CismPrepGuide

Prep GuideCISMCISMCISMCISM3-Month

Prepared By: Wale Micaiah

This is a personal pro-bono contribution

towards a successful preparation for the

CISM examination. It is strictly my tips,

and tricks on how to prepare and

hopefully pass exam.

It is therefore provided and advised to be

used for informational purpose only as I

believe there is no substitute to spending

time studying for exam success.

Disclaimer!

Ask yourself:Why CISM and not others Exams?

For Knowledge, Prestige or Money?

Do I know the Passing Score?

Do I have a Goal am aiming for?

What are my going to give up temporarily

to gain CISM?

For the Married/Hooked: Have I discussed

with my Spouse and secured his/her

support?

I did Self-Study, I prefer it! Still!

However, Study Centres are good

alternatives also.

Spent sleepless nights because I work

all day & could hardly read at work.

I crawled the net for every useful

information available and helpful.

Stayed clear of Pessimists and

Discouragers.

I had a Goal to PASS Convincingly!

This is a 3-month plan to pass the CISM exam.

Month Feb March April May Total

Day 2 31 30 31 92

Week

Getting

Set

4 4 5 13

wk-1This is your Study SPACE! –

we’ll discuss weekly on each

Domain!

Exam:

June 8,

2013

wk-2

wk-3

wk-4

wk-5

CISM Study Aids� CISM® Review Manual 2013

� CISM® Review Questions, Answers & Explanations Manual 2012


Supplement


Supplement

� CISM® Practice Question Database v13

To order, visit www.isaca.org/cismbooks.

Additional Materials:

NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology

800 series publications

CISM has 4 Domains:� Information Security Governance (24%)

� Information Risk Management and Compliance (33%)

� Information Security Program Development and

Management (25%)

� Information Security Incident Management (18%)

This means

Domain 2

requires more

attention!

Each CISM Domain is divided into:

� Task statements and

� Knowledge Statements

Task Statements:These are tasks

within this job

practice area that a

CISM candidate

must know how to

perform

Knowledge Statements:These are areas a CISM

candidate must have good

understanding of, they are

the basis for the

examination.

In the CISM Review Manual, a Task Statement to

Knowledge Statement mapping has been done for ease

of reference. Please refer to it.

24% 33% 25% 18%Domain - 1 Domain - 2 Domain - 3 Domain - 4

Task Statements 9 9 9 10

Knowledge Statements 15 19 12 14

Exam Questions 48 66 50 36

Task and Knowledge Statements

Remember: The Knowledge Statements are the basis for the exam!

24% 33% 25% 18%Domain - 1 Domain - 2 Domain - 3 Domain - 4

Task Statements 9 9 9 10

Knowledge Statements 15 19 12 14

March April May

Week-1 1 – 5KS 21 – 25KS 41 – 45KS

Week-2 6 – 9KS 26 – 29KS 46 – 51KS

Week-3 10 – 14KS 30 – 34KS 52 – 57KS

Week-4 15 – 20KS 35 – 40KS 58 – 60KS

Week-5 Past Questions – CISM Questions

Task and Knowledge Statements

Total Weeks = 13

Total Knowledge Statements = 60Total Days (Mar, Apr, May) = 92

In one Week, about 5 KS are

expected to be covered

Study Recommendations: (1)- You may start with the Domain you are most familiar

with, but I prefer to start from Domain 1 as they build

on one another.

- Read the Task Statements (TS) and Knowledge

Statements (KS) before reading the rest of the

Chapter. You may also wish to print it out from the

CISM-Exam-Candidate-Guide-English-2013

document.

- The TS, KS is your CISM Syllabus! TS and KS are the

measurement of your understanding of each Domain.

Be sure you understand what you are required to

know in each KS.

Study Recommendations: (2)- Next, read the Questions corresponding with each

Domain with special attention to understanding the

Questions and logic behind it. For now, do not bother

about getting the answers correctly.

- Take note of words like MOST, LEAST, BEST, FIRST,

PRIMARILY, MAIN, MUST, HIGHEST, GREATEST,

PRIMARY, LOWEST, PRIORITY, MAJOR, EXCLUSIVELY,

and NEXT. They are very, very, very vital!

- Refer to other materials of choice, if you need to seek

more clarification

- You should be able to connect the Review Manual

with the TS and KS before proceeding to the next

section/chapter.

Study Recommendations: (3)- Try to lay your hands on CISM-Item-Development-

Guide. It will help you know how Professionals think

before setting CISM exam questions.

- Stick to what works for you. You know when you

understand better – Morning, Afternoon, Night, with

Music, Low Noise, Library, Room, Public places, etc.

- CISM CBT is also helpful – it is video – I don’t know if

the latest one is out but the old also helps.

- You can convert the video to audio so you can also

listen while in traffic, strolling, exercising,

etc….multiple sources of information makes it stick!

Do YOU have a goal for this

CISM exam?

What is it?A goal keeps you Focus on a

Mark!

Let’s see how we can set a

GOAL!

CISM pass mark is 450 of 800.

450 is 56.25% of 800CISM has 4 Domains; in order to pass you need

to score at least 56.25% in each Domain.

If you desire to really PASS (like me), your goal

must be well above the PASS MARK.

Let’s assume Mr. Mist wants to Pass with a

score of 550 of 800

550 is 68.75% of 800. Hence, Mr. Mist must

target in his Practice of CISM questions to

achieve about 70% at every trial!

Mr. Mist Targets is 70%.CISM Domain Score Target (70%)

Domain-1 48 34

Domain-2 66 46

Domain-3 50 35

Domain-4 36 25

200 140

Whenever Mr. Mist attempts 10 CISM questions,

his target is to answer correctly 7 of 10!

Congratulations!

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I wish you a very successful

preparation and

Examination!

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