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AAISM exam guides
Every guide answers one question people type before this exam, with the figures taken from ISACA's own pages and marked as reported where ISACA does not publish them. No sign-up, no email wall.
Understanding it
What the AAISM certification is
What ISACA built the credential for, what the exam covers, and how it sits beside AAIA.
What is the AAISM certification?AAISM is ISACA's Advanced in AI Security Management: an AI security credential for CISM and CISSP holders. Who it is for, what it tests, what it costs.Read the guide →
The AAISM exam domains, explainedThe three AAISM domains, their weights, and the thirteen topics ISACA codes 1A to 3E, with how many of the 90 questions each domain is likely to carry.Read the guide →
AAISM vs AAIA: which one is for you?AAISM is for managing AI security and needs CISM or CISSP; AAIA is for auditing AI and needs an audit credential. How to choose, and whether to do both.Read the guide →
The practicalities
Cost, score and format
The figures people search for before booking: what it costs, what 450 means, and what the 90 questions look like.
AAISM exam cost and prerequisitesThe AAISM exam is US$459 for ISACA members, US$599 for non-members, and needs an active CISM or CISSP. Plus the reported fees after passing.Read the guide →
The AAISM passing score, explainedAAISM is scored 200 to 800; 450 passes. A scaled score, not a percentage, and ISACA does not publish the conversion. How to judge your practice results.Read the guide →
The AAISM exam format, and what exam day looks likeThe AAISM exam: 90 one-best-answer questions, 150 minutes, at a PSI centre or remote, scored 200 to 800. How to book it, pace it, and what follows.Read the guide →
Preparing
Studying for AAISM
A domain-weighted plan, and how one-best-answer questions work once you stop reading them as an engineer.
How to pass the AAISM examPass AAISM by studying in the exam's proportions, practising one-best-answer scenarios, and sitting full 90-question mocks under time. Step by step.Read the guide →
AAISM practice questions: how one best answer worksAAISM questions give a scenario and four defensible actions and ask which fits best. A worked example on model fine-tuning, and how to practise them.Read the guide →
AAISM Exam Prep is free to start on the App Store: a diagnostic across the three domains, a full chapter and a 25-question mini mock, with 2,026 explained questions and four full mocks in the subscription.
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