You have been standing on the wrong side of it.
It is the job that decides who gets access. No tech background required to start.
A real instructor. Every question answered. Nothing to fall behind on.
Live IT audit training for career changers. Next cohort starts October 15.
Next cohort starts October 15 · 100% live and remote
Live, cohort-based training designed for working professionals. Learn the actual testing procedures, master the terminology, and walk into interviews knowing how the job is done in the real world.
Where you are
Every posting wants two years of experience you were never allowed to get. You have three hours left in the evening after work, and you have spent them wondering whether thirty six is too late to start something new.
It is not too late. But the way in is not the one everybody told you about.
The work
Who has access to the payroll system? Did the backups actually run last night? Was that Friday code change properly approved, or did someone just push it live?
You test the controls, document the evidence, and tell leadership what needs fixing.
At its core, IT audit isn’t engineering. It’s investigative process work with a technical layer. That’s why career changers pick it up in weeks, not years. And it’s why professionals from teaching, healthcare, retail, and accounting often outperform engineers at the most critical part of the role: knowing how to ask the right questions.
Why this field
You do not need to code and you do not need a computer science degree. If you understand how a process works, ask good questions, and notice when something does not add up, you already have the foundation.
IT audit sits inside the security and compliance field, where information security analyst roles are projected to grow 21% between 2025 and 2035, against 3% across all occupations. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook
Entry level IT audit roles typically run $71,000 to $112,000. Senior auditors sit at a $113,500 midpoint and reach $128,750 with experience and certifications.
ZipRecruiter, entry level IT auditor · Robert Half 2026 Salary Guide, senior IT auditor
Public companies, banks, and healthcare organizations are required to maintain and test controls over their systems. Sarbanes-Oxley covers financial reporting, the HIPAA Security Rule covers patient data, the GLBA Safeguards Rule covers financial institutions. That testing happens whether the business is hiring or cutting.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404 · HIPAA Security Rule, US Department of Health and Human Services · GLBA Safeguards Rule, Federal Trade Commission
The syllabus
What the systems are, in plain words, before anyone audits anything.
The method. Risk, controls, evidence, and how a finding gets written.
The controls inside the software a business runs on.
Who decides, who approves, and how you test that on paper.
Access, patching, incident response, and what good looks like.
Your resume, your interview answers, and the plan for the eight weeks after class ends.
Press and hold. That is the whole job, really.
Inside the classroom
Not a trailer. These are teaching slides from the course as it runs, pulled straight from the deck.
The numbers, with sources
The question everyone asks
Partly, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. The World Economic Forum’s 2025 jobs report lists accountants and auditors among the roles it expects to shrink, and the part it is talking about is the repetitive checklist work.
The other half of the picture is that ISACA, the body that certifies auditors, launched a whole new AI audit certification in 2025 because organizations are adopting AI faster than anyone can govern it. Someone has to test those systems. That work is new, and it is audit work.
So the honest answer is this: the clerical end of auditing is exposed, and the technical end is where the field is moving. This class teaches the technical end.
WEF Future of Jobs 2025. ISACA AAIA launch, May 2025.
What else you could do
The exam is $575 for ISACA members and $760 if you are not one. Real credential, and the right move eventually. But it asks for five years of experience before it certifies you, and it does not teach you how to do the work or how to get hired.
The content is fine. Almost nobody finishes one. If self-paced worked for you, you would already be an IT auditor.
Longer, far more expensive, and mostly aimed at people who already work in tech.
You already know how that goes.
This is $1,500 and three weeks of evenings.
The format
Three weeks. Six live sessions. No pre-recorded video sitting in a library gathering dust.
7:00 to 9:00pm Central, every Thursday and Friday for three weeks. It is built to fit around a full time job.
Cameras on, questions out loud, the instructor answering yours specifically. Live is the entire point. There is no video library to fall behind on.
Your resume rewritten for IT audit, the interview answers, and a plan for the weeks after class ends. You leave with a next step, not a certificate, and the mentorship keeps going long after the last session.
The calendar
All sessions run live on Google Meet, 7:00 to 9:00pm Central
Questions, answered
Yes, and that is exactly who it was built for. Classes run at 7pm, and there are six sessions, not sixty. Two hours an evening, twice most weeks, for three weeks. If you can watch a movie after work, you can do this.
You do not. IT audit is not software engineering. It is checking whether systems follow the security rules a company wrote down, like making sure people who leave lose their access and that changes get approved before they ship. If you have basic computer literacy and can read a checklist, we teach you the rest. You are also far from alone in not having the degree. Here is something worth knowing: ISACA takes two years off the CISA experience requirement for a bachelor’s degree in any field at all. Accounting, English, biology. This profession has never required a computer science degree.
Enough to walk into an interview and hold your own. You will know what IT general controls are, how an audit is planned and executed, how to talk about risk, and how to answer the questions you will actually be asked. You will not quite become an Audit Director at the end of the session, but you will be well-prepared and poised to kick off a long and rewarding career.
The class ends. The support does not. Your $1,500 covers more than the six sessions: a full resume review, interview preparation before you go in, and a debrief afterward so the next one goes better. Once you are on the job, you still have someone to call when you run into something you have not seen before. And the career coaching does not expire. It is yours for life.
They do, and here is why. Entry level IT audit is one of the few technical doors that opens without a technical resume, because the work is method and judgment sitting on top of technology. Our last session is built specifically to help you make that case, in your words, about your own background. After that we rewrite your resume together, prepare you for the interview, and go over how it went afterward so you get sharper every time.
Everything is out in the open before you pay a cent: the full syllabus is on this page, the dates and times are published, and payment runs through Wave, so no card details are ever stored on this site. You will also notice we never promise you a job, because nobody honest can. What you get is six live sessions, a resume review, interview prep and debriefs, and a mentor you can still call once you are on the job.
You can split the $1,500 into two payments of $750 or three payments of $500. Your first payment reserves your seat, and the balance is paid in full by October 24. Everything runs through Wave, and no card details are ever stored on this site.
Life happens. Let us know before it does and we will make sure you get what you missed. The class is built around being in the room, and the people who attend all six get the most out of it.
What past students say
Hear from a few of our former students.
“Before taking the IT Audit MasterClass, I was already working as an IT Auditor but lacked the confidence of what I was doing and did not have the audacity to ask for more responsibilities. After the class, and within about 5 months, the confidence and the audacity to accept more responsibilities emerged which helped me to be promoted to Manager. I therefore recommend this class to anyone looking to pursue a career in cybersecurity, specifically IT audit.”
“Before taking the class, I had no knowledge or understanding of IT Audit. At the time, I was working as an insurance agent, so IT Audit was completely new to me. The class gave me the foundation and knowledge I needed to understand the field and ultimately pursue a career in IT Audit. Nii is an exceptional instructor who ensures that his students fully understand the material and is always available to provide support.”
“Before the masterclass, I was interested in IT Audit but didn’t fully understand the concepts or what the career really involved. The class broke everything down in a practical way and helped me understand the different areas of IT Audit, controls, risks, and how the concepts apply in real work. I now have a much clearer picture of the career and feel more confident pursuing it. If you’re hesitating, I’d say go for it, you’ll learn a lot and gain some real direction.”
“I was already in compliance but it strengthened my knowledge in the audit field. It’s a very practical course and makes you understand that the field is not like rocket science.”
Enrollment
All-inclusive access
$1,500
Due on enrollment.
$750 × 2
$750 now, $750 by October 24.
$500 × 3
$500 now, then two more, all paid by October 24.
Your balance is paid in full by October 24. Payment runs through Wave, and no card details are ever stored on this site.
Cohort one starts Thursday, October 15 · Cohort two starts Thursday, November 5
Cohort seats are kept deliberately small, so everyone gets direct feedback during the live testing drills.