The Compliance Institute SA is a non-profit company. Its vision is to be the recognised, independent professional body for the compliance profession. Its mission is to set, maintain and promote best practice standards for the compliance profession by facilitating professional development and accreditation for its members.. CISA is is a non-statutory, SAQA-recognised professional body. They have three professional designations:

1. Compliance Practitioner;
2. Compliance Professional;
3. Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Pratitioner (SA) AMLC Prac (SA)