CISA Domain 4: Availability & Capacity Management

This episode is part of the CISA Audit Judgment Series — a structured, scenario-based learning path focused on Domains 4 and 5, the highest-weighted areas of the exam.

In this episode, we explore a real audit scenario involving a production database consistently running near maximum capacity — with no alerts, no escalation, and no capacity planning.

This situation reveals one of the most overlooked weaknesses in IT operations: the normalization of chronic system strain.

You’ll learn:

✔ Why availability & capacity management are major CISA exam topics

✔ How junior auditors think vs. how audit leaders assess the risk

✔ What controls should exist around monitoring, forecasting, and thresholds

✔ What evidence auditors should review during capacity-related audits

✔ How to evaluate long-term operational resilience

✔ How to identify systemic failures in governance and SLA performance

This episode teaches both CISA exam reasoning and real audit leadership judgment.

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