All Episodes
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Episode 18 — Run vulnerability management continuously without blind spots
This episode explains vulnerability management as an ongoing program, not a quarterly scramble, and shows how the ISA exam tests your ability to connect scanning outpu...
Episode 17 — Prevent, detect, and contain malware before impact
This episode covers malware defense as a layered control set that includes prevention, detection, and response, which is exactly how ISA exam questions tend to frame i...
Episode 16 — Encrypt data in transit everywhere, every time
This episode focuses on encryption in transit and the practical judgment the ISA exam expects when you’re evaluating “secure transmission” across mixed environments. Y...
Episode 15 — Protect stored account data from unauthorized exposure
This episode explains how PCI thinks about protecting stored account data, with a focus on what the ISA exam expects you to verify: where the data lives, who can reach...
Episode 14 — Enforce secure configuration baselines without configuration drift
This episode covers secure configuration baselines as a living control set, because the ISA exam frequently tests whether you understand ongoing enforcement rather tha...
Episode 13 — Implement robust network security controls that hold
This episode teaches the network security control concepts the ISA exam expects you to apply, not just recognize, including boundary protection, traffic restriction, a...
Episode 12 — Engineer compensating controls assessors actually approve
This episode focuses on compensating controls, which the ISA exam often tests through scenarios that look reasonable on the surface but fail the strict criteria in pra...
Episode 11 — Perform Targeted Risk Analyses that drive decisions
This episode explains Targeted Risk Analysis in PCI DSS terms and shows how it becomes a scored, defensible decision point on the ISA exam. You’ll define what makes a ...
Episode 10 — Apply the PCI Customized Approach correctly, decisively
This episode explains the PCI Customized Approach in a way that supports both exam success and real program execution, focusing on when it is appropriate and how to do...
Episode 9 — Govern service providers and shared responsibility rigorously
This episode covers service provider governance, an area the ISA exam tests heavily because misunderstandings here cause real incidents and failed assessments. You’ll ...
Episode 8 — Minimize scope using tokenization and truncation wisely
This episode explains how tokenization and truncation can reduce PCI scope when implemented correctly, and how they can create new risks when implemented casually. You...
Episode 7 — Prove network segmentation truly isolates the CDE
This episode teaches the difference between “we have segmentation” and “we can prove segmentation,” which is a central ISA exam skill and a frequent real-world failure...
Episode 6 — Map end-to-end payment data flows clearly
This episode focuses on data flow mapping, because the ISA exam expects you to reason through where account data moves and what systems influence its protection. You’l...
Episode 5 — Hunt cardholder data across every environment
This episode teaches you how to locate account data in the places teams forget to look, a skill that directly supports ISA exam questions about scope, evidence, and co...
Episode 4 — Define PCI roles and nail precise scope
This episode clarifies the key PCI roles you’ll see on the ISA exam and in real programs, then uses those roles to explain why scope decisions succeed or fail. You’ll ...
Episode 3 — Lock in a realistic spoken study plan
This episode helps you build a study plan you can actually finish, using audio-first routines that fit around work, family, and the reality of a busy week. You’ll lear...
Episode 2 — Master scoring policies and high-yield test tactics
This episode focuses on exam execution: how scoring, question design, and time pressure shape what “good performance” looks like on the PCI ISA exam. You’ll learn prac...
Episode 1 — Crack the ISA exam blueprint with confidence
This episode builds your foundation for the PCI ISA exam by showing how to read the exam blueprint like an assessor instead of like a student, so you can study the rig...
Welcome to Certified: The Internal Security Assessor (ISA) Audio Course
Certified: The PCI ISA Certification Audio Course is built for security and compliance professionals who touch payment environments and want to earn the PCI Internal S...