CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) is a security certification administered by International Information System Security Certification Consortium. The CISSP credential tests whether the candidate is able to develop and manage a cybersecurity program. By January 2018, around 122,289 people had been accredited with CISSP in more than 160 countries. This certificate was accredited in 2004 under the ANSI ISO/IEC Standard. It is formally accepted by the Department of Defense of the USA. CISSP is also one of certifications recognized worldwide.

The requirements for this certification are: five years of working experience in at least two ISC information security domains or associate of ISC designation, which is acquired by passing the CISSP test. This designation expires after 6 years, during this period of time a person is supposed to obtain the respective experience. Another certification requirement is attesting of possessing the professional hands-on experience and also accepting the CISSP Code of Ethics. The students are also required to answer questions in case they have any criminal history. After passing the certification exam, the candidate qualifications must be affirmed by another professional who holds the certificate in good standing.

The CISSP certification expires after three years, after which one can opt to retake the exam. Another way to renew the credential is by submitting 120 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits earned during 3 years.

The CISSP exam contains 250 multiple-choice questions, but only 225 are used for grading, the others are trial ones. The trial questions are placed randomly throughout the test, so as the candidate answers all the questions. The student is given 6 hours to finish this certification exam. The passing score is 700 on a scale of 1000. The exam language is only English. The CISSP test is made on the basis of the Common Body of Knowledge. The CISSP CBK is a set of topics understood by all information security specialists around the world.

In April 2018, the CISSP curriculum was updated to contain security operations, asset security, programming security, risk management, security assessment, network security, security architecture, and identity and access management (IAM).

The candidates are allowed to take the CISSP exam up to 3 times in a year. If one does not pass it at the first attempt, he/she can retake the test after 30 days. If the student fails, he or she can retake the exam only after 90 days.