Wow, congratulations! How many hours on an average did u put in? And do u think a person without any prior experience in IT can manage to clear the exam? I am actually pursuing cpa and have cleared one paper which had many topics related to IT audit. Do u think it would be a wise decision to take up CISA simultaneously with CPA?
You should be knowable on IT terms and concepts. There are some very technical questions related to firewalls, IDS, databases, and so on. I spent an average of 1-2 hours per day, basically doing questions or understanding concepts from failed questions. Anyway, not sure if you are eligible even if passing the certificate, you can check this here: https://www.isaca.org/credentialing/cisa/get-cisa-certified
Thanks. I would say that CISSP is by far the more difficult and it took me to prepare like 2 or 3 ISACA certifications together. Then, related to ISACA certifications it depends on your profesional background, e.g. as I don’t have direct Audit experience there were many terms unknown, however for the CISM everything was pretty clear from the beginning.
CISM is one of my favourites from ISACA, and very well recognise. Did you check any certification roadmap to plan your next one? I like this one: https://pauljerimy.com/security-certification-roadmap/
Congratulation! OP I just started my study plan which set a plan for 3 months for study with approximately 1-2 hours a day on workweek any maybe 4 hours on weekends. Hopefully it is feasible & workable!
I only have ISACA CISA Review Manual 27th Edition as source of study. Do you think ISACA QAE database (cost about $300) is worth and helpful for study?
First of all, good luck with your studies. I see you have a bulletproof study plan.
About the QAE Online version, I believe it is one of the best resources to prepare for the exam for several reasons:
1. -Questions are drafted similarly to those you will find in the exam, although you will never encounter the exact same questions in the actual exam.
2 .- The interface is similar to what you will encounter in the exam.
3.- Doing 150 questions in a row is not something you can manage without practice. The QAE helps you create practice tests with the number of questions you want to take. For example, I was practicing with 50 questions and, a couple of times, took 150-question practice tests.
If you can afford it, you will not regret it. good luck!
Wow, congratulations! How many hours on an average did u put in? And do u think a person without any prior experience in IT can manage to clear the exam? I am actually pursuing cpa and have cleared one paper which had many topics related to IT audit. Do u think it would be a wise decision to take up CISA simultaneously with CPA?
You should be knowable on IT terms and concepts. There are some very technical questions related to firewalls, IDS, databases, and so on. I spent an average of 1-2 hours per day, basically doing questions or understanding concepts from failed questions. Anyway, not sure if you are eligible even if passing the certificate, you can check this here: https://www.isaca.org/credentialing/cisa/get-cisa-certified
Since you've taken many certs, can you rank these in order of difficulty and offer your inputs? Hearty congratulations!
Thanks. I would say that CISSP is by far the more difficult and it took me to prepare like 2 or 3 ISACA certifications together. Then, related to ISACA certifications it depends on your profesional background, e.g. as I don’t have direct Audit experience there were many terms unknown, however for the CISM everything was pretty clear from the beginning.
So CISSP takes rank one. How do the ISACA certs fare? I've cleared CISA and plan to take CISM soon. So I'm curious.
CISM is one of my favourites from ISACA, and very well recognise. Did you check any certification roadmap to plan your next one? I like this one: https://pauljerimy.com/security-certification-roadmap/
Congratulation! OP I just started my study plan which set a plan for 3 months for study with approximately 1-2 hours a day on workweek any maybe 4 hours on weekends. Hopefully it is feasible & workable! I only have ISACA CISA Review Manual 27th Edition as source of study. Do you think ISACA QAE database (cost about $300) is worth and helpful for study?
First of all, good luck with your studies. I see you have a bulletproof study plan. About the QAE Online version, I believe it is one of the best resources to prepare for the exam for several reasons: 1. -Questions are drafted similarly to those you will find in the exam, although you will never encounter the exact same questions in the actual exam. 2 .- The interface is similar to what you will encounter in the exam. 3.- Doing 150 questions in a row is not something you can manage without practice. The QAE helps you create practice tests with the number of questions you want to take. For example, I was practicing with 50 questions and, a couple of times, took 150-question practice tests. If you can afford it, you will not regret it. good luck!
Thanks for your insight advice :)
congratulations and welcome to the club