ISACA Accredited Premium Partner
Official ISACA certifications: CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, CDPSE, AAIA, CCOA and every CSX, CCAK, ITCA and CET credential. Same accredited programme as ISACA direct, taught by active practitioners with field examples.
The credential is ISACA. The way it's taught is ours.
165k+
ISACA members worldwide
188
countries served
50+
years building IT audit and security
99.1%
pass rate at first attempt
What is ISACA
ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) is a non-profit founded in 1969, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois. With 165,000+ members across 188 countries, ISACA defines the global benchmarks for IT audit (COBIT), information security management, risk control and privacy engineering.
CISM, CISA, CRISC, CGEIT and CDPSE are the credentials hiring managers in Big Four firms, banks, insurance and regulated industries look for. Cyber Academy is an ISACA Accredited Premium Partner, which means you sit the official programme through us, and the credential comes from ISACA directly.
Our accreditation
Cyber Academy is an ISACA Accredited Premium Partner.
Premium-tier accreditation, the top channel-partner status ISACA awards. Official programmes, official exams, official credentials. Combined with our active practitioner trainers and small-cohort delivery, you get the ISACA gold standard taught the way real audits and real boards actually run.
13
credentials covered
99.1%
pass first attempt
Professional certifications
Senior, experience-required credentials. Four-hour computer-based exams, 150 multiple-choice questions. Career-defining for IT audit, security, risk, governance, privacy and AI audit roles.
IT auditors, internal audit teams, compliance leads.
The reference credential for IT and information systems auditing. Covers audit planning, IT governance, systems acquisition, operations and asset protection. Recognised by Big Four firms.
See CISA cohortsSecurity managers, CISOs, security programme leads.
The gold standard for security management. Covers governance, risk management, programme development and incident management. Asked for in 60% of CISO roles.
See CISM cohortsRisk practitioners, GRC analysts, business risk leads.
Risk identification, assessment, response and monitoring tied to information systems. Bridges the business risk and the IT control layers. Strong fit alongside ISO 31000 and ISO 27005.
See CRISC cohortsIT directors, CIOs, governance practitioners, board advisors.
Governance frameworks, strategic alignment, value delivery, risk and resource optimisation. The credential of choice for senior practitioners advising the board on IT direction.
See CGEIT cohortsPrivacy engineers, DPOs, security teams owning privacy.
Privacy governance, privacy architecture and the data lifecycle. The technical privacy credential that complements GDPR/CDPO and aligns with the AI Act and ISO 27701.
See CDPSE cohortsSenior auditors building AI audit and governance capability.
Advanced credential for auditing AI systems, models and governance frameworks. Covers AI risk, model assurance, AI ethics and bias, mapped onto ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act. Requires existing CISA or equivalent.
See AAIA cohortsSOC analysts, incident responders, blue-team practitioners.
Hands-on cybersecurity operations: monitoring, detection, response and recovery. The credential for analysts running the SOC day-to-day rather than writing policy. Pairs well with CISM for managers leading these teams.
See CCOA cohortsCertificates & specialist credentials
No prior experience required. Built to either start a career in IT audit and security or to stack a specialist credential on top of an existing role.
Hands-on cybersecurity practitioners early in their career.
Performance-based certification in a live cyber environment. Five domains: identify, protect, detect, respond, recover. The technical companion to CISM.
See CSX-P cohortsAspiring IT auditors, GRC analysts new to the audit profession.
Entry-level credential covering IT audit foundations, controls, the audit lifecycle and audit reporting. The natural step before pursuing CISA full certification.
See ITCA cohortsAuditors and risk practitioners working with cloud workloads.
Joint credential from ISACA and the Cloud Security Alliance. Covers cloud governance, CCM, the CSA STAR programme and how to audit hyperscaler environments. Built on top of CISA and ISO 27017/27018.
See CCAK cohortsProfessionals upskilling on AI, blockchain, cloud, IoT or data science.
A modular series of credentials: AI Fundamentals, Blockchain Fundamentals, Cloud Fundamentals, IoT Fundamentals, Data Science Fundamentals. Pairs with our AI risk management and ISO 42001 tracks.
See CET cohortsStudents and career-switchers entering the IT and security field.
Foundational IT and cybersecurity associate credential. Broad coverage of computing, networking, security, business and project basics. The entry rung of the ISACA credential ladder.
See ITCF cohortsAnyone needing a verified primer on cybersecurity concepts.
Knowledge-based certificate covering cybersecurity concepts, principles, architecture, security of networks, applications and data, and incident response basics. The starting credential before CSX-P.
See CSX-F cohortsWhy our delivery
The accreditation is the table-stakes. These six choices are why our cohorts pass on the first attempt and remember the framework two years later.
The materials, the exams and the credentials come from ISACA directly. We are an ISACA Accredited Premium Partner; you sit the official programme.
Our lead trainer is an active CISO. Real audits, real boards, real incidents. The ISACA syllabus, taught with field examples rather than slide narration.
We prepare you for how ISACA writes questions, where the traps are, and how to time the four-hour exam. 99.1% pass rate at first attempt on our cohorts.
Same accredited programme, three delivery modes. Pick what fits your audit window and team calendar. In-house cohorts available for teams of four or more.
Standard cohorts publish the price. No "starting from", no quote loop for individual seats. Quote workflow reserved for in-house and multi-seat scopes.
English by default, with French, Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese on request for in-house cohorts. The exam is taken in English on the ISACA platform.
Career pathways
The certifications are not interchangeable. Here are the sequences we recommend depending on the role you are growing into.
CISM as the anchor, complemented by CDPSE for privacy depth and CRISC for risk maturity. Common path for emerging CISOs and security programme leads.
CISA as the foundation, layered with CRISC for risk literacy and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor for ISMS audit work. Standard for internal audit and Big Four practitioners.
CGEIT for IT governance, paired with CISM for security strategy. Recommended for senior IT directors, CIOs and board advisors shaping enterprise IT direction.
Available cohorts
Live cohorts and self-paced tracks currently bookable on cyberacademy.net.
ISACA★ FeaturedThe ISACA reference credential for IT risk. Four domains bridging business risk to IS controls. The natural complement to CISA and to ISO 31000 / 27005 for the ISACA vocabulary.
Live €2,900
Self-paced €790
ISACA★ FeaturedThe ISACA reference credential for IT audit. Five domains, four-hour exam, the audit credential Big Four engagements default to. Four-day cohort with one re-sit included.
Live €2,900
Self-paced €790
ISACA★ FeaturedThe ISACA reference credential for security management. Four domains, the cert asked for in roughly 60% of CISO postings. Four-day cohort with one re-sit included.
Live €2,900
Self-paced €790
ISACAThe ISACA advanced credential for auditors moving into AI. Audit methodology for AI systems, AI risk assessment, AI governance frameworks. Three-day intensive, CISA recommended as foundation.
Live €2,500
Self-paced €490
ISACAThe ISACA advanced credential for risk managers building an AI risk programme. AI risk assessment, risk treatment, AI risk governance. Three-day intensive, CRISC recommended as foundation.
Live €2,500
Self-paced €490
ISACAThe ISACA advanced credential for security managers building an AI security programme. AI threat modelling, secure model lifecycle, AI security operations. Three-day intensive, CISM recommended as foundation.
Live €2,500
Self-paced €490
ISACA defines the standard. Cyber Academy makes sure you don't just pass the exam; you walk into the audit room knowing what to do.
Christophe Mazzola, Lead trainer
Quick answers
Yes. Cyber Academy is an ISACA Accredited Premium Partner. The course materials, the exam access and the credential come directly from ISACA. The certificate on your wall and your LinkedIn carries ISACA branding, not ours.
It depends on your role. Security manager: CISM. IT auditor: CISA. Risk practitioner: CRISC. Privacy engineer: CDPSE. IT governance lead: CGEIT. If you are not sure, book a 20-minute discovery call and we will match the path to your job and your career step.
ISACA exams are 4 hours, 150 multiple-choice questions, computer-based at a Pearson VUE centre or proctored online. CISM, CISA, CRISC and CGEIT share that format. CDPSE has its own dedicated exam structure. Our cohorts include exam logic preparation, not just content review.
ISACA requires verified work experience to award the final credential (typically 5 years for CISM, CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, with some substitutions allowed). You can sit and pass the exam first; the experience is submitted within 5 years to claim the certificate. CDPSE has lighter experience requirements.
On our ISACA cohorts, our pass rate at first attempt is 99.1%. If you do not pass on the first attempt, we coach you through targeted prep and a re-sit. The re-sit exam fee is paid to ISACA directly per their policy; the coaching is included.
Yes. For teams of four or more, we run private cohorts (on-site, virtual classroom or hybrid) with the official ISACA syllabus adapted to your sector. Pricing and dates are on the in-house training page or via the quote form.
Ready for the next credential?
Browse the bookable cohorts with prices on every page, or book a free 20-minute discovery call if you want a second opinion on the right credential for your role.