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ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA)

ITCA retires on . Get the team certified on the current exam, or plan the move to ISACA training, with a CBT Nuggets demo.

ISACA retires the required exam ITCA on . After that, ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) can no longer be earned on the current exams. See current ISACA training: all ISACA certifications.

1
Course
5
Core skills
$120 for members; $144 for non-members
Exam fee (ISACA)
Security operations center analysts monitoring threat dashboards
Difficulty
Difficulty: 1 of 5 (Easy)
Easy
Exam fee (ISACA)
$120 for members; $144 for non-members
Courses on path
1
Exam code
  • ITCA

Exam datasheet

Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
None
Recertification
3 years

Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$120 for members; $144 for non-members

Required — Required

Every engineer on the ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) path takes ITCA.

  1. ITCAIT Certified Associate (ITCA)Retiring
    Exam fee
    $120 for members; $144 for non-members
    Exam length
    2 hours
    Questions
    60
    Passing score
    65%

Skills your team builds

Cybersecurity FundamentalsThreats and VulnerabilitiesRisk ManagementSecurity ControlsCybersecurity Governance

Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Hands-on virtual labs
  • Per-team completion reporting

ISACA career ladder

Where ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) sits in your team's ISACA progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

Customer outcome

Build ISACA capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished — the view leadership uses to see ISACA skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

Team capability

Make ISACA a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on ISACA gives leadership a clear picture of ISACA skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA)

Exam
  • ITCA

Frequently asked questions about ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) training for their team.

How does ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) fit into our compliance or governance program?

IT leaders often cite ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) when documenting baseline security training coverage, since the primary course addresses governance, continuity and recovery, risk management, and regulatory requirements. CBT Nuggets team reporting provides per-learner completion and completion exports that can serve as audit evidence, while the auditor's control crosswalk decides how the credential formally maps to the framework the organization follows.

Who on the team should hold ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA), and what can a certified team own?

It suits newer team members moving into security-adjacent roles, such as service desk staff, junior administrators, and early-career security analysts, who need a shared grounding in the CIA triad, least privilege, the threat landscape, and common attack methods. With the linked courses, a certified team can take first-line ownership of endpoint firewalls on Windows, Mac, and Linux, IDS/IPS awareness, AAA controls, and network security controls, supported by networking topics such as VPNs, VLANs, and IPv6 addressing.

What does CBT Nuggets ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to ISACA's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA)?

The linked CBT Nuggets courses total about 79 hours of video. The actual time depends on each team member's starting point, because engineers with networking or computing experience may move through the foundational material faster than newer staff.

What if ISACA updates the ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates ISACA course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When ISACA restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

Certifying the team before 1 June 2027?

Get every engineer certified before ITCA retires

Assign the ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ITCA) courses, see who has finished them in the team report, and plan the move to ISACA training for the rest of the team.