Provisionally passed CRISC on 5-Feb

Began studying in November with only the ISACA review manual and QAE database.

Gave the manual one good read and reviewed the major points two more times. I continued going through all 599 questions in the database until I was consistently scoring a minimum of 80%. I took a break for a few weeks in January, but for the past two weeks I started hammering through the database again.

I completed the exam in two hours. I skipped a lot of questions in the beginnng of the exam because my technique is to always skip questions I cannot answer immediately. Whenever I take exams I like to keep count of the ones I feel I know for sure. If I feel confident the amount I have scored correctly is enough to pass then I do not stress hard when I go back over the questions I skipped. I flagged quite a few questions, but did not go back to review them because I don't think it is a good idea to change my answers.

I might do CGEIT next, but undecided.

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SteveLavoie

From the ISACA candidate guide : Five (5) or more years of experience in IS/IT audit, control, assurance, or security. Experience waivers are available for a maximum of three (3) years.

It is not only 5 years of IS/IT audit.. general security work too.

UnixGuy

JDMurray said:

The reason is to have CISA on your resume to impress some future hiring manager or satisfy a job recruiter's checklist.

that's true specially if someone doesn't have a lot of experience so the cert might help them stand out

E Double U said:

@UnixGuy - Then you could question the value of any ISACA, ISC2, or other credentials with those type of requirements. I believe doing certain certs after years of experience is logical as the learning compliments (but not always mimics) what one has learned on the job.

well yes, but the content of CISSP is at least a little bit advanced, CISA's objectives look entry-levelish , but yeah I guess it can help someone on their resume

SteveLavoie

well yes, but the content of CISSP is at least a little bit advanced, CISA's objectives look entry-levelish , but yeah I guess it can help someone on their resume

Imagine.. ISACA have released a certificate for cybersecurity audit that dont require any experience.

https://www.isaca.org/credentialing/cybersecurity-audit-certificate

IMO, CISA is not really difficult, mostly a vocabulary exam.

SteveLavoie

I received my score this morning. Not bad, 450 was needed. At least I scored better where I was expecting it, and I was not as prepared that I am usually. So I am happy of my result.

Name	Score
Information Security Governance	512
Information Risk Management and Compliance	512
Information Security Program Development and Management	598
Information Security Incident Management	598

DZA_

Congrats on passing the exam!