CISA Exam Changes
New Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Syllabus in 2016
In August 2015, the new syllabus was announced, changing the weighting of the 5 domains:
|
Domains |
Before |
After |
|
1. The process of auditing information systems |
14% |
21% |
|
2. Governance and management of IT |
14% |
16% |
|
3. Information systems acquisition, development, and implementation |
19% |
18% |
|
4. Information systems operations, maintenance and support |
23% |
20% |
|
5. Protection of information assets |
30% |
25% |
Other CISA Exam Changes
The number of exam questions is reduced from 200 to 150. The duration remains to be 4 hours.
This means that candidates can now spend, on average, 1.6 minutes on each question instead of 1.2 minutes previously. I wonder if this implies the exam questions are becoming more complex…