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Introduction to the exam

CISM is an abbreviation that stands for certified information security manager and it’s a certification issued by an internationally recognized body known as ISACA which stands for information systems audit and control association, one is given this certification upon completion of this course and among what is covered in this certification exam and course are governance of information security, information on risk management, security program information development, management information on security program and also managements and response of incidents, this certification course is IT and business relevant and related.

Exam description

Why is this exam required?

Anybody interested in or with the passion of security managers or those who have been managers and want to gain more skills and experience in being an information security manager then this is the right and relevant certification exam for them, it not only take both parts of IT and business world but it makes one dynamic and universal as one gains the knowledge that are both applicable and very relevant to be used in either the IT world only or the business world only or on both combined, also with the revolutionalising of the business sector which is now IT integrated and operational, somebody with the passion of working in such an environment has this as the certification to take them there. With this certification at hand one can become information security manager.

Associated certification

Certified information system audit as a certification recognized internationally and is offered by a body known as ISACA is an auditing related course which is related or combines technology and knowledge from IT making it technology oriented too, the certification closely associated with this certification  among other certifications offered by ISACA  is:

• CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor
• IT Governance

Prerequisites

This certification of CISM which stands for certified information security manager and is offered by ISACA requires or recommends that one determined or with a passion of pursuing this course should have among the following listed prerequisites to make the learning of this course smooth, friendly and relatively easy:

• The participants undertaking this course should know, understand and have agood mastery of English language as all the documentation, testing and teaching is done only in English language.
• The individual willing or with the passion to pursue this CISM course should roughly have an idea of what the course entails that is to say should have done some background check on what the course is all about and what it entails as these won’t make one appear so strange to whatever will be covered here.
• The participants should also if possible have had some experience dealing or working in the IT sector or have pursued a course related to that

What skills and knowledge are tested?

The participant undertaking this course is expected that at the end of the course they should not only have the skills but also the knowledge that can enable them to successfully and efficiently deal with and handle issues related with or revolving around information systems auditing and also security and control.

Objectives or topics covered here

This certified information security manager certification exam or course is broadly classified into five domains just the way most of the certifications provided by the internationally recognized bodies are also classified and these domains in CISM also have different weighted percentage but also with different number of questions per domain but they all sum up to count for the total percentage a student get at the end of the course and are all equally important and useful for the student, the domains covered here are listed below:

23% or 46 questions: Information in security governance

22% or 44 questions: information in risk management

17% or 34 questions: information in security program development

24% or 48 questions: information in security program management.

14% or 28 questions: incident management and response.

In summary of the five listed domains covered here in this course the student at the end of the course is expected or should be in a position to:

• Develop, design and manage in a business the program for information security and to implement it usage properly.Discover and manage any information security risk that a business may face or that might arise in a business. Ensure that the strategies used in information security are in line with the business objectives among others

Career prospects

This certification provides on with the opportunity and ability to work in any sector that is business oriented and since business is everything and is everywhere with these certification one is assured of job