ISACA's executive credential for IT governance — the cert most often booked by CIOs, IT directors and audit-committee members. Maps directly to COBIT 2019 governance objectives and BNM board-of-directors guidelines.
⏱Duration: 4 days / 32 hrs
💻Format: Instructor-Led + Board Sims
🌐Delivery: On-site · Virtual · Hybrid
✅Pass rate: 90%
📅Next intake: 26 May 2026
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Governance leadership
Frameworks, structures, principles and practices
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Strategic alignment
IT strategy aligned with enterprise objectives
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Benefits realisation
Value delivery, performance management, optimisation
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Risk + resource optimisation
Enterprise risk and resource allocation at the IT-portfolio level
What this course is
Where IT governance stops being IT alone.
CGEIT is ISACA's executive credential for the governance of enterprise IT. It is the cert most often booked by CIOs, IT directors, audit-committee members and consultants advising boards on IT-governance maturity. CGEIT is the cert that opens the audit-committee chair conversation.
At Nexperts, CGEIT is delivered as a 4-day executive intensive. By day 4 you've defended a board-of-directors IT-governance review for a MY-listed company, designed a benefits-realisation programme, and walked an enterprise IT-strategy refresh.
CGEIT is one of the few certs read by board members who don't otherwise read certs. It is the credential most strongly recognised at the audit-committee level in MY-listed companies and government-linked entities.
The 2020+ CGEIT update aligned with COBIT 2019 governance objectives, sharpened the digital-strategy lens and integrated the BNM RMiT board-of-directors expectations.
Who should take this course
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CIOs / CTOs
Owning IT governance at MY-listed companies and GLCs.
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Audit-committee members
Reviewing IT governance maturity. CGEIT is the recognised credential.
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IT directors
Reporting to CEO / CFO. CGEIT builds the board-tier vocabulary.
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Consultants
Advising boards on IT-governance, value-delivery, risk.
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Board secretaries
Owning IT-governance documentation. CGEIT is the literacy cert.
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Senior auditors
CISA holders moving into IT-governance reviews.
Prerequisites
✓ 5 years of management or advisory experience supporting governance of enterprise IT
✓ 1 year must be in domain 1 (Governance of Enterprise IT)
✓ Comfortable reading board papers and audit-committee minutes
→ Don't yet have 5 years? You can sit the exam first; ISACA grants the cert when experience is verified within 5 years.
Course Curriculum
Four domains. Board-level decisions.
CGEIT covers four exam domains: Governance of Enterprise IT (40%), IT Resources (15%), Benefits Realisation (26%), and Risk Optimisation (19%). We deliver in board-paper order with MY-listed-company case studies.
Executive Sims
8 sprints. Real MY board scenarios.
CGEIT is delivered as executive case-study workshops. By day 4 you've worked through MY-context scenarios across listed companies, GLCs, and BNM-regulated entities.
01
Board Pack
Read and critique a real MY-style IT-governance board paper.
Discovery
02
Strategy Alignment
Map IT initiatives to a 5-year corporate strategy.
Strategy
03
Operating Model
Design an IT operating model for a Klang Valley GLC.
Resources
04
Vendor Strategy
Build a sourcing strategy for a regulated cloud workload.
Vendor
05
Benefits Pack
Build a 12-month benefits-realisation pack.
Value
06
Risk Appetite
Draft a board-approved IT-risk-appetite statement.
Risk
07
Compliance Map
Map BNM RMiT to internal IT-governance objectives.
Compliance
08
Audit Committee
Defend an IT-governance position to a simulated audit committee.
Board
+ 8 micro-tasks across COBIT 2019, ISO 38500 and BNM RMiT (BoD chapters).
Exam Information
One exam. CGEIT.
CGEIT has one exam. 150 questions, 4 hours, scaled scoring. You need 450 / 800 to pass. The exam is heavy on judgement and frameworks — not memory.
CGEIT Exam
Questions150 multiple choice
Duration4 hours
Passing score450 / 800 (56%)
FormatPSI / online proctored
Validity3 years (CPE-renewable)
Industry avg pass rate~62% first attempt
Nexperts pass rate90% first attempt
Our 4-Mock Programme
01
Diagnostic
End of day 1. Sets the baseline. Average 51%.
02
Domain Drill
End of day 3. By-domain mock. Highlights weak areas.
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Full Mock
End of day 4. Full timed simulation. 70%+ before booking.
04
Clearance
Week after class. Final clearance. 75%+ before booking.
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Pass Rate
90% of our CGEIT candidates pass on first attempt.
The ISACA global first-attempt rate for CGEIT sits around 62%. We hit 90% by drilling COBIT 2019 governance objectives on real MY-listed scenarios and gating booking on a clearance mock.
BoD-alignedBoard-paper drill90% first attemptFree retake voucherISACA aligned
Why our pass rate is 90%
Industry average: ~62%
Most candidates can recite COBIT objectives but cannot read a board paper for governance gaps under timer. CGEIT questions are stakeholder-heavy and demand executive judgement.
Nexperts: 90%
We work board-paper exercises for 60% of class time. We drill the COBIT 2019 governance objectives. We gate booking on a clearance mock. By exam day, governance literacy is reflex.
Your Governance Path
CGEIT pairs with CRISC and CISM.
CGEIT is the executive cap for IT-governance professionals. It pairs with CRISC for risk depth, CISM for security-management depth, or CISA for audit depth.
Before this
CISA, CRISC or CISM
Foundational ISACA cert + 5 years governance experience.
Expected salary range after CGEIT: RM 18,000 – RM 32,000/month for IT-director / CIO roles in MY-listed companies, GLCs and regulated industries.
Student Reviews
What our CGEIT graduates say.
4.9
★★★★★
38 reviews
5★
32%
4★
5%
3★
1%
★★★★★
"I sat CGEIT after 11 years as an IT director. The clarity Nexperts brought to COBIT 2019 was exactly what I needed. I'm now chair of the IT-governance committee at my BoD."
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Datin Vasanthi
Director / Audit Committee · Listed PLC
✓ Passed first attempt (676/800)
★★★★
"Toughest of my ISACA certs. The board-paper drills made the difference — I came in thinking I knew governance, left realising how MY-listed nuance changes the answer."
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Tan Choon Hock
CIO · GLC
✓ Passed first attempt (594/800)
★★★★★
"Best CGEIT prep in MY. Instructor was a sitting independent director — the real-world board context made the framework click in a way no textbook could."
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Nurul Syafiqah
CTO · Tech-MY listed
✓ Passed first attempt (628/800)
★★★★★
"CGEIT got me onto a regulated-industry advisory board. The credential carries serious weight in MY — worth every ringgit."
KH
Kamal Hashim
Advisory Board Member
✓ Passed first attempt (704/800)
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