Become a CRISC and defend, protect and future-proof your enterprise.
CRISC is the only certification that prepares and enables IT professionals for the unique challenges of IT and enterprise risk management, and positions them to become strategic partners to the enterprise.
CRISC is the most current and rigorous assessment available to evaluate the risk management proficiency of IT professionals and other employees within an enterprise or financial institute.
Those who earn CRISC help enterprises to understand business risk, and have the technical knowledge to implement appropriate IS controls.
CRISCs bring additional professionalism to any organization by demonstrating a quantifiable standard of knowledge, pursuing continuing education, and adhering to a standard of ethical conduct established by ISACA.
CRISC employees:
The job practice domains and task and knowledge statements are as follows:
Domain 1 – IT Risk Identification (27%)
Identify the universe of IT risk to contribute to the execution of the IT risk management strategy in support of business objectives and in alignment with the enterprise risk management (ERM) strategy.
1.1 | Collect and review information, including existing documentation, regarding the organization’s internal and external business and IT environments to identify potential or realized impacts of IT risk to the organization’s business objectives and operations. |
1.2 | Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities to the organization’s people, processes and technology to enable IT risk analysis. |
1.3 | Develop a comprehensive set of IT risk scenarios based on available information to determine the potential impact to business objectives and operations. |
1.4 | Identify key stakeholders for IT risk scenarios to help establish accountability. |
1.5 | Establish an IT risk register to help ensure that identified IT risk scenarios are accounted for and incorporated into the enterprise-wide risk profile. |
1.6 | Identify risk appetite and tolerance defined by senior leadership and key stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives. |
1.7 | Collaborate in the development of a risk awareness program, and conduct training to ensure that stakeholders understand risk and to promote a risk-aware culture. |
Domain 2 – IT Risk Assessment (28%)
Analyze and evaluate IT risk to determine the likelihood and impact on business objectives to enable risk-based decision making.
2.1 | Analyze risk scenarios based on organizational criteria (e.g., organizational structure, policies, standards, technology, architecture, controls) to determine the likelihood and impact of an identified risk. |
2.2 | Identify the current state of existing controls and evaluate their effectiveness for IT risk mitigation. |
2.3 | Review the results of risk and control analysis to assess any gaps between current and desired states of the IT risk environment. |
2.4 | Ensure that risk ownership is assigned at the appropriate level to establish clear lines of accountability. |
2.5 | Communicate the results of risk assessments to senior management and appropriate stakeholders to enable risk-based decision making. |
2.6 | Update the risk register with the results of the risk assessment. |
Domain 3 - Risk Response and Mitigation (23%)
Determine risk response options and evaluate their efficiency and effectiveness to manage risk in alignment with business objectives.
3.1 | Consult with risk owners to select and align recommended risk responses with business objectives and enable informed risk decisions. |
3.2 | Consult with, or assist, risk owners on the development of risk action plans to ensure that plans include key elements (e.g., response, cost, target date). |
3.3 | Consult on the design and implementation or adjustment of mitigating controls to ensure that the risk is managed to an acceptable level. |
3.4 | Ensure that control ownership is assigned to establish clear lines of accountability. |
3.5 | Assist control owners in developing control procedures and documentation to enable efficient and effective control execution. |
3.6 | Update the risk register to reflect changes in risk and management’s risk response. |
3.7 | Validate that risk responses have been executed according to the risk action plans. |
Domain 4 - Risk and Control Monitoring and Reporting (22%)
Continuously monitor and report on IT risk and controls to relevant stakeholders to ensure the continued efficiency and effectiveness of the IT risk management strategy and its alignment to business objectives.
4.1 | Define and establish key risk indicators (KRIs) and thresholds based on available data, to enable monitoring of changes in risk. |
4.2 | Monitor and analyze key risk indicators (KRIs) to identify changes or trends in the IT risk profile. |
4.3 | Report on changes or trends related to the IT risk profile to assist management and relevant stakeholders in decision making. |
4.4 | Facilitate the identification of metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to enable the measurement of control performance. |
4.5 | Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify changes or trends related to the control environment and determine the efficiency and effectiveness of controls. |
4.6 | Review the results of control assessments to determine the effectiveness of the control environment. |
4.7 | Report on the performance of, changes to, or trends in the overall risk profile and control environment to relevant stakeholders to enable decision making. |
A CRISC job practice analysis has been completed, resulting in a new CRISC job practice which reflects the vital and evolving responsibilities of IT risk and IS control practitioners. A job practice serves as the basis for the exam and the requirements to earn the certification. This new job practice consists of task and knowledge statements representing the work performed in IT risk identification, assessment, response, mitigation and monitoring. These statements and domains are the result of extensive research, feedback, and validation from IT risk and control subject matter experts and prominent industry leaders from around the globe.
The below job practice is organized by domains that will be tested for the first time on the June 2015 CRISC exam. The major change to the CRISC job practice is the combining of IT risk and control tasks within the domains which resulted in a decrease from five (5) to four (4) domains. Starting in June 2015, the CRISC exam will contain 150 questions testing the new job practice.
The requirements for CRISC Certification are:
Certification is granted initially to individuals who have successfully completed the CRISC exam and meet the following work experience requirements in the fields of risk management and IS control. A minimum of at least three (3) years of cumulative work experience performing the tasks of a CRISC professional across at least three (3) CRISC domains is required for certification. There are no substitutions or experience waivers. Once a CRISC candidate has passed the CRISC certification exam and has met the work experience requirements, the final step is to complete and submit the CRISC Application for Certification. Experience must have been gained within the 10-year period preceding the application date for certification or within five years from the date of initially passing the examination. Retaking and passing the examination will be required if the application for certification is not submitted within five years from the passing date of the examination. All experience must be verified independently with employers.
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