The Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) Institute (HISPI) is an independent certification organization consisting of volunteers that are true information security practitioners, such as Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Information Security Officers (ISOs), Information Security Managers, Directors of Information Security, Security Analysts, Security Engineers and Technology Risk Managers from major corporations and organizations.

• HISPI promotes a holistic approach to information security program management by providing certification opportunities in information security, information assurance and governance.
• HISPI focuses on international standards, best practices, and comprehensive frameworks for developing robust and effective information security programs.

The objectives of HISPI include:

• To bridge the current gap between existing professional certification programs by proactively promoting the need to develop comprehensive and holistic information security programs amongst information security, audit and compliance professionals representing various sectors internationally.
• To promote cost-effective training and certification to information security, audit and compliance professionals, particularly Public Sector and Higher Education employees, where budget constraints can be a barrier to obtaining such quality training and certification.
• To provide a vendor neutral forum that will facilitate the sharing of knowledge, ideas and other positive initiatives for enhancing the current state of information security in various sectors internationally.
• To research and develop an integrated system for widely accepted best practice frameworks that are applicable to Information Security such as ISO/IEC 27002, ISO/IEC 27001, COBIT, COSO, ISO/IEC 20000 (ITIL), NIST Guidelines, FIPS 200 (NIST 800-53).
• To foster collaborative efforts across various sectors internationally, particularly government, law enforcement and commercial sector.
• To foster a positive code of ethics amongst information security, audit and compliance professionals.
• To reduce the cost of meeting legal, regulatory and contractual requirements pertaining to information security, across various sectors internationally.
• In addition to the existing partnership with British Standards Institute (BSI) Americas, to also partner and collaborate with other reputable organization.