CISA / CISM

Certification Update

For candidates who consented to item #26 on the registration form, a onetime pass/fail status and score notification was sent by e-mail during the first week of August. Additionally, candidates are able to view their exam score at www.isaca.org using their login credentials and password. Candidates are advised that the result letters may not arrive for several weeks in some locations.

December 2006 Exam Registration and BOI

Registration for the 9 December 2006 CISA and CISM exams is underway. To view additional details, including exam costs and a list of test sites, please read the CISA or CISM Bulletin of Information (BOI) at

http://www.isaca.org/cisaboi or

http://www.isaca.org/cismboi

Registration is available online at:

http://www.isaca.org/examreg

Final registration deadline:

27 September 2006

For those already registered, changes to registration information, such as exam site or language, are free of charge until 12 October. A US $50 fee is required for all changes to CISA exam registration changes received between 13 October and 27 October 2006. No changes will be accepted after 27 October 2006.

Applications for Certification

Since the release of the June exam results, a large number of applications have been received at International Headquarters. Exam passers are reminded that they are not certified until they have submitted their application and received approval from the board. The CISA/CISM designation may not be used until that approval has been received. There are hundreds of exam passers from the 2001- 2005 exams who have not submitted their applications. These members are encouraged to submit their applications if they meet all of the requirements. If they do not apply within five years of their exam date, their score is invalidated. Further application details are available at

http://www.isaca.org/cisaapp or

http://www.isaca.org/cismapp

ISACA Contacts:

Voice.....+1.847.253.1545

Fax........+1.847.253.1443

Web ......www.isaca.org

E-mail ...info@isaca.org

CISM Review Course

We are pleased to be offering a two day CISM review course designed to help candidates obtain passing scores on the CISM examination. The review course will be held on Nov 27 and 28 at One Union Square in downtown Seattle. The instructor is Dr. Eugene Schultz and a summary of the course is included below. The registration fee for this review is $200.

The $200 fee does not include registration for the examination which closes on Sep 27th for the Dec 9, 2006 examination. Please register separately for the exam through ISACA at www.isaca.org. The course fee will include various notes and handouts provided by the instructor; however, it will not include the 2006 CISM Review Manual which registrants are strongly encouraged to purchase and review prior to the review course. The manual can be purchased from the ISACA bookstore for $80. This course qualifies for up to 14 CPE credits.

To ensure your place at this course, please register by sending your check made payable to ISACA-PSC in the amount of $200 to:

Eric Rogers

c/o HomeStreet Bank

601 Union Street

Seattle, WA 98101

Or sign up online at:

http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=118396

CISM Certification Preparation Course - Nov 27 - 28, 2006

The training provided by this curriculum will provide the essential elements necessary to sit successfully for the CISM exam provided the topics and concepts are well understood. Reference materials are listed for areas attendees feel they require additional study.

The five areas covered in the CISM exam are information security governance, risk management, information security program management, information security management, and response management. These areas are covered in two days, at the end of which sample questions are presented and answers are discussed.

Organizations increasingly reliant on complex information systems to conduct their business must ensure information security officers have the expertise to adequately manage growing IT threats and risks. The CISM certification helps address this issue by ensuring recipients have the breadth and depth of knowledge to plan, implement and maintain a security program that will adequately protect the organization at an acceptable cost.

Traditionally, security has been treated as a set of specialties with little consideration given to strategy or management. Operational processes have generally evolved organically over time with little integration or thought of security. To the extent these processes have been designed, the focus has been to expedite the process, not ensure its security, robustness or manageability. Ad hoc, reactionary tactical solutions to security issues have been the norm. With growing awareness that these solutions of the past are inadequate to deal with evolving and ever more sophisticated threats, ISACA has paved the way toward improving security management by initiating the CISM program.

If you are an ISACA member, be sure to put your member # on the check for your discount and our records.

Optional Items for the review are as follows:

Thank you!

Eric Rogers CISA Coordinator
eric.rogers@homestreet.com
206-389-6358

CISM, the Certified Information Security Manager is ISACA's new certification and is specifically geared toward experienced information security professionals. CISM is business-oriented and focused on information risk management while addressing management, design and technical security issues at the conceptual level. It is for the individual who must maintain a view of the "big picture" by managing, designing, overseeing and assessing an enterprise's information security. Click here for more information on CISM.

Note: The grandfathering opportunity has ended.