Exam Code: CISSP

Course Name: Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Vendor: ISC

Passing Score: 80 %

CISSP
Information technology is the need of the hour and it is becoming very much important to learn and study about information technology. It is very difficult for everyone in the world to get success without the knowledge and skills of information technology. Information technology has been developed a lot over the last two decades, and it has made some serious inroads. Information technology has played a very important and critical role in the success, development and in the achievements of man in about every aspect and field of life. People are also now getting very much serious about getting the knowledge and getting the skills of information technology through IT certifications.

There are so many different types of information technology certification associations that are offering a huge range of different types of information technology certifications. Information security system is a very much important part of information technology. CISSP is a very useful and a very valuable certification for people who want to become professionals and certified in the filed of information technology security system. CISSP certification gives IT professional’s knowledge about computer security, making and planning the information security policies and standards along with the procedures, and also about running and controlling their performance in an association or organization. CISSP is the abbreviation of   Certified Information Systems Security Professional and it is a certification of International Information Systems Security Certification.

Before applying for this certification, it is important for the candidates to know and learn about some crucial things. The candidates of this certification should have at least a minimum experience of about 3 to 4 years or they should have a college degree concerning the information security. This certification has a lot of different topics and all these topics are divided into 3 parts. These three parts are categorized into 10 different areas. These 10 areas are called the domains of this certification. The 10 domains of this certification include access control, in which the candidates learn about the categories and controls. They also study about the control threats and their measures. The candidates also learn about the application security and about the software based controls, and also about the standards along with the Software Development Lifecycle. This certification also explains about the business continuity along with the planning of disaster recovery and the response, and about the Restoration Activities. CISSP gives knowledge about the cryptography and about the basic ideas and algorithms. The other domains of this certification are Information Security, Risk Management, Compliance, Investigations and Operations Security, Physical Security and Security Architecture plus Design, Network Security Concepts as well as Risks. After doing CISSP, the candidates become certified and they can even look forward for more certifications that can lead them towards the knowledge and skills of information security.