CRISC® Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control

Propel your career with CRISC certification and build greater understanding of the impact of IT risk and how it relates to your organisation.

CRISC is now one of the most highly sought-after qualifications. It is the only certification that prepares and enables IT professionals for the unique challenges of IT and enterprise risk management, and positions them to become strategic partners to the enterprise.

Established in 2010, it has already been earned by nearly 17,000 professionals worldwide and was named Gold Winner for Best Professional Certification Program at the SC Magazine 2013 Awards.

This three day CRISC course has been designed to comprehensively cover the full CRISC syllabus and to prepare you for a first-time pass in the CRISC exam.

CRISC awarded Best Professional Certification Program

San Fancisco, 27 February 2013

“SC Magazine is proud to recognize ISACA as a leader in the information security industry,” said Illena Armstrong, vice president of editorial, SC Magazine. “ISACA’s certification program is a great model for the entire information security industry.”The 2013 SC Awards winners are chosen by a panel of security professionals from the private and public sector, selected by SC Magazine’s editorial team for their information security leadership and knowledge. The panel conducted in-depth analysis and considered many factors such as applicable research, analyst reports and reviews to narrow down the field of hundreds of submissions to the top finalists. Through this comprehensive analysis, ISACA’s CRISC certification was chosen as this year’s winner in the Best Professional Certification Program category.

The annual SC Awards, now in its 16th year, showcase the leading solutions, services, certifications and professionals. SC Magazine distinguishes the achievements of the security professionals in the field, the innovations happening in the vendor and service provider communities, and the important work of government, commercial and nonprofit organizations.

SC 2013 Awards Finalists

Learning outcomes

For organisations, employing CRISC professionals brings great benefits such as

• Build greater understanding about the impact of it risk and how it relates to the overall organisation;
• Assure development of more effective plans to mitigate risk; &
• Establish a common perspective and language about it risk that can set the standard for the enterprise

With a growing demand for professionals with risk and control skills, it is a great time to gain a globally recognised certification in this field. Becoming CRISC certified will:

• Demonstrate your knowledge and expertise in risk management.
• Increase your value within your organisation.
• Provide a gateway to more strategic level roles.
• Maintain your high level of professionalism through continuing professional education.

Who should attend

• IT professionals
• Risk professionals
• Compliance professionals
• Project managers
• Control professionals
• Business analysts

Course contents

This 3-days CRISC exam preparation course provides intensive revision across all 5 CRISC job practice domains.

• The Big Picture: How Risk Management Relates to Risk Governance
• Risk Management and Governance overview
• Domain 1 – Risk Identification, Assessment and Evaluation
• Domain 2 – Risk Response
• Domain 3 – Risk Monitoring
• Domain 4 – Information Systems Control Design and Implementation
• Domain 5 – IS Control Monitoring and Maintenance

These domains represent the key areas of work across risk assessment, evaluation, response and monitoring.

Course fees

Fees per person

• CRISC® Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (3 Days)
• $2,100 + gst

The fee includes:

• Course workbook
• Official ISACA text: CRISC Review Manual
• Official ISACA text: CRISC Review Questions, Answers & Explanations Manual Supplement
• Lunch and morning and afternoon teas

CRISC Exams

The CRISC exam is set, conducted and marked by ISACA.  It used to be held on the 2nd Saturday in June, September and December. From 2017 onwards there will be no more paper exams.  Instead, all exams will be conduced online via computer-based testing centers around the world.

The good news is that this gives candidates a much greater choice as to timing.  ISACA has advised that: Certification exams will be offered during eight-week testing windows scheduled for 1 May – 30 June, 1 August – 30 September and 1 November – 31 December. 

For more information and to register for an ISACA exam, please refer to the exams page on the ISACA web site: https://www.isaca.org/certification/pages/exam-registration.aspx.