CISSP Fix

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is an independent information security certification governed by the not-for-profit International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, commonly known as (ISC)2. In June, 2004, the CISSP was the first information security credential accredited by ANSI ISO/IEC Standard 17024:2003 accreditation, and, as such, has led industry acceptance of this global standard and its stringent requirements.It is formally approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in both their Information Assurance Technical (IAT) and Managerial (IAM) categories. The CISSP has been adopted as a baseline for the U.S. National Security Agency’s ISSEP program. (ISC)2 promotes the CISSP certification as the “international gold standard” against which other security certifications are measured.

IT professionals with security expertise are often in high demand, and the CISSP is one metric by which that expertise can be demonstrated. A 2006 Certification Magazine salary survey also ranked the CISSP credential highly at $94,070 per year, and ranked CISSP concentration certifications as the top best paid credentials in IT, with CISSP-ISSAPs averaging at $114,210 per year and CISSP-ISSMP at $111,280 per year. These numbers correlate with compensation advantages enjoyed by IT security professionals in general, as well as with advantages accruing to the seniority and management roles that intersect with the concentration certificates.