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New diploma holders in Information Systems Security, Control and Audit (DISSCA) together with IT Faculty CA Sri Lanka Chairman Channa Manoharan (seated, fourth from left); CA Sri Lanka Secretary/CEO Aruna Alwis (seated, fifth from left) and lecturers of the DISSCA program
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) recently awarded the Diploma in Information Systems Security, Control and Audit to accounting and finance professionals who have successfully completed the specialised course.
The Diploma in Information Systems Security, Control and Audit (DISSCA) is a specialised course conducted by CA Sri Lanka annually with the aim of enhancing the IT skills of professionals in the midst of increasing cyber-crime threats that affect day to day business operations including hacks on confidential company data.
CA Sri Lanka Council Member and IT Faculty Chairman Channa Manoharan disclosed that to date over 150 professionals attached to leading corporates have successfully qualified from the DISSCA program conducted by CA Sri Lanka.
Diploma certificates were awarded to the 20th and 21st batches who were following the DISSCA program. The program is jointly conducted by CA Sri Lanka and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICA India).
CA Sri Lanka Chief Executive Officer Aruna Alwis emphasised on the importance of all professionally being duly educated in important areas such as information technology.
“Cyber-crime is a very serious concern today and as representatives of corporates we need to take extra precaution to ensure that our organisations are safeguarded from cyber-attacks,” he said.
Alwis noted that over the years, DISSCA has been educating managers, supervisors of audit firms, internal auditors, accountants and financial controllers on the dangers their organisations maybe facing, while also teaching them on how to combat such dangers, thus making the annual program a very popular one.
