work

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CISAS certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with IFRS, GAAP and recognised financial management and reporting standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CISAS?

This certification is ideal for Finance Officers and Accountants, Budget and Cost Analysts, Finance Managers and Controllers and Auditors and Financial Analysts, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in financial management, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CISAS certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 8 Week and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CISAS internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CISAS certification?

The Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 349 and Live Virtual at USD 549. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CISAS certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CISAS?

The Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CISAS?

The Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CISAS while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CISAS?

Graduates progress towards senior finance, controller and CFO roles. The CISAS strengthens your expertise in financial management, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis and positions you for advancement across corporates, banks, NGOs and public-sector organisations.

Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist

Certified Information Systems Assurance Specialist

Certification at a Glance

Who Should Enrol?

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Core Competencies You Will Develop

Programme Modules

What You Will Achieve

How to Get Certified

Common Questions

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