ISACA is extremely proud that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has accredited the CISA and CISM certifications under ISO/IEC 17024:2003, General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification Systems of Persons. ANSI, a private, nonprofit organization, accredits other organizations to serve as third-party product, system and personnel certifiers.

ISO/IEC 17024 specifies the requirements to be followed by organizations certifying individual against specific requirements. ANSI describes ISO/IEC 17024 as “expected to play a prominent role in facilitating global standardization of the certification community, increasing mobility among countries, enhancing public safety, and protecting consumers.”

• Promotes the unique qualifications and expertise ISACA’s certifications provide
  
• Protects the integrity of the certifications and provides legal defensibility
  
• Enhances consumer and public confidence in the certifications and the people who hold them
  
• Facilitates mobility across borders or industries

Accreditation by ANSI signifies that ISACA’s procedures meet ANSI’s essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus and due process in accordance with the ISO 17024 standard. To maintain ANSI accreditation, certification bodies such as ISACA are required to consistently adhere to a set of requirements or procedures related to quality, openness and due process.

With this accreditation, ISACA anticipates that significant opportunities for CISAs and CISMs will continue to open in the US and around the world. The accreditation is both an international and US accreditation:  it is based on an international standard but implemented by ANSI to be recognized in the US and by other countries that enter into an arrangement with ANSI. This is in keeping with the purpose of 17024: to begin standardization of accreditation of personnel certification agencies around the world.  More information.