certification
Certified Information Security Manager
ISACA
$760
exam fee · checked 2026-08
200 hrs
200 hours — about 20 weeks at 10 hrs/wk
3 yr
renewal cycle — this is a recurring cost
Where it is actually asked for
- Information Security Analyst in Washington, DC10%3 of 30 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Austin6%1 of 16 postings
- Information Security Analyst in New York5%3 of 56 postings
Where it barely came up
It appeared in these samples, but rarely. If one of these is the job you want, this credential is probably not the thing standing between you and it.
- Information Security Analyst in Albany4%1 of 25 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Buffalo4%1 of 25 postings
- Information Security Analyst (national)4%15 of 400 postings
- Project Management Specialist in New York2%2 of 82 postings
- Project Management Specialist in Albany2%1 of 44 postings
- Project Management Specialist in Buffalo2%1 of 44 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Fresno1%1 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Sacramento1%1 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Diego1%1 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Los Angeles1%1 of 81 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Jose1%1 of 82 postings
- Project Management Specialist (national)1%4 of 400 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in San Francisco1%2 of 204 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in Fresno1%1 of 114 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in Sacramento1%1 of 114 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in San Diego1%1 of 114 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in San Jose1%1 of 114 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in Los Angeles1%1 of 115 postings
- Project Management Specialist in San Francisco1%2 of 230 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager (national)1%3 of 400 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Francisco1%1 of 134 postings
- Accountant or Auditor (national)1%1 of 137 postings
- Project Management Specialist in Fresno1%1 of 144 postings
- Project Management Specialist in Sacramento1%1 of 144 postings
- Project Management Specialist in Los Angeles1%1 of 145 postings
- Project Management Specialist in San Diego1%1 of 148 postings
- Project Management Specialist in San Jose1%1 of 149 postings
- Computer Network Architect (national)1%1 of 161 postings
- Management Analyst (national)0%1 of 322 postings
- General and Operations Manager (national)0%1 of 400 postings
These percentages describe the samples we read, listed above with their sizes and dates. They are not a statement about the whole labour market, and absence from this page means we have no evidence either way — not that the credential is worthless. How we know →