The International Information System Security Certification Consortium , or ISC2 , is a non-profit organization which specializes in training and certifications for cybersecurity professionals. It has been described as the "world's largest IT security organization". The most widely known certification offered by ISC2 is the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification.
9-507: SSCP may refer to: Systems Security Certified Practitioner , an IT Security certification offered by (ISC)² Single strand conformation polymorphism in molecular biology Sum of squares and cross products matrix, another name for the normal matrix or Gram matrix in the matrix formulation of ordinary least squares Sethusamudram shipping canal project Summary of safety and clinical performance for medical devices Topics referred to by
18-771: A Common Body of Knowledge for information security for the following certifications: and including: All ISC2 certifications are accredited and meet ANSI/ISO/IEC Standard 17024. Additionally, all certifications other than the CC meet DoD 8570.1 Baseline Certification standards. The CGRC is still listed as CAP on the DoD's table. All ISC2 certified professionals are required to earn Continuous Professional Education (CPE) credits on an annual basis in order to maintain their certifications. CPE credits can be obtained by attending industry events or conferences, writing articles/book reviews/books, etc. All certified ISC2 professionals are required to support
27-408: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Systems Security Certified Practitioner In the mid-1980s a need arose for a standardized and vendor-neutral certification program that provided structure and demonstrated competence in the field of IT security, and several professional societies recognized that certification programs attesting to
36-715: The CSSLP credential in 2008, the CCFP and HCISPP in 2013 and the CCSP in 2015. In 2001, ISC2 established its Europe, Middle East and Africa regional office in London. In 2002, ISC2 opened its Asia-Pacific regional office in Hong Kong. In 2015, ISC2 introduced its North America regional office in Washington, D.C. Since 2011, ISC2 organizes the annual ISC2 Security Congress conference. The 2019 conference will be
45-639: The conference, the question was raised why virtually every group represented, save NIST and ISU, was creating a professional certification. The conference participants agreed to form a consortium that would attempt to bring together the competing agendas of the various organizations. In November 1988, the Special Interest Group for Computer Security (SIG-CS), a member of the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA), brought together several organizations interested in this. The ISC2
54-526: The first international iteration of the event and will be held in Orlando, Florida. In 2022, ISC2 pledged to expand and diversify the cybersecurity workforce by providing free ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity education and exams to one million people worldwide. In August 2023, ISC2 launched their new website and rebrand, changing the abbreviation of their name from (ISC) to ISC2. ISC2 maintains what it calls
63-646: The qualifications of information security personnel were desperately needed. In June 1988, a conference was hosted by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Federal Information Systems Security Educators Association (FISSEA) at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho to address the need for standardized curriculum for the burgeoning profession. Organizations in attendance included: During
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81-602: Was formed in mid-1989 as a non-profit organization with this goal in mind. By 1990, the first working committee to establish something called the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) had been formed. The work done by that committee resulted in the first version of CBK being finalized by 1992, with the CISSP credential launched by 1994, followed by the SSCP credential in 2001, the CAP credential in 2005, and
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