Become an ISACA Student Member today!
Are you considering an Information Technology (IT) related career? Joining ISACA will open the door to exploring opportunities ranging from security, audit, control, risk, privacy, compliance and so many more!

Academic Link to ISACA
Universities and colleges are encouraged to establish relationships with ISACA. The Academic Advocate can work to promote student membership in ISACA and any local chapter; awareness of CISA^®, CISM^® and CGEIT^® certifications; COBIT^® as a teaching tool; the model curriculum; and they can approach their library to carry the ISACA^® Journal, the publication for control professionals. In return for their efforts, Academic Advocates receive complimentary ISACA membership and COBIT^® 4.1. At the end of the year, Academic Advocates are requested to report on their progress via a questionnaire.

Academic Advocate Program Information
Members of ISACA who are executives and senior managers in the IT field have developed an exciting program to reach students with the message of rewarding careers in the IS audit and control profession. One full-time faculty member per functional discipline, such as MIS or accounting, at universities offering one or more courses in IT governance, audit accounting information systems or security is invited to become an Academic Advocate to ISACA.

IT Governance Using COBIT® and Val IT™
IT Governance Using COBIT and Val IT is a set of educational materials that professors and teachers can use to explain and present COBIT in their curricula and courses of information systems management, information security management, information systems auditing and/or accounting information systems. This educational package was constructed using the advice and counsel of a global group of academics and practitioners. The purpose was to create a more focused approach for teaching and presenting COBIT in the classroom.

ISACA Supports Academic Research
Academic research is the foundation of many of the breakthroughs and new theories supporting the IT assurance, information security and IT governance professional space. ISACA is pleased to support academic research projects by posting these descriptions of peer-reviewed research projects underway. You are encouraged to participate in those you find of special interest or pertinence.

ISACA Silicon Valley maintains a relationship with San Jose State University.