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Benefits of Membership

The Information Systems Control Journal	Global Communiqué Newsletter	The ISACA Bookstore
Discussion Forums (Listservs)	Code of Ethics	Career Centre
ISACA e-Symposia	K-NET Online Database	Audit Programs & Internal Control Questionnaires
The IT Governance Institute (ITGI)	Control Objectives for Information and related Technology	COBIT Online
Standards, Guidelines, & Procedures	Leadership Opportunities: Volunteering on ISACA Boards & Committees [Current Board]	The ISACA Chapter Network
Discounts on Conferences & Educational Opportunities	Discounts on CISA, CISM, & CGEIT Exams [Registration]	Discounts on annual subscription for Protiviti's KnowledgeLeader Website

For more details about benefits, see Membership Has Its Advantages @ ISACA.

A Brief History

1967: ISACA got its start when a small group of auditing professionals in Los Angeles, whose jobs were to audit controls in computer systems, sat down to discuss the need for a centralized source of information and guidance in the field.
1969: The group was incorporated in California as the EDP Auditors Association (EDPAA). No other organization addressed controls in the automated systems that were now critical to business.
1972: The first EDPAA International Conference was held in Santa Monica, California. A newsletter, The EDP Auditor, began publication. The second chapter was started in Chicago.
1974: Chapters were started in Cincinnati, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and Salt Lake City Chapters.
1975: Detroit became Chapter #8.
1976: The first international Chapter, Mexico City, was founded. The EDP Auditor Journal, a technical journal that became today’s IS Audit and Control Journal began publication. The association formed an educational foundation to undertake large-scale research efforts to expand the knowledge and value of the IT governance and control field.
1978: The certification program was born. The first 3,000 EDP auditors were grandfathered into the program as CISAs based on their years and quality of professional experience.
1981: The first CISA certification exam was administered. There were now fifty chapters with Portland, Oregon, as #50.
1984: Due to the number of new chapters forming in Europe and the Middle East, Region 9 was activated.
1985: Region 10 in Asia became activated. The EDP Auditors Foundation (EDPAF) purchased the Computer Audit and Control and Security Conference (CACS) from Harold Weiss.
1986: Victoria, B.C., Canada became Chapter #100.
1989: The EDPAF issued its first two worldwide standards on information systems auditing.
1991: The first international president living outside North America, Deepak Saruup, was elected.
1995: The Association renamed itself the Information Systems Audit and Control Association. The Association had 14,000 members with about half living outside the U.S. Half that growth occurred since 1985.

Today, ISACA has more than 75,000 members in over 160 countries in a variety of professional IT-related positions in almost every industry. Its diversity is one of its primary strengths as is its network of over 170 chapters in over 60 countries. The organization is at the forefront of the information governance, security, control, and audit field, promoting education, certification, and research. For an in-depth overview, see ISACA Overview and History.

Source: ISACA International as published in the DataByte, Volume 14, Number 6, February, 2002 and Volume 20, Number 4, December, 2005.

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