CISA designation

CISA stands for Certified Information Systems Auditor. The CISA certificate is awarded to professionals who have passed the CISA exam, have a minimum of 5 years experience in the fields of Information Systems Auditing and who abide to the Professional Ethics of ISACA. To keep the title a CISA needs to follow a continuous education program.

The CISA textbooks cover the following domains:

Information Systems Audit Standards and Information Systems Security and Control Practices
Information Systems Organization and Management
Information Systems Process
Information Systems Integrity, Confidentiality and Availability
Information Systems Development, Acquisition and Maintenance

ISACA is the only worldwide organization for EDP auditors. Together with the growing worldwide interest in certification of professionals, CISA stands a fair chance to become the minimum required level for EDP auditing.

From the ISACA website:

"The mark of excellence for a professional certification program is the value and recognition it bestows on the individual who achieves it. Since 1978, the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA®) program, sponsored by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association® (ISACA™), has been the globally accepted standard of achievement among IS audit, control and security professionals."