IT Audit Bytes - Provisioning and Deprovisioning 0.5 CPE

Simply put, provisioning is the process of creating and assigning user accounts and granting them access to resources or services within a system. Deprovisioning takes the access away. In practice, this process is much more complex. This session explores the steps for provisioning and deprovisioning.

This course is a part of IT Audit Bytes series. The other Segments of this series are:

1. IT Audit Bytes - Access Control
2. IT Audit Bytes - Backup and Recovery
3. IT Audit Bytes - Change Management
4. IT Audit Bytes - Cybersecurity
5. IT Audit Bytes - Data Loss Prevention
6. IT Audit Bytes - Disaster Recovery and BCP
7. IT Audit Bytes - IT Control Frameworks/li>
8. IT Audit Bytes - Job Monitoring
9. IT Audit Bytes - Logging and SEIM
10. IT Audit Bytes - Network Security and Detection
11. IT Audit Bytes - Password Management
12. IT Audit Bytes - Physical Security
13. IT Audit Bytes - Provisioning and Deprovisioning
14. IT Audit Bytes - SDLC Controls
15. IT Audit Bytes - Security Awareness Training
16. IT Audit Bytes - Separation of Duties Controls
17. IT Audit Bytes - SOC Reports
18. IT Audit Bytes - Strategy and Governance
19. IT Audit Bytes - Third-Party IT Risk Management (TPRM)

Prerequisites

No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.

Learning Objective

• Explore and list the steps in provisioning and deprovisioning.
• Discover and describe the control tests using real examples.
• Identify best practices in access controls.

Last updated/reviewed: March 15, 2025