🚨 Download your free NIST publications while you can🚨
I strongly recommend downloading the free NIST PDF publications now. They may be unavailable soon! With a potential US government shutdown, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publications may be unavailable soon, I think they are vital for your studying and your professional growth. All the NIST study guides you’ll need are at […]
The CISM curriculum and domain changes June 1st 2022
I wanted to share my thoughts on the new CISM curriculum, which is what you will be tested on after June 1st 2022. The CISM curriculum changes are minor: Some topics moved from one domain to another. Domain weight changes. Slightly more technical. A little more focus on management/tactical and less on Governance. A few […]
CISM exam updates 2022
The CISM Exam will be updated 1 June 2022. ISACA will have their new book/QAE ready in March 2022. I will start working on updating my CISM courses for the new exam as soon as get the new curriculum. QA: Q: If I am studying now, should I take the current or the new exam? […]
Thank you to all my students!
I have for some years made this post right after my birthday to say how very thankful and humbled I am by all the students who chose my materials to help them pass their exams and how many of you reach out to me after passing your certification exam. You are all doing the hard […]
Download your free NIST PDFs now.
As another potential US government shutdown looms, I suggest you download all the NIST documents you will need for your certification studying. I have them all conveniently located in the “Free stuff” section of my Study resources: https://thorteaches.com/study/ IF the US government shuts down the nist.gov website will be shut down for the duration. I […]
NIST just published their Ransomware draft.
NIST just published their Ransomware draft. I suggest reading it, it is useful both for your certification studying as well as your daily work. Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Ransomware Risk Management https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/nistir/8374/draft