CISSP®

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The International Information System Security - (ISC)2's CISSP exam, “Certified Information Systems Security Professional” is the one exam required for the CISSP certification.

The CISSP exam is an advanced exam meant for IT professionals who want to achieve “mastery of an international standard for information security and understanding of a Common Body of Knowledge (CBK).” The other two prerequisites for this exam are for the candidate to: “execute the candidate agreement, attesting to the truth of the candidate's experience assertions and legally commit to adhering to the Code of Ethics”; and successfully “answer four questions regarding criminal history and related background.”

This exam is moderately difficult and costs $499 USD. It may be taken at an (ISC)2 designated site in many large metropolitan locations throughout the world.

The pass score for this form-based multiple choice exam is a scaled score of 700 points or greater. There are 250 questions and the exam lasts 6 hours.

The topics covered by this exam come from the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) and include:

• Access Control Systems & Methodology
• Applications & Systems Development
• Business Continuity Planning
• Cryptography
• Law, Investigation & Ethics
• Operations Security
• Physical Security
• Security Architecture & Models
• Security Management Practices
• Telecommunications, Network & Internet Security

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