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CISSP Exam Overview:
Having certified with CISSP could sometimes be considered as time-consuming at best, and annoyingly frustrating at worst, so as to navigate an IT certification vendor’s Web site to glean information regarding a particular program. In order to address this problem, this entry is going to inaugurate a series of blog posts in which you are provided you clear and straightforward instructions for obtaining your credential of choice.
In today’s installment, we would have to examine the Certified Information Systems Security Professional which stands for CISSP, sponsored by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)2.
In the name of brevity, I assume that you would be having the knowledge what the CISSP title is and why you are required to wish to earn it. If you are unfamiliar with the whats and whys of the CISSP, then the CISSP entry is considered to be a decent place to start. If you wish to gain the CISSP credentials, you should have proper training, which you could have it on the CISSP training offered by the SPOTO.
Gaining the CISSP is going to involve four distinct phases:
1. Meet Experience Requirements
2. Pass the Exam
3. Obtain an Endorsement
4. Prepare for an Audit
1. Meet Experience Requirements:
In order to register for the CISSP certification exam first, you are required to demonstrate that you should possess a minimum of five years of professional experience in the information security field. Your work history should show that your skill would be setting the embraces at least two of the 10 domains in the (ISC)2 CISSP (CBK) Common Body of Knowledge.
You could obtain a one-year waiver in the professional experience which would be the requirement if you fall into one of the following categories:
• If you hold a four-year college degree
• If you hold an advanced degree in information security from a U.S. National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Security (CAEIAE)
• If you hold a credential from the (ISC)2-approved list; this list is going to include, the CompTIA Security+, the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) titles.
2. Pass the Exam:
In order to meet the requirement, you are required to pass the CISSP certification exam with a passing score of 700/1000 or greater. You should register to take the CISSP directly with the (ISC)2; note that you might have to travel to reach your closest authorized testing location. The price of this Exam for U.S. candidates is either $549 or $599 which would again depend upon whether you would choose to do an early registration or a standard registration.
3. Obtain an Endorsement:
Once you have cleared the CISSP exam, your work wouldn’t be completed. You must ask an active (ISC)2 credential holder who could attest to your industry experience in order to complete an endorsement form for you. Once the (ISC)2 approves and receives the endorsement, you could finally heave a sigh of satisfaction: You are now possessing the title of the CISSP!
4. Prepare for an Audit
It is crucial for you that you do not fudge or cut any corners in your CISSP application process, not the least reason of being that the (ISC)2 randomly selects (ISC)2-certified individuals for auditing purpose. If you are found being falsified regarding any of your application data, you should consider the revocation of your CISSP title a foregone conclusion.
Having certified for the CISSP credential holders is considered to be a very big deal in the field of Information Security. If you wish to have this certification, without any hustle, you could gain it through the training provided by the SPOTO. Having several candidates passed the CISSP exam with the assistance of SPOTO.
