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 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.
- Accountant or Auditor (national)4%1 of 28 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Fresno2%1 of 44 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Sacramento2%1 of 44 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in San Jose2%1 of 44 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in San Diego2%1 of 45 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Los Angeles2%1 of 47 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in San Francisco1%1 of 102 postings
- Information Security Analyst (national)1%2 of 221 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager (national)1%2 of 342 postings
- Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing (national)0%1 of 313 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 →