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ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) 2026 exam content outline · Domain 3: Information security program

Program communications and reporting to stakeholders

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The information security program serves many stakeholders: the board, executives, business unit leaders, IT, audit, legal, regulators, employees, customers and partners. Each needs different information, at a different level of detail and frequency. Communicating well is how the information security manager builds support, secures resources and keeps the program aligned with the business. A technically excellent program that nobody understands will lose funding and influence.

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