AFFIRM YOUR STRATEGIC VALUE AND CAREER SUCCESS

Good IT governance is a key element of a well-performing enterprise. Enterprises need qualified information systems professionals with knowledge and expertise that can help them identify critical issues and customize company-specific practices to support the governance of information and related technologies. The uniquely governance-focused CGEIT certification ensures holders are capable of bringing IT governance into an organization, can grasp the complex subject holistically, and enhance the value that the enterprise obtains from its IT. Since its inception in 2007, thousands of professionals around the world have earned the industry-leading CGEIT designation as a means to affirm that they have the broad knowledge and wide-ranging experience necessary to support and advance the IT governance of an enterprise and ensure its IT and business systems align with optimum effectiveness and efficiency.

Developed with the input of subject matter experts from around the world, the CGEIT designation is designed for professionals who have significant management, advisory, or assurance roles relating to the governance of IT.  CGEIT enhances your credibility, influence, and recognition and demonstrates that you have proven experience and knowledge in the governance of enterprise IT.

ISACA’s CGEIT certified professionals can enhance the strategic value they bring to organizations. CGEIT holders bring the knowledge and experience needed to align IT with business strategies and goals, manage IT investments to maximize return on investment, and strive for excellence in IT operations and governance while minimizing risk.  CGEIT enhances your credibility, influence, and recognition and demonstrates that you have proven experience and knowledge in the governance of enterprise IT.

• CGEIT helps enterprises identify and hire professionals who have IT governance knowledge and experience and is considered by many companies and governmental agencies as a prerequisite for employees involved with enterprise IT governance.
• CGEIT provides holders with greater recognition in the marketplace and influence at the executive level—and many holders consider it very valuable to their career progression and ability to deliver value to their enterprises.
• CGEIT combines the achievement of passing a comprehensive exam with recognition of a minimum of five years of proven work experience managing, advising on, and supporting the governance of enterprise IT—including one year’s experience relating to the establishment and management of an IT governance framework.
• CGEIT holders know more than limited areas of IT governance—they are able to grasp the complex subject as a whole and enhance the value businesses get from their IT.

Who should take this course:

The CGEIT certification was specifically developed for IT and business professionals who have significant management, advisory, or assurance roles relating to the governance of enterprise IT, including:

• IS/IT Directors
• IS/IT Managers
• S/IT Consultants
• IT Governance Professionals
• IS/IT Executives

What you will learn:

• Understanding models and methods to establish accountability for information requirements and IT processes.
• Knowledge of IT governance industry practices, standards, and frameworks.
• Understanding organizational structures, their roles, and responsibilities.
• Learning assurance methodologies and techniques.
• Methods to manage organizational, process, and cultural change.
• Knowledge of techniques used to identify IT strategy.
• Define Governance in all its practices with regard to business support
• Recognize the value vs. risk practices necessary for business success
• Recognize the changes needed to implement Enterprise Governance for any operation
• Know the Governance standards established for guidance affecting IT
• Identify major constraints to achieving governance success
• Identify potential tools and capabilities needed to implement Enterprise Governance
• Understand and recognize operational and investment reasons for governance implementation within their organization
• Recognize the need to govern IT as a business resource and measure its success in those terms
• Determine measures to validate governance success

Program Components

• ISACA CGEIT Training Program
• Complete Courseware