ISACA launches AI-centric certification for security professionals

Ninety-five percent of digital trust professionals are worried that generative AI will be exploited by bad actors, according to the latest AI Pulse Poll from ISACA. With AI heightening cyber threats and increasing the demand for skilled security professionals who can effectively manage and protect AI systems, ISACA has launched its Advanced in AI Security Management (AAISM) certification, which enables security professionals to demonstrate their ability to implement enterprise AI solutions while being able to identify, assess, monitor and mitigate risk.

According to ISACA, ASISM is the first and only credential of its kind and is designed to equip cybersecurity leaders with the specialised skills needed to manage security risk related to AI, implement policy, and ensure its responsible and effective use across their organisations. The credential is designed to provide a comprehensive learning path across the following critical, globally validated domains:

• AI governance and program management.
• AI risk management.
• AI technologies and controls.
   

Jamie Norton, Vice Chair ISACA, said that across Australia and New Zealand boards are managing AI adoption, while balancing innovation with privacy, resilience and transparency.

“AAISM gives local security leaders a practical way to prove they can govern AI, reduce risk and enable innovation within our regulatory settings. It’s the signal hiring managers are looking for when they need someone who can connect AI opportunity with disciplined security management.”

Security professionals who hold a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) are eligible to pursue the AAISM. The certification builds on security management best practices underpinning CISM and CISSP by focusing on the AI threat environment, so teams can manage risk and successfully integrate AI into security operations. The new certification is suitable for practitioners in security or advisory roles, and for professionals with experience assessing, implementing and maintaining AI systems.

“The AAISM credential validates information security managers’ commitment to elevating their expertise and proving they are attuned to how AI is reshaping enterprise security,” said Goh Ser Yoong, Head of Compliance, ADVANCE.AI, and member of the ISACA Emerging Trends and IT Risk Advisory Working Groups. “AAISM’s synergy with existing security credentials with a focus on AI is a key differentiator that will equip security leaders to excel and grow their careers in this dynamic security landscape.”

Exam preparation options include the AAISM Review Manual (digital and print versions), as well as the AAISM Online Review Course and Questions, Answers and Explanations Database (QAE), both of which allow one year of access to allow time to fully prepare for success on the exam.

To meet the needs of digital trust professionals seeking to keep pace in the age of AI, ISACA has recently released a range of AI courses and resources, including the AI Threat Landscape and Ethical Perspectives in AI courses. AAISM joins another recent ISACA certification, the ISACA Advanced in AI Audit (AAIA) credential, which can be earned by audit professionals who hold a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or other qualified high-level audit certification.

Readers can learn more about AAISM at www.isaca.org/credentialing/aaism.

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