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, DC14%4 of 29 postings
- Accountant or Auditor in New York6%1 of 18 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.
- Computer Network Architect in Fresno4%1 of 25 postings
- Computer Network Architect in Los Angeles4%1 of 25 postings
- Computer Network Architect in Sacramento4%1 of 25 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Diego4%1 of 25 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Jose4%1 of 26 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Albany3%1 of 31 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Buffalo3%1 of 31 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Francisco3%1 of 31 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in Fresno2%2 of 118 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in Los Angeles2%2 of 118 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in Sacramento2%2 of 118 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in San Diego2%2 of 118 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in San Jose2%2 of 118 postings
- Information Security Analyst in New York2%1 of 61 postings
- Computer Network Architect (national)2%2 of 132 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Fresno2%1 of 66 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Sacramento2%1 of 66 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in San Jose2%1 of 66 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in San Diego1%1 of 67 postings
- Accountant or Auditor (national)1%2 of 138 postings
- Project Management Specialist in Albany1%1 of 69 postings
- Project Management Specialist in Buffalo1%1 of 69 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Los Angeles1%1 of 69 postings
- Compliance Officer (national)1%1 of 74 postings
- Project Management Specialist in New York1%1 of 97 postings
- Information Security Analyst (national)1%3 of 314 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in San Francisco1%2 of 210 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in San Francisco1%1 of 135 postings
- Project Management Specialist in Fresno1%1 of 139 postings
- Project Management Specialist in Sacramento1%1 of 139 postings
- Project Management Specialist in Los Angeles1%1 of 142 postings
- Project Management Specialist in San Diego1%1 of 142 postings
- Project Management Specialist in San Jose1%1 of 144 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager (national)1%2 of 343 postings
- Project Management Specialist in San Francisco0%1 of 213 postings
- General and Operations Manager (national)0%1 of 303 postings
- Project Management Specialist (national)0%1 of 350 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing (national)0%1 of 352 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 →