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ISACA vs CompTIA Security+

ISACA

isaca.org

Depends
Confidence: Medium

Buy in if you're pursuing CISA, CISM, or CRISC . those are the industry-standard certs for audit and GRC careers.

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Pick ISACA when

  • Aspiring CISA/CISM/CRISC credential holders
  • IT auditors and GRC professionals
  • Security managers on the management track
  • Governance teams using COBIT frameworks

When ISACA is not a fit

  • Hands-on engineers wanting technical certs . compare CompTIA Security+ instead
  • Anyone wanting a free starter credential . compare ISC2 first
  • People joining for networking alone . Reddit debates whether $145 membership pays off
  • Teams shopping for security training software . this is a cert body, not a tool

Sources

  1. CISA Certification | ISACAisaca.org
    official
  2. Become an ISACA Memberisaca.org
    official
  3. All possible costs of CISA/CISM/CGEIT/CRISC certificationsupport.isaca.org
    official
  4. ISACA membership . r/CISAreddit.com
    review
  5. CRISC review: disappointed by ISACA . r/CRISCreddit.com
    review
  6. How Valuable Have You Found ISACA? . r/cismreddit.com
    review
  7. Trustpilot reviews of isaca.orgtrustpilot.com
    review
  8. BBB complaints . ISACAbbb.org
    review
  9. PSI Exams customer story: ISACApsiexams.com
    official
  10. ISACA bug reporting programisaca.org
    security
  11. Invicti case study: ISACAinvicti.com
    security
  12. ISC2 vs ISACA certifications (LinkedIn)linkedin.com
    news
  13. reddit.comreddit.com
    review