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ISACAISACA Advanced in AI Audit
The ISACA Advanced in AI Audit (AAIA) certification is the world's first advanced AI audit credential, designed for experienced IT auditors and advisors who hold CISA or another qualified designation. It validates your ability to assess AI risks, ensure compliance, and leverage AI to meet strategic goals. Earning AAIA positions you as a leader in the emerging AI-driven audit landscape.
Exam formatComputer-based
DeliveryPSI
Free questions612
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What ISACA Advanced in AI Audit proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
3domains
17objectives
167concepts
US $459exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The ISACA Advanced in AI Audit (AAIA) certification is a groundbreaking credential for IT audit and advisory professionals who want to lead in the age of artificial intelligence. Built on ISACA's trusted expertise in IT audit and the rigorous standards behind credentials like CISA, CIA, and CPA, AAIA validates your ability to conduct AI-focused audits, address AI integration challenges, and enhance audit processes through AI-driven insights.
The certification covers three key domains: AI Governance and Risk, AI Operations, and AI Auditing Tools and Techniques. You will learn to advise stakeholders on AI opportunities and risks, assess and mitigate AI-specific threats, ensure compliance with evolving regulations, and use AI-enabled tools to streamline audit efficiency. AAIA empowers you to stand up to the challenge of AI and become a leader in the emerging AI future.
Who it’s for
This certification is for experienced IT auditors, IT advisory professionals, and consultants who assess, implement, maintain, or audit AI systems. It is designed for those who hold an active CISA certification or another qualified designation with an IT audit or IT advisory role focus, such as CIA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent. If you are an experienced auditor or advisor looking to sharpen your skills and resume with next-generation expertise, AAIA provides the credibility to move ahead in your career and prove to employers that you can add immediate and lasting value to the enterprise.
Recommended experience
While not mandatory, ISACA recommends that candidates have experience in IT audit or IT advisory roles, and some expertise in assessing, implementing, maintaining, or auditing AI systems. Experience in IT audit or IT advisory roles; Some expertise in assessing, implementing, maintaining, or auditing AI systems
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective ISACA measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official ISACA exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
AI Governance and Risk
- AI Models, Considerations, and Requirements
- AI Governance and Program Management
- AI Risk Management
- Privacy and Data Governance Programs
- Leading Practices, Ethics, Regulations, and Standards for AI
AI Operations
- Data Management Specific to AI
- AI Solution Development Methodologies and Lifecycle
- Change Management Specific to AI
- Supervision of AI Solutions (e.g., Outputs, Impacts, and Decisions)
- Testing Techniques for AI Solutions
- Threats and Vulnerabilities Specific to AI
- Incident Response Management Specific to AI
AI Auditing Tools and Techniques
- Audit Planning and Design
- Audit Testing and Sampling Methodologies
- Audit Evidence Collection Techniques
- Audit Data Quality and Data Analytics
- AI Audit Outputs and Reports
On the day
The exam itself
Everything ISACA publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
Hold an active CISA certification, OR one of the following designations with an IT audit or IT advisory role focus: CIA, US CPA, ACCA, FCCA, Canadian CPA, Australian CPA, FCPA, Japanese CPA, ICAEW ACA, ICAEW FCA, CNA, CA ANZ CA, CA ANZ FCA, HKICPA CPA, or HKICPA FCPA.
CertificationISACA Advanced in AI Audit
Exam formatComputer-based
Questions90 questions
DeliveryPSI
PricingUS $459
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path ISACA lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to ISACA Advanced in AI Audit
PrerequisiteHold an active CISA certification, OR one of the following designations with an IT audit or IT advisory role focus: CIA, US CPA, ACCA, FCCA, Canadian CPA, Australian CPA, FCPA, Japanese CPA, ICAEW ACA, ICAEW FCA, CNA, CA ANZ CA, CA ANZ FCA, HKICPA CPA, or HKICPA FCPA.
Credential earnedISACA Advanced in AI Audit Certification Renewal and maintenance
ISACA certifications require renewal through earning CPE credits. Specific AAIA renewal requirements are not detailed on the official exam page. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. ISACA maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by ISACA
Exam registration
Register for the exam through PSI, ISACA’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official ISACA certification page for exam policies and requirements.
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Questions people ask
How does AAIA relate to CISA?
AAIA is an advanced certification designed for professionals who already hold CISA or another qualified designation. It builds on existing IT audit expertise and focuses specifically on AI auditing, governance, and operations.
Do I need to earn a lower-level ISACA certification before taking AAIA?
Yes, you must hold an active CISA certification or one of the listed qualified designations (e.g., CIA, CPA, ACCA) with an IT audit or IT advisory role focus. There is no separate lower-level AI audit certification required.
Can I take the AAIA exam online from home?
Yes, the AAIA exam is available as a remotely proctored exam, except for residents of India, Mainland China, and Hong Kong, where it is exclusively available at testing centers.
What is the retake policy for the AAIA exam?
ISACA has a zero-tolerance policy for fraudulent test-taking activities. Specific retake waiting periods are not published on the official exam page; refer to the ISACA Terms of Use for Exams for details.
Are there any hands-on or lab components in the AAIA exam?
The official exam content outline does not mention a hands-on or lab component. The exam consists of 90 questions covering three domains.
How soon will I receive my AAIA exam results?
The official exam page does not specify the exact timing for score reports. Typically, ISACA provides results shortly after the exam, but you should refer to the exam candidate guide for details.
What job roles does the AAIA credential map to?
AAIA is designed for experienced IT auditors and advisors who assess, implement, maintain, or audit AI systems. It validates skills for roles focused on AI governance, risk, and auditing.
Can I recertify AAIA by passing a different ISACA exam?
ISACA certifications require renewal through earning CPE credits. Passing a different exam may contribute to CPE, but specific recertification pathways for AAIA are not detailed on the official page.
Is the AAIA exam available in all countries?
The AAIA exam is administered at authorized PSI testing centers globally or as remotely proctored exams. However, residents of India, Mainland China, and Hong Kong cannot use remote proctoring and must take the exam at a testing center.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 612 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept ISACA measures — each one written out.
3domains
17objectives
167concepts
131free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official ISACA exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1AI Governance and Risk182 questions
AI Models, Considerations, and Requirements10 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →AI Governance and Program Management12 concepts · 9 pagesOpen →AI Risk Management6 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Privacy and Data Governance Programs14 concepts · 9 pagesOpen →Leading Practices, Ethics, Regulations, and Standards for AI5 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →
2AI Operations258 questions
Data Management Specific to AI12 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →AI Solution Development Methodologies and Lifecycle9 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Change Management Specific to AI10 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →Supervision of AI Solutions (e.g., Outputs, Impacts, and Decisions)7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Testing Techniques for AI Solutions14 concepts · 9 pagesOpen →Threats and Vulnerabilities Specific to AI8 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Incident Response Management Specific to AI12 concepts · 9 pagesOpen →
3AI Auditing Tools and Techniques172 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
AI Models, Considerations, and Requirements8 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
38 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
612 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
612questions
131pages
17objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1AI Governance and Risk182 questions
2AI Operations258 questions
3AI Auditing Tools and Techniques172 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
167concepts
612free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from ISACA
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
167concepts mapped
The source
ISACA’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official ISACA outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 17 objectives, 167 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When ISACA changes the outline, this page changes with it.
17objectives on the outline→167concepts written→612free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.