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What is CISSP?
There is always this crucial need for people who are educated about securing computer networks since online attacks have become more prevalent than ever. However, it is not enough for one to just be skilled about the work he or she is doing. One should also have a solid proof, a certification of some sort, just to verify that he or she is capable of handling the job of strengthening the defense of a system.
The required award is called the Certified Information Systems Security Professional or CISSP and this is administered by the non-profit institution, International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)². CISSP is offered to the individuals who have effectively finished an examination that focuses on computer security.
CISSP is considered to be as the primary official document when talking about information security. It is an examination that is accredited by two popular organizations on IT security and these are the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and ANSI (American National Standards Institute). The award is not just for the assessment of one’s solid knowledge about information security since it is a standard of achievement that is acknowledged worldwide.
The organization created this examination so as to guarantee that the individuals have comprehensive knowledge on managing computer security for companies and non-business-related clients. According to (ISC) ², the exam is designed for professionals who have about a minimum of 3-5 years of experience. Also, the examination runs for six hours and it contains 250 questions in total.
Ten different areas that are included in the (ISC) ²’s exam are the following: access control systems and methodology; application and systems development security; cryptography; law, investigation, and ethics; application and systems development security; physical security; operations security; security architecture models; telecommunications and networking security; and security management practices. The certification exam also contains questions that are solely for testing the knowledge of the examinee about disaster recovery.
As of the latest, the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium already has about 63,358 associates who possess the CISSP award and the members come from 134 different countries in the world.
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