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The free CISA Knowledge Vault

When I studied for CISA, I had very little to work with. So I put the essentials here, free: what the exam tests, how to read its questions, a daily practice question and the terms you need to know. Take them and use them. When you’re ready for the full structured path, the study packs are waiting.

Chidambaram Narayanan, CISA Coach

Start here, in this order

  1. Download the exam guideFive pages: what’s tested, how questions are worded, a 12-week plan and how to book.
  2. Do today’s questionOne exam-style question a day, with the answer explained. Two minutes.
  3. Learn the languageLook up any term you meet in the glossary, with how the exam tests it.

What’s in the vault

PDF · 5 pages

CISA Exam Guide

What’s tested in each domain, the keywords and traps in ISACA’s questions, a worked example, a 12-week study timeline and step-by-step booking.

Download the guide

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The CISA Cheat-sheet Vault

A treasure trove of cheat-sheets for the CISA exam: digital certificates, audit opinions, DLP and media sanitisation, frameworks and more. Sign up free and it opens, and we’ll email you the Digital Certificates mini-lesson to keep.

Sign up free and open the vault

Every day

Question of the day

A new exam-style question each day, answer and reasoning included.

Try today’s question

26 CISA terms

Audit glossary

Plain definitions of RPO, segregation of duties, digital signatures and more, with how each shows up on the exam.

Open the glossary

10–15 seconds

Audit puzzles

A new audit word puzzle, picture puzzle or odd-one-out each visit. A quick warm-up before you study.

Play a puzzle

Five questions

Which exam is right for you?

Not sure whether CISA, CIA or AAIA fits your career? Find out in a minute.

Take the quiz

Studying CIA or AAIA?

Free exam guides for CIA Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, the Challenge Exam and AAIA. The question of the day and glossary cover them too.

When you’re ready for more

The free vault shows you how the exam thinks. The study packs take you all the way: every domain, in order, with practice that builds judgement. Each one picks up where a free resource leaves off.

  1. Read the free exam guide?Learn every domain through the auditor’s lens.CISA Exam Accelerator Pack
  2. Using the glossary and cheat-sheets?Lock it in with 9 flashcard sets and one-page visual blueprints.Flashcards and Visual Blueprints
  3. Enjoying the question of the day?Practise by domain, with every answer explained and a score per domain.CISA Question Hub
  4. Close to exam day?Two timed 150-question mocks and the high-yield Last Mile Guide.Mock Exams and Last Mile Guide
  5. Want someone in your corner?A 12-week coaching programme with your coach answering your questions.CISA 700 Member Hub

Want everything for CISA? The CISA Success Bundle brings the study packs together in one purchase.