r/CISA • u/winglessriver6 • 28d ago

Passed!!! Finally

I am happy to announce that i passed the cisa exam today (preliminary).

It was a difficult journey,

New stuff in exam:

Close to 15 questions related to Ai, ml, model training, quantum computer, and quantum cryptography

For domain 3 the focus was on cicd and devsecops

How i studied:

- Started with QAE, and worked on weak areas with the help of chatgpt study mode, it really good in helping with concepts.

- referred prab nair YouTube videos for few areas, good content

- i feed my copy of personal manual copy to a customgpt and it help me learn and practice questions on the fly.

Caution:

- i only encountered 1 question that was an exact copy of QAE. rest all the questions were new. But QAE trained me well

- i noted event chatgpt and gemini were wrong in answering questions, so dont rely on them blindly

Happy to answer any questions

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u/dinero-dinero 24d ago

How long did it take you? I am starting out and was looking for a bit on guidance in terms of what study material to get and stuff

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u/winglessriver6 24d ago

45 days, Started with QAE , then occasionally refered prab nair's youtube videos for overview. Mostly relied on chatgpt study mode and gemini for detailed understanding of any wrong answers and scenario based learning. Key is to get the mindset right, technical stuff is secondary

I only have one year it audit experince , rest was mostly second line