What is the CISSP Exam?

Information security is a field that is widely regarded as essential to any modern IT business or tech company. Becoming a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, or CISSP, is globally regarded as the top standard of achievement for a professional is the information security field. By taking the CISSP exam, you can become a certified CISSP.

The CISSP exam is a test of your knowledge and professional competence in the eight CISSP domains, recorded in the information security written authority, known as the (ISC)² CBK. The eight CISSP domains are listed as follows:*

• Security and Risk Management
• Asset Security
• Security Engineering
• Communications and Network Security
• Identity and Access Management
• Security Assessment and Testing
• Security Operations
• Software Development Security

Not every CISSP exam is the same. Every version of the test draws from a large pool of questions derived from the (ISC)², each containing 150 multiple choice questions to be answered in a period of three hours.*

Citations: *(ISC)² web site