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Practitioner-led practice for five premier certifications

CISM, CISA, CIPP/US, CIPM, and CISSP — $29.99 each for 3 months of full access. Every question original and grounded in the current official body of knowledge. Scenario-based practice, timed mocks, per-domain readiness scoring, and per-answer reasoning. Try free questions without a card.

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Cybersecurity

CISM

Certified Information Security Manager

Scenario-based questions across all four CISM domains. Timed mocks, per-domain readiness, BEST / FIRST / MOST judgment.

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CISA

Audit

CISA

Certified Information Systems Auditor

Audit lifecycle, evidence standards, IS controls, and BCP scenarios written to the ISACA framework.

$29.99 / 3 mo
CIPP/US

Privacy Law

CIPP/US

Certified Information Privacy Professional/US

U.S. sectoral statutes, state comprehensive laws, FTC enforcement — original questions grounded in the IAPP BoK.

$29.99 / 3 mo
CIPM

Privacy Management

CIPM

Certified Information Privacy Manager

All six IAPP CIPM v4.2.0 domains — program lifecycle, assessments, vendor evaluation, incident response.

$29.99 / 3 mo
New CISSP

Cybersecurity

CISSP

Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Scenario-based questions across all eight domains of the official ISC2 exam outline. New bank, growing batch by batch.

$29.99 / 3 mo

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Why TechGics

Built by an experienced cybersecurity practitioner

TechGics is designed by a cybersecurity leader with 22+ years across enterprise security, governance, risk, compliance, privacy, audit, and incident response. Every question and AI explanation is built to help you understand the concepts — not just memorize the answers.

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Practice banks ship inside each certification lab — practice mode, timed mode, and full mock exam — with per-domain readiness reporting. Every question is original.

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Every answer comes with practitioner-grade explanation — why the right answer wins, why each wrong answer fails, and the underlying principle being tested.

CISM scenario

An information security manager identifies a new risk that exceeds the organization's stated risk appetite. Which of the following should occur FIRST?

  1. Implement compensating controls immediately to bring residual risk within appetite.
  2. Record the risk in the register with a high-priority flag and increase monitoring.
  3. Engage the insurance broker to evaluate whether the exposure can be transferred.
  4. Escalate the risk to the appropriate risk owner for a documented treatment decision.
Correct D wins because treatment decisions belong to the risk owner.

The security manager identifies and recommends; the risk owner decides. Acting on controls, monitoring, or transfer before escalation bypasses governance.

Why each wrong answer fails

A — Implementing controls preempts the owner's treatment choice (mitigate vs transfer vs accept vs avoid).

B — Documenting and monitoring without escalation leaves a known above-appetite risk unaddressed.

C — Transfer is a valid option, but selecting it is the owner's decision, not the security manager's.

Principle being tested

Governance accountability — the security manager facilitates risk decisions; ownership stays with the business.

Pricing

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Begin with the free AI mini-course. Choose a Single Certification for $29.99 or unlock all four with the All Access Pass for $99.99 — both are one-time payments for three months of full access.

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AI for Cybersecurity Beginners — five practical lessons, real prompts.

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All four certification labs (CISM, CISA, CIPP/US, CIPM) + AI Coach on every question + cross-device progress. Three months, one-time payment, no auto-renewal. CISSP is sold separately.

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Single Certification — $29.99

Choose one: CISM, CISA, CIPP/US, CIPM, or CISSP. Three months of full access. Upgrade to All Access anytime and keep your progress.

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22 years of real-world security work — not a video studio.

Workplace Scenarios

BEST / FIRST / MOST judgment, not vocabulary recall.

Per-Answer Reasoning

Every question comes with reasoning that explains the gap, not just the right letter.

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