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CISA/CISM Receive ANSI Accreditation

We are extremely proud to advise you that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has awarded accreditation under ISO/IEC 17024 to ISACA’s Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification programs. ANSI’s accreditation:

§ Promotes the unique qualifications and expertise our certifications provide
§ Protects the integrity of our certifications and provides legal defensibility
§ Enhances consumer and public confidence in the certifications and the people who hold them
§ Facilitates the mobility of certified individuals across borders or industries

Accreditation by ANSI signifies that ISACA’s procedures meet ANSI’s essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus and due process. To maintain ANSI accreditation, certification bodies such as ISACA are required to consistently adhere to a set of requirements or procedures related to quality, openness and due process.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, nonprofit organization that administers and coordinates the US voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. Its mission is to enhance both the global competitiveness of US business and the US quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity.

This accreditation and adherence to ISO/IEC 17024 are being used as an industry benchmark. For example, the U.S Department of Defense (DoD), to ensure a knowledgeable and skilled workforce, has developed a directive that requires every full- and part-time military service member, defense contractor, civilian and foreign employee with privileged access to a DoD system, regardless of job series or occupational specialty, to obtain a certification credential that has been accredited to the ISO 17024 standard.

With this accreditation, we anticipate that significant opportunities for CISAs and CISMs will continue to open in the US, and we believe it will be a strong motivator for similar recognition by governmental entities outside the US. As such, we encourage those of you inside the US to inform your members, credential holders and state and local governmental entities of this achievement, and outside the US to promote this accreditation to the proper authorities and representatives in your countries to obtain similar recognition and support. Finally, please let us know of the outcome of your efforts so that we can share your experiences with others.

ISACA chapters have long played an important role in the widespread recognition and adoption of CISA and CISM, and there is no question that your support contributed to the ANSI accreditation. Thank you for all you do to promote ISACA and the certifications.

Should you have any questions relating to this new accreditation, please contact Terry Trsar at ttrsar@isaca.org.

Sincerely,

Megan Moritz
Lead Chapter Relations Coordinator
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
Phone: +1.847.590.7487
Fax: +1.847.253.1652
E-mail: mmoritz@isaca.org