ISACA CISA guides
2 source-backed guides for the CISA, from registration and scoring to what to study, exam day and retakes.
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New to the CISA? These answer the first questions most candidates have.
- 1What to study
What's on the CISA Exam? The Five Domains, Weights, and Format
The five CISA domains and their weights in plain words, how the 150-question exam is scored, what ISACA's task list says about the way questions are framed, and which outline applies to a 2027 exam date.
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CISA Requirements: Experience, Waivers, Cost, and the Steps to Certification
What ISACA requires before you can hold the CISA: the exam, five years of experience, the waivers that can replace up to three of them, every fee, and the order of the steps.
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Eligibility, registration & costs1 guide
Who can sit the exam, how to apply and schedule, and what it costs.
What to study1 guide
The content areas, skills and topics the exam actually tests.
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