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A Certified Information Systems Security Professional which stands for the CISSP is considered as a seasoned employee or consultant, usually, with a title like Security Analyst, Security Manager or Chief Information Security Officer, these are just to name a few. This person has been on the job for five or more years and has acquired a thorough knowledge of the IT threat landscape, which would be including emerging and advanced persistent threats, as well as controls and technology so as to minimize attack surfaces. A CISSP credential also creates policies that would set a framework for proper controls and could perform or oversee risk management as well as software development security. So acquiring it is a very difficult task, but you could ease it up by joining the SPOTO.
So now you let’s discuss the process of acquiring the CISSP Certification:
1. Obtaining Five Years of Security Work Experience:
The first step you are required to show the proof of five paid full-time years of work experience in at least two or more than two of the eight CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) domains, which are Security and Risk Management, Security Engineering, Asset Security, Identity and Access Management, Communications and Network Security, Security Operations, Security Assessment and Testing, and Software Development Security. On-the-job experience is considered to be quite crucial for both the exam and the certification process.
2. CISSP Exam Preparation and Pass the CISSP Exam:
The candidates are required to first complete the CISSP exam with a minimum passing score of 700 out of 1,000. The CISSP exam is six hours long and it includes a mixture of multiple-choice as well as advanced innovative questions. It would again cost about $699. The (ISC)2 CISSP webpage is going to offer a download of the exam outline and a link to a Study App, which would be available through the App Store and Google Play for about $10. You could also be obtaining the official textbook and test your knowledge along with CISSP Flash Cards. If you need more than self-study materials, (ISC)2, there are a lot of third parties which would be offered by the CISSP in-class and online training. The training costs would be varying widely, but the online self-paced course costs $2,750 through (ISC)2. In-class training would be again costing the appreciably more. Before you schedule your exam with Pearson VUE, go over the background qualifications, which might be excluded you from sitting for the exam. If you wish to have CISSP certification, you could gain it through the training provided by the SPOTO.
3. Getting Yourself Endorsed to Become a CISSP:
Once you have completed the CISSP exam, you would have to subscribe to the (ISC)2 Code of Ethics and to complete an endorsement form in order to become a CISSP. The endorsement form would have to signed by another (ISC)2 certified professional who would be able to verify your professional work experience. You should submit the completed form within nine months of clearing your exam to become fully certified, you would have to clear the exam doesn't automatically go to grant you the certification status.
After you have become fully certified by the CISSP Certification, you would have to maintain your credential by recertifying it every three years. CISSPs are required to pay about an $85 maintenance fee during the three-year cycle which would be a total sum of $255. They must also have to submit 40 continuing professional education (CPE) credits each year, which would again make a total of 120 CPEs.
So, acquisition, of the CISSP Certification Exam, is considered to be a quite complex task, and it is not to be acquired without having properly trained with some good training institute like the SPOTO.
