The certification magazine has looked at the most in demand certifications which are attractive to employers. And guess what? CISSP is one of them. Other include MCSE, PMP and CCNA.
CISSP is a vendor neutral certification that includes: access control, cryptography, operations security, and security architecture and design. CEOs rank security as the second-hardest functional area to fill.
If you are a ISACA certified members, then you can earn more than 60 Free continuing professional education (CPE) credits per year. Here is how:
The Go-To-Guy: That’s an Information Security Must-Have
The go-to guy could be you. With as little as one year’s work experience in the information security field, you can become certified as a Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP®).
The SSCP is ideal for those working towards positions such as Network Security Engineers, Security Systems Analysts, or Security Administrators. This is also the perfect course for personnel in many other non-security disciplines that require an understanding of security but do not have information security as a primary part of their job description. This large and growing group includes information systems auditors; application programmers; system, network and database administrators; business unit representatives, and systems analysts.
For your SSCP credential, your professional experience has to be in one or more
of these seven (ISC)² SSCP domains:
The CISSP was the first credential in the field of information security, accredited by the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) to ISO (International Standards Organization) Standard 17024:2003. CISSP certification is not only an objective measure of excellence, but a globally recognized standard of achievement.
For your CISSP credential, your professional experience has to be in two or more of these 10 (ISC)² CISSP domains:
