Would my position count as experience for ISC2 certs?

Soliton

Hello all,

I am looking to take the CISSP exam in order to achieve the SSCP credential for now, but after looking at the experience requirements, I can't quite decide if my position would be considered.

I currently work for IBM as part of their Cloud & Smarter Infrastructure division. I am an engineer working primarily on MDM (Mobile Device Management). I work on anything from an initial demonstration & Q&A up to deployment, policy & security considerations, etc.

I was thinking it would count as experience because of the fact that it IS security related, that's the primary point of MDM after all. Can anyone weigh in on this? I was going to call ISC2, but figured I'd ask here first.

Thanks!

JasminLandry

I believe this should count as relevant experience. I've never had a security specific position but I do security related tasks on a regular basis and it did count towards getting my SSCP.

JDMurray

You should definitely ask the (ISC)2 and report back here what they say. Only their judgement counts in the matter of qualifications for full certification.

Also, I hear the (ISC)2 is working on a Cloud security certification, so keep your eyes open for that.

Dirko

Soliton wrote: »

Hello all,

I am looking to take the CISSP exam in order to achieve the SSCP credential for now, but after looking at the experience requirements, I can't quite decide if my position would be considered.

Do you mean that if you pass the CISSP exam, you are being awarded the SSCP credential without the need fr an audit? A bit confused here...

jvrlopez

No, you do not get the SSCP for getting the CISSP.

Not sure what the OP meant by that.

Jonnyg

Dirko wrote: »

Do you mean that if you pass the CISSP exam, you are being awarded the SSCP credential without the need fr an audit? A bit confused here...

I am thinking he meant the Associate of (ISC)2, not the SSCP.

Soliton

Dirko wrote: »

Do you mean that if you pass the CISSP exam, you are being awarded the SSCP credential without the need fr an audit? A bit confused here...

I misread the website, I know you can take the CISSP exam to get ISC2 associate until you have experience. I was thinking it extended to SSCP as well, but just disregard that guys.

The eventual goal is definitely CISSP though.

Soliton

JDMurray wrote: »

You should definitely ask the (ISC)2 and report back here what they say. Only their judgement counts in the matter of qualifications for full certification.

Also, I hear the (ISC)2 is working on a Cloud security certification, so keep your eyes open for that.

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I'm going to give them a call today, and I'll report back what I find. Thanks for heads up on Cloud Security, that'll be useful.

JDMurray

Soliton wrote: »

I know you can take the CISSP exam to get ISC2 associate until you have experience.

All candidates who passes the CISSP exam are "(ISC)2 Associate for CISSP" until they complete the endorsement process for full CISSP certification. The same is true for candidates who pass the SSCP exam ("(ISC)2 Associate for SSCP") until they are fully SSCP-certified.

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