What is CISSP & why CISSP?

CISSP is short for: Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

It is one of the most popular certificates in IT security field provided by International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)² Inc.

Further inform could be found at their website: https://www.isc2.org/Certifications/CISSP

The CISSP is ideal for professionals such as the one in the following list: 

Chief Information Security Officer

Chief Information Officer

Director of Security

IT Director/Manager

Security Systems Engineer

Security Analyst

Security Manager

Security Auditor

Security Architect

Security Consultant

Network Architect

who like to further their skills and/or to pursue a professional certification in security field for their career advancements. Some organizations may want their employees to be certified as part of their mandatory requirement. 

From 2018, the format of CISSP test/exam has changed. The test now an adaptive test, meaning that you do not have to do the whole test to succeed or fail. If the computer determines you have sufficient knowledge and skills in one area, it will not continue to test your skills in that area any longer and jumps to the next domain until you succeed all domain. Similarly, if you fail to exhibit sufficient knowledge you, exam ends with failure. 

The exam consists of 8 domains: 

#	Domain	Weight
1	Security and Risk Management	16%
2	Asset Security	10%
3	Security Engineering	12%
4	Communications and Network Security	12%
5	Identity and Access Management	13%
6	Security Assessment and Testing	11%
7	Security Operations	16%
8	Software Development Security	10%