CISA vs CISM vs CRISC vs CGEIT

tanvir2220

Among the 4 exams conducted by ISACA which one is the hardest? And which one is the easiest as well? Can someone please explain with proper justification? ( Please explain from general perspective)

GoodBishop

I thought the CISA and potentially CRISC was the hardest. I took all 4 exams, didn't grandfather any of them.

Mostly because there was a lot of study and you have to think differently - like a auditor, like a risk manager. To me, the easiest was the CISM (mostly because I had already passed the CISSP and there was overlap).

tanvir2220

Thanks..
What's about CGEIT?

riyan

Could you please share your corresponding official marks if you still remember it.

GoodBishop

Sure. CISA 486 (I think needed 480 to pass - I think I passed by 1 question), CISM 535 (needed 480 to pass, I believe), CGEIT 483 (needed 450 to pass), CRISC 507 (needed 450 to pass).

Granted, I only studied 16 hours for CISA, 8 for CISM, 8 for CGEIT, and 16 for CRISC. I probably could have done better had I studied more. This was also many years ago too, so things might have changed.

CGEIT was also difficult, but CRISC I felt was harder, despite my score.

Lili37

Hi, do you recommend using the ISACA question database and books for both the CRISC and CISM? Thanks

GoodBishop

For the CRISC, sure, for the CISM, I didn't buy them, so I can't comment on that.