CISSP job requirements for Cert

Hello to all,
I wanted to start studying for the CISSP. I'm looking for opinions on my work history meeting the requirements for the CISSP.
I need five years of work experience in a form of security to meet the requirement.

My stats:
Security+ - credit for 1 year.
2 years working in cybersecurity for the federal government - I'm assuming I get 2 years credit
1 year system administrator for the federal government. Typical tier 2 support, resolving security threats and system admin support - Not sure if I meet the requirements.
7 years as system administrator for tribal government, 500 users and 6 locations. I was the primary tech for servers and security - Not sure if I meet the requirements.

Thanks for time and input. I tried to keep it short.

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Comments

cyberguypr

Not sure you will find many onions here

but I can give you my opinion. As long as you can tie your experience to the CISSP domains, and the work was done paid full time, it would qualify for the 5 years experience requirement. Look at the duties and if they align, you would be good to go. Of course, ISC2 has final say.

mikey88

System administration can mean different things. (Did you work on GPOs, create security policies, patched vulnerabilities etc) We can speculate as to what your job duties were.. but I would suggest reading in detail about the 8 CISSP domains and tailor your resume to the security functions that were performed.

PC509

System admins can control system access, permissions. Sometimes, policies, cybersecurity awareness, GPO's, patching, system hardening, malware mitigation, antivirus work, etc.. A lot of times, you do meet the requirements as a system admin.

Not sure on your specific duties, but with your brief overview, it definitely looks likely that it will be enough.

yoba222

If I were you, I'd apply based on that experience.