Question 1

How do you become a CISM certified professional?

Accepted Answer

In order to take part in the CISM training in San Francisco, you must fulfill the following criteria:

You need to successfully get through the CISM examination.
	You can never violate the Code of Professional Ethics dictated by the ISACA.
	You need to strictly adhere to the Continuing Education Policy.
	You must have at least five years worth of prior experience as an Information Security professional, which should include atleast three years as an Information Security Manager. You need to have prior work experience in at least three domains of CISM. All of this information needs to be verified by your former employers.
	After passing the CISM examination, you need to submit an application for CISM training in San Francisco within a period of five years.

For students who fail to get through the ISACA CISM exam, Simplilearn offers a free voucher that can help candidates retake the exam. However, this facility is not available for candidates hailing from Africa and the Indian subcontinent. In order to utilize this voucher, you must:

Attend one class in the CISM course in San Francisco.
	Sit for the exam within thirty days of the completion of the course.
	Produce valid documentation from the ISACA.

Question 2

What are the prerequisites for CISM certification?

Accepted Answer

In order to apply for CISM training in San Francisco, you must meet the following requirements:

Submit your application for CISM training in San Francisco five years prior to the tentative date of the declaration of results.
	Your application should reflect your work experience and should be verified by your former employers.
	The work experience reflected in your application needs to have taken place within ten years of the submission or within five years of the tentative declaration of the results.
	Out of the five years of experience in the field of Information Security, you need to have worked for three years as an Information Security Manager.
	You need to have work experience in at least three fields of CISM.

Question 3

What do I need to do to unlock my CISM training in San Francisco certificate?

Accepted Answer

In order to unlock your CISM training in San Francisco certificate in the online mode, you need to:

Complete at least 85% of the self-learning content in the CISM course in San Francisco.
	Score at least 60% in one of the simulation tests.

In the offline mode, you need to:

Attend at least one offline class or complete at least 85% of the self-learning content in the CISM course in San Francisco.
	Score at least 60% in one of the simulation tests.

Question 4

Do you provide any practice tests as part of this CISM training in San Francisco course?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Simplilearn offers an online practice test to give you an idea of the curriculum involved in the CISM course in San Francisco. If you are looking to apply for the CISM course in San Francisco, you can visit the Simplilearn website and take the practice test.

Question 5

You offer an exam pass guarantee. How does it work?

Accepted Answer

*Free exam retake terms and conditions:

Terms and Conditions: 
Simplilearn offers Exam Pass Guarantee to our students who complete our course training. Simplilearn uses top learning methodologies to equip learners with the knowledge and confidence to pass the CISM exam in the first attempt. If you do not pass the CISM exam at the first attempt, Simplilearn will provide you one free exam retake.


To ensure your success, we strongly recommend that you take the CISM exam within a week of the course completion date&mdash;or a maximum of 45 days from the completion of the online training. This way, the course materials will be fresh in your mind.

Exam Attempts:


	
		
			
			Attempt
			
			
			Time Frame
			
			
			Result
			
			
			Free Exam Retake
			
		
		
			
			First
			
			
			Within 6 months (180 days) from enrollment date
			
			
			Did Not Pass
			
			
			Yes
			
		
	


Exam Pass Guarantee:
If you do not pass the exam on the first attempt, Simplilearn will provide you one free exam retake.  You must submit a copy of your scorecard.  

Terms and Conditions for qualifying:

This money-back guarantee applies only to Simplilearn&rsquo;s CISM blended learning. The guarantee is valid only for participants who have paid the entire enrollment fee.

The guarantee becomes void if:


	Participants do not take the CISM examination within 45 days of unlocking the certificate.
	Participants do not maintain 100% attendance during the training sessions.
	Participants fail to book their exam within 6 months from the date of enrollment 
	Participants do not follow the instructions of the trainer and do not complete the exercises given during the training.
	Participants do not submit the required documents to Simplilearn.
	
	Participants failed to request a refund within 15 days of receiving their results

Question 6

What is the structure of the CISM certification exam?

Accepted Answer

ISACA uses and reports scores on a common scale of 200 to 800. For example, the scaled score of 800 represents a perfect score with all questions answered correctly; a scaled score of 200 is the lowest score possible and signifies that only a small number of questions were answered correctly. You must achieve a score of 450 or higher to pass the CISM exam.

Question 7

What certification will I receive after completing the training?

Accepted Answer

After successful completion of the training, you will be awarded the course completion certificate along with the 16 CPE certificate from Simplilearn.

Question 8

When & where are the CISM exams conducted?

Accepted Answer

CISM exam is conducted thrice in a year in the months of July, September and December. To find the exam locations & dates go to (www.isaca.org/certification/pages/exam-locations.aspx)

Question 9

Can I defer my CISM certification exam?

Accepted Answer

If you are unable to take the CISM Exam, you can request a deferral of your registration fees to the next exam date. To learn more about deferring your exam, including deferral deadlines and costs, please visit http://www.isaca.org/certification/pages/exam-deferral.aspx.

Question 10

Do you provide assistance for the exam application process?

Accepted Answer

Yes, we do provide assistance for the exam application process. You can state your queries on community.simplilearn.com and get them answered along with any other query or concern that you might have about the course.

Attempt	Time Frame	Result	Free Exam Retake
First	Within 6 months (180 days) from enrollment date	Did Not Pass	Yes

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Certified Information Security Manager (CISM®)

Lesson 01: Course Introduction

1.01 Welcome to Certified Information Security Manager Course

1.02 Certification Overview

1.03 Skills Covered

Lesson 02: Information Security Governance: Enterprise Governance

2.01 Organizational Culture

2.02 Governance vs. Management

2.03 Legal Regulatory and Contractual Requirements

2.04 Data Security Frameworks

2.05 Data States

2.06 Organizational Structures Roles and Responsibilities

Lesson 03: Information Security Governance: Information Security Strategy

3.01 Information Security Strategy Development

3.02 Information Governance Frameworks and Standards

3.03 Strategic Planning

3.04 SWOT Analysis

3.05 Opex and Capex

3.06 KGI's KPI's and KRI's

3.07 CIA Triad

3.08 Designing security into software

3.09 US Data Privacy Laws

3.10 GDPR

Lesson 04: Information Security Risk Management Information Security: Risk Assessment

4.01 Emerging Risk and Threat Landscape

4.02 Risk Identification

4.03 Risk Management

4.04 Vulnerability and Control Deficiency Analysis

4.05 Risk Assessment and Analysis

4.06 COBIT

4.07 Attackers and Phishing

4.08 ISO 27001

Lesson 05: Information Security Risk Management Information Security: Risk Response

5.01 Risk Treatment and Response

5.02 Risk and Control Ownership

5.03 Risk Monitoring and Reporting

Lesson 06: Information Security Program Information Security: Program Development

6.01 Information Security Program Resources

6.02 Information Asset Identification and Classification

6.03 Information Security Policies Procedures and Guidelines

6.04 Information Security Program Metrics

Lesson 07: Information Security Program Information Security: Program Management

7.01 Information Security Control Design and Selection

7.02 Information Security Control Implementation and Integrations

7.03 Information Security Control Testing and Evaluation

7.04 Information Security Awareness and Training

7.05 Management of External Services

7.06 Information Security Program Communications and Reporting

7.07 Introduction to Access Control

7.08 Authentication and Authorization

7.09 Introduction to Cryptography

7.10 Overview of Encryption

7.11 Hashing

7.12 Social Engineering Attacks

Lesson 08: Incident Management: Incident Management Readiness

8.01 Incident Management Plan

8.02 Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

8.03 Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

8.04 Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)

8.05 Incident Classification and Categorization

8.06 Incident Management Training and Testing

Lesson 09: Incident Management: Incident Management Operations

9.01 Incident Management Tools and Techniques

9.02 Incident Containment Methods

9.03 Incident Response Communications

CISA^®- Certified Information Systems Auditor

CISSP^®- Certified Information Systems Security Professional