Do i need SSCP or should I get CISSP

Catarrh

Hi,

I have been in IT industry for many years now. I have worked in RnD in Ciena as Test Engineer for several of their network devices. Then at Evertz and build there network infrastructure for Lab environment. I also have telecomm experience working as a design engineer. Now I have been thinking to get into Cybersecurity. I have completed CC which was fairly easy and was planning to do SSCP, but after reading some of discussion on this channel I am doubled minded and thinking of going for CISSP instead of SSCP. Along the way I am working on completing some of Fortinet Certification in order to acquire CPE credits for ISC2 requirement.

I wanted to know if going for CISSP would be better career choice or should i just do SSCP and then CISSP. Also between Amazon or Microsoft which could certification would be more in demand. I do have some experience with AZURE.

JDMurray

In demand according to job postings? I don't see any job postings asking for the SSCP. Most cybersecurity tech jobs do ask for the CISSP even if the position doesn't really merit it. Anything to give yourself an edge over your competition for the job.

E Double U

Go for what you are interested in or for what is in demand in the region where you perform job searches.

volfkhat

These bots are getting pretty darn sophisticated

t3chl3ad3r

I would say that the deciding factor should be your experience level specific to cybersecurity. Test/design engineer is a very different role than SOC/InfoSec analyst or other common security roles. 

I have the SSCP myself and I'm working on the CISSP. The SSCP was one of my favorite intermediate-level certs as it actually covered a lot of the day-to-day technical skills I needed to work in cybersecurity. I found it very useful in my mid-level SOC roles before I got into leadership.

The CISSP, on the other hand, seems to be more "high-level" as I study. It has a lot more focus on strategy, risk, etc. rather than true technical knowledge.

Unless you are already very solid on the technical side of cybersecurity, you would likely get more applicable value from the SSCP. It also requires much less of a time/money investment, so you could get your SSCP and then work towards a CISSP down the road.