ISACA · Professional Certification · Expert
ISACA Advanced in AI Audit (AAIA)
Crydd Score 56
Demand Growing
Career Value Strong
Recognition Strong
AAIA at a glance
- Provider
- ISACA
- Credential type
- Professional Certification
- Exam required
- Yes
- Category
- Security
- Level
- Expert
- Cost
- $459 (ISACA members) / $599 (non-members), plus a $50 application fee
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Time to earn
- 2–3 months
- Validity
- Maintained under ISACA's continuing professional education policy
- Format
- 90 multiple-choice questions, 150 minutes
- Prerequisites
- An active CISA, or one of ISACA's listed accounting and audit designations held with an IT audit focus
What is AAIA?
ISACA's add-on certification for IT auditors who audit AI: governance and risk of AI systems, how they are operated, and the tools and techniques for auditing them. It requires an existing CISA or an equivalent audit designation.
Skills it covers
- AI governance and risk
- AI operations
- Auditing AI systems
- AI audit tools and techniques
Is AAIA worth it? The Crydd Verdict
CS 56Choose it if
You are a CISA-holding auditor and your organisation, or its clients, are deploying AI.
Consider alternatives if
You manage AI security rather than audit it: ISACA's AAISM. Not yet an auditor: CISA first.
Why we say so
Regulators and boards are asking for AI to be audited, and this is the first certification built for the auditors who will do it.
Market demand
AI audit is a new and growing specialism inside IT audit and risk teams; demand follows regulation such as the EU AI Act.
Where AAIA takes you
- IT Auditor
- Risk Analyst
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