Advice from an alumnus: How the CISA Training helped me edge ahead?

Having worked in the IT sector for over 13 years, Mohamed knew the importance of securing information and what it meant to get hacked – everything gone in minutes – all the important documents, all confidential information, projects with thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars ruined in the blink of an eye. In the wrong hands, and in the worst cases, it could mean the collapse of a company.

With the emergence of new technologies, a social-media savvy populace, and a staggering amount of information being generated and shared every minute, it was becoming a lot more challenging to counter these evils effectively. Like much of senior management in the IT industry, Mohamed was on the frontlines of the silent cyber-security war waging the world over.

The problem was a simple one – the increasing complexity of projects in IT had made it impossible for project teams to combat security threats without incurring significant overruns. In addition, given the vast arsenal of attacks available to cyber terrorists, domain knowledge was almost a must-have. Better a trained IT Security expert handling projects than a Project Manager with IT Security knowledge!

Eventually, Mohamed settled on a CISA certification from Simplilearn. Given his experience working with information technology infrastructure, a CISA certification offered the perfect mix of IS audit control and security training. And with the freedom to attend live classroom training at convenient time-slots, being based out of Tunisia was no longer a hindrance to continuing education from global mentors!

Today, CISA certified, Mohamed shares his experience with us.