SYNOPSIS
(ISC)2®, the International Information System Security Certification Consortium, Inc., introduced
the SSCP® (Systems Security Certified Practitioner) certification in March 2001. This
intermediate-level certification is meant for IT security practitioners with a minimum of one year
of PROFESSIONAL experience in the field of information security. This experience
requirement essentially forms the prerequisite for this vendor-neutral certification. In June 2003,
(ISC)2® introduced an Associate program that allows candidates to take the exam before they
meet the experience requirement. Here’s what (ISC)2® says about this: After passing the
selected exam and signing (ISC)2's® Code of Ethics, the Associate must garner the requisite
work experience and successfully complete a professional endorsement process before he/she
becomes officially certified as CISSP® or SSCP®. The SSCP® is not required for (ISC)2’s CISSP®
certification, but is a logical step on the way towards this premier certification, as well as to
other vendor-specific and vendor-neutral security certifications.
The term ‘CPE’ is an acronym for Continued Professional Education credits. After a candidate
becomes certified, he/she is required to perform continuing education per three-year
certification period to become recertified… An SSCP® must submit 60 CPEs during the 3-year
re-certification period. Of the 60 CPEs that are required, at least 40 must be ‘A’ credits
(directly related to the 7 major domains of the SSCP® CBK) and as many as 20 can be ‘B’ credits
(not related to the 7 domains of the SSCP® CBK®).”
This certification is well suited to IT professionals who want to call themselves IS (Information Security)
professionals, network security practitioners or systems security practitioners. The SSCP® designation
is achieved by passing one exam.
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