We are excited to announce that more than 1,000 cybersecurity career hopefuls have taken their first step toward launching their careers by taking the (ISC)² entry-level cybersecurity certification pilot exam. Once they earn the certification, they will demonstrate to employers they have the foundational knowledge, skills and abilities to succeed in entry- and junior-level roles. Since the program’s inception earlier this year, more than 1,000 people around the world have taken the exam and many have registered for the (ISC)² entry-level cybersecurity certification course with their exam still to come. With the global cybersecurity workforce needing to grow by 65% to effectively defend organizations’ critical assets, this program will help address the workforce gap by launching thousands of new cybersecurity

On August 1, several changes will be made to the CCSP exam. We are excited to share that the CCSP exam will be available in four more languages. Currently, the CCSP exam is available in English and Japanese. We will also be offering the CCSP exam in Chinese, Korean, German and Spanish beginning in August.   In addition to these new languages, we will be updating the length of the CCSP exam. As announced earlier this year for the CISSP exam, 25 pre-test (unscored) items will be added to the exams in all languages. These items do not impact the pass/fail result of a candidate’s exam, but they are indistinguishable from operational (scored) items, so if you’re taking the exam, you

To celebrate Women’s History Month in March, four female security leaders met for a wide-ranging panel discussion on how they’ve broken through gender biases to forge their career paths, as well as what’s needed to help young women in the cybersecurity profession succeed. This (ISC)² Think Tank webinar is part of the organization’s multi-year commitment to DEI which includes a new DEI series featuring diverse voices and perspectives within cyber and aimed at helping to build a more inclusive cyber profession. The panel was moderated by Sharon Smith, CISSP, cybersecurity strategy and advisory consultant, and included: Ebony Stevens, (ISC)² Security Engineer Weijia Yan, an InfoSec student at Carnegie Mellon University Megan West, X-Force Cybersecurity Incident Response Consultant at IBM Each

The CISSP-ISSMP exam will be changing on November 15, 2022. This exam is the most recent of the (ISC)² examinations to be updated as part of the Job Task Analysis (JTA) process. All (ISC)² certifications are updated on roughly a triennial basis following the JTA process.   Current certification holders are surveyed on how often they use the knowledge, skills and abilities represented in the exam outline. Subject matter experts update the exam outline, and the exam itself, based on that feedback to ensure the CISSP-ISSMP exam reflects the most pertinent issues facing cybersecurity management professionals. These updates ensure that anyone earning the CISSP-ISSMP at any time has been tested on best practices for establishing, representing and governing cybersecurity programs, and

Beginning June 1, 2022, additional pretest items and time will be added to the CISSP exam for the Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) format.  The current CISSP CAT exam contains 25 pretest (unscored) items. The addition of 25 more items will bring the total count to 50 pretest items. With these added items, the minimum and maximum number of items candidates will need to respond to during the exam  will increase from 100-150 to 125-175. To allow for these additional items, the maximum exam administration time will increase from three to four hours.   Pretest items enable (ISC)² to continue expanding our item bank to strengthen the integrity and security of the CISSP for all those who earn the certification. The additional