What is a typical day like for a CISSP?

I am studying for cissp exam so thought I might get glimpses into day to day life of a cissp. So what is that you do on a typical day as a CISSP?
Please don't forget to mention if you wear more than one hat during the day.
Thanks in advance.

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NetworkNewb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whEWE6WC1Ew

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Chinook

*LOLOLOLOLOL*. That is just awesome.

Danielm7

NetworkNewb wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whEWE6WC1Ew

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Love that! Really though, CISSP isn't a role or a job, it covers a ton of different areas of security so there is no one answer for this. What do you do now and what are you hoping to accomplish by getting the cert?

cyberguypr

To add to Danielm7's point, here's an example of titles of CISSP holders on LinkedIn:
- Physical Security Specialist
- Risk Management Executive
- Information Security Manager
- Enterprise Security Architect
- IT Analyst
- Cyber Security Adjunct Professor
- Forensic Examiner
- Security analyst
- CISO/CSO/CIO
- Sr. Project Manager
- Director of IT Audit

That is the beauty of the CBK and therefore the CISSP: it applies to a myriad of roles.

Offtopic

There is a thread on this forum about typical day of a. Ccie
It is of great help to anyone trying to understand what to xpect so far as day to day responsibilities are concerned
So can someone please tell me what an average day of a cissp
Is supposed to be like?
Thank you in advance

NetworkNewb

You read the two responses above you right?

PJ_Sneakers

Offtopic wrote: »

There is a thread on this forum about typical day of a. Ccie
It is of great help to anyone trying to understand what to xpect so far as day to day responsibilities are concerned
So can someone please tell me what an average day of a cissp
Is supposed to be like?
Thank you in advance

30 minutes driving to work
5 minutes getting coffee
30 minutes of LinkedIn
30 minutes of Facebook
30 minutes of Amazon.com Pantry
5 minutes of phone calls to wife
60 minutes of emails
120 minutes of meetings
Judo chop one hacker
60 minutes of phone calls
34 text messages to wife
60 minutes of lunch
10 minutes in the bathroom
15 minutes of Panda Pop
Intercept Stuxnet variant
45 minutes driving home

cyberguypr

Come on guys, obviously we were extremely unclear in our well-thought response along the lines of "there's no such thing as a typical day because CISSP is very wide". I've reflected on this matter, conducted a careful and exhaustive analysis, and decided to simplify the daily tasks of us CISSPs so the OP can be clear. I posted the timetable here.

Listen OP, you need to understand that CISSP is EXTREMELY WIDE. What you are asking does not exist. I can tell you what a typical day for me, a CISSP Information Security Engineer is, but that doesn't mean anything! Take a look at the titles I posted. Some of those are not even remotely related. That is why you can't say "This is what a CISSP does on a daily basis". It just doesn't work that way. Maybe you need to reformulate your questions to something more intelligent like "hey you CISSPs, what is your title and what does YOUR typical day look like?"

That would be a way smarter question that will get you some useful answers. But again. I have no idea what you are trying to know so please be clear.

MitM

cyberguypr wrote: »

Maybe you need to reformulate your questions to something more intelligent like "hey you CISSPs, what is your title and what does YOUR typical day look like?"

Now this question makes much more sense and since it was brought up, I'm interested to know myself

Cyberguy, can you please start with your role as CISSP Information Security Engineer ?

jcundiff

cyberguypr wrote: »

To add to Danielm7's point, here's an example of titles of CISSP holders on LinkedIn:
- Physical Security Specialist
- Risk Management Executive
- Information Security Manager
- Enterprise Security Architect
- IT Analyst
- Cyber Security Adjunct Professor
- Forensic Examiner
- Security analyst
- CISO/CSO/CIO
- Sr. Project Manager
- Director of IT Audit

That is the beauty of the CBK and therefore the CISSP: it applies to a myriad of roles.

And here are couple more that are people in our CSO's organization that I know have the CISSP certification including myself

Lead Threat Intelligence Analyst (Me)
Identity and Access Management Analyst
Principal Analyst - Third Party Risk Management
Senior Leader - Attack Surface Management
GRC Analyst
Business Continuity Specialist

All of these roles have vastly different responsibilities... My typical day looks nothing like Don's day as an I&AM Analyst, but we are both CISSPs. Comparing to CCIE is not a very good comparison since the CCIE is a top level certification from a specific vendor over their technologies. The CISSP is vendor neutral across 8 very large, very different domains

80hr

GRC / C&A here .... not so sexy...

Mike7

ISC2 blog has a few CISSP Spotlight articles, e.g.
CISSP Spotlight: Collin Chung - (ISC)2 Blog
CISSP Spotlight: Walter Speelman - (ISC)2 Blog

TLeTourneau

Senior IT Systems Engineer, it's as exciting as it sounds! 😀

Matt2

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