Navy COOL Snapshot - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

The following Navy Occupations provide training and/or experience that contributes to attaining this credential:

Personnel Category	Occupation	Occupation Type	Related As	Navy$	LaDR
Enlisted	CTI-Cryptologic Technician Interpretive	Rating	Other
Enlisted	CTM-Cryptologic Technician Maintenance	Rating	Other
Enlisted	CTN-Cryptologic Technician Networks	Rating	Some	Navy Bucks	E7 Pay Grade
Enlisted	CTR-Cryptologic Technician Collection	Rating	Other
Enlisted	CTT-Cryptologic Technician Technical	Rating	Other
Enlisted	IT-Information Systems Technician	Rating	Most	Navy Bucks	E7 Pay Grade
Enlisted	ITS-Information Systems Technician Submarines	Rating	Most	Navy Bucks	E7 Pay Grade
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Acquisition and Program/Project Management	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF All Source Analysis	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Architecture	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Customer Service and Technical Support	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Cyber Operations Planning	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Data Administration	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Education and Training	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Executive Cyberspace Leadership	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Incident Response	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Info System Security Management	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Network Services	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Risk Management	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Software Development	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Strategic Planning and Policy Development	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF System Administration	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Systems Analysis	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Systems Development	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Systems Requirements Planning	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Technology Research and Development	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Test and Evaluation	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Enlisted	TSCE - Total Shipboard Computing Environment	Out of Rate Assignment	Other
Enlisted/Officer	Cyber IT/CSWF Vulnerability Assessment and Management	Out of Rate/Designator Assignment	Some	Navy Bucks
Officer	181X - Cryptologic Warfare Officer	Designator	Most	Navy Bucks
Officer	182X - Information Professional	Designator	Most	Navy Bucks
Officer	184X - Cyber Warfare Engineer	Designator	Most	Navy Bucks
Officer	629X - Communications Specialty (Submarine) LDO	Designator	Other
Officer	682X - Information Professional LDO	Designator	Most	Navy Bucks
Officer	782X - Information Systems Technician CWO	Designator	Most	Navy Bucks
Officer	784X - Cyber Warrant Officer CWO	Designator	Most	Navy Bucks

The following civilian occupations are related to this credential:

	Civilian Job	Job Family	Bright Outlook	Registered Apprenticeship	Local Salary Info
	Computer and Information Systems Managers	Management	Bright Outlook	Apprenticeship	find local salary
	Information Technology Project Managers	Computer and Mathematical	Bright Outlook		find local salary

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Attainability:

Eligibility Requirements (View Details)

Credential Prerequisite
Experience: 5 years
Education
Training
Membership
Other
Fee

Note: This credential may have multiple options for a Service member to meet eligibility requirements. Requirements listed here are based on the minimum degree required. To view other options, see the Eligibility tab.

Exam Requirements (View Details)

Exam
Written Exam
Oral Exam
Practical Exam
Performance Assessment

Exam Administration (View Details)

In-person exam
Remote proctored on-line exam
Third-party test vendor

RECERTIFICATION SUMMARY

Renewal Period: 3 years

Continuing Education
Exam
Continuing Education OR Exam
Fee
Other

AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION

International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. (ISC)²

311 Park Place Blvd
Suite 400
Clearwater, FL 33759

Phone: (866) 331-4722

Fax: (703) 356-7977
Email: communications@isc2.org

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Education and/or Experience REQUIREMENTS

Option 1:

Candidate must have a minimum of five years of cumulative paid full-time work experience in two or more of the eight domains of the CISSP.

Option 2:

Candidate must have four years of direct full-time security professional work experience in two or more of the eight domains of the CISSP with a four year college degree or regional equivalent, or an advanced degree in information security from the U.S. National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE/IAE).

Option 3:

Candidate must have four years of direct full-time security professional work experience in two or more of the eight domains of the CISSP and hold an (ISC²) approved credential. See the (ISC²) website for complete list of approved credentials.

Other REQUIREMENTS

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) credential has the following other requirements:

Candidate must subscribe to the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. (ISC)² Code of Ethics.

Candidate passing the CISSP exam must have qualifications endorsed by another (ISC²) credential holder.

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Written Exam

Security and Risk Management (15%)
- Understand and apply concepts of confidentiality, integrity and availability
- Evaluate and apply security governance principles
- Determine compliance requirements
- Understand legal and regulatory issues that pertain to information security in a global context
- Understand, adhere to, and promote professional ethics
- Develop, document, and implement security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines
- Identify, analyze, and prioritize Business Continuity (BC) requirements
- Contribute to and enforce personnel security policies and procedures
- Understand and apply risk management concepts
- Understand and apply threat modeling concepts and methodologies
- Apply risk-based management concepts to the supply chain
- Establish and maintain a security awareness, education, and training program
Asset Security (10%)
- Identify and classify information and assets
- Determine and maintain information and asset ownership
- Protect privacy
- Ensure appropriate asset retention
- Determine data security controls
- Establish information and asset handling requirements
Security Architecture and Engineering (13%)
- Implement and manage engineering processes using secure design principles
- Understand the fundamental concepts of security models
- Select controls based upon systems security requirements
- Understand security capabilities of information systems (e.g., memory protection, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), encryption/decryption)
- Assess and mitigate the vulnerabilities of security architectures, designs, and solution elements
- Assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in web-based systems
- Assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in mobile systems
- Assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in embedded devices
- Apply cryptography
- Apply security principles to site and facility design
- Implement site and facility security controls
Communication and Network Security (14%)
- Implement secure design principles in network architectures
- Secure network components
- Implement secure communication channels according to design
Identity and Access Management (IAM) (13%)
- Control physical and logical access to assets
- Manage identification and authentication of people, devices, and services
- Integrate identity as a third-party service
- Implement and manage authorization mechanisms
- Manage the identity and access provisioning lifecycle
Security Assessment and Testing (12%)
- Design and validate assessment, test, and audit strategies
- Conduct security control testing
- Collect security process data (e.g., technical and administrative)
- Analyze test output and generate report
- Conduct or facilitate security audits
Security Operations (13%)
- Understand and support investigations
- Understand requirements for investigation types
- Conduct logging and monitoring activities
- Securely provisioning resources
- Understand and apply foundational security operations concepts
- Apply resource protection techniques
- Conduct incident management
- Operate and maintain detective and preventative measures
- Implement and support patch and vulnerability management
- Understand and participate in change management processes
- Implement recovery strategies
- Implement Disaster Recovery (DR) processes
- Test Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP)
- Participate in Business Continuity (BC) planning and exercises
- Implement and manage physical security
- Address personnel safety and security concerns
Software Development Security (10%)
- Understand and integrate security in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Identify and apply security controls in development environments
- Assess the effectiveness of software security
- Assess security impact of acquired software
- Define and apply secure coding guidelines and standards

Written Exam Effective May 1, 2021

Security and Risk Management
- Understand, adhere to, and promote professional ethics
- Understand and apply security concepts
- Evaluate and apply security governance principles
- Determine compliance and other requirements
- Understand legal and regulatory issues that pertain to information security in a holistic context
- Understand requirements for investigation types (i.e., administrative, criminal, civil, regulatory, industry standards)
- Develop, document, and implement security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines
- Identify, analyze, and prioritize Business Continuity (BC) requirements
- Contribute to and enforce personnel security policies and procedures
- Understand and apply risk management concepts
- Understand and apply threat modeling concepts and methodologies
- Apply Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) concepts
- Establish and maintain a security awareness, education, and training program
Asset Security
- Identify and classify information and assets
- Establish information and asset handling requirements
- Provision resources securely
- Manage data lifecycle
- Ensure appropriate asset retention (e.g., End-of-Life (EOL), End-of-Support (EOS))
- Determine data security controls and compliance requirements
Security Architecture and Engineering
- Research, implement and manage engineering processes using secure design principles
- Understand the fundamental concepts of security models (e.g., Biba, Star Model, Bell-LaPadula)
- Select controls based upon systems security requirements
- Understand security capabilities of Information Systems (IS) (e.g., memory protection, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), encryption/decryption)
- Assess and mitigate the vulnerabilities of security architectures, designs, and solution elements
- Select and determine cryptographic solutions
- Understand methods of cryptanalytic attacks
- Apply security principles to site and facility design
- Design site and facility security controls
Communication and Network Security
- Assess and implement secure design principles in network architectures
- Secure network components
- Implement secure communication channels according to design
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Control physical and logical access to assets
- Manage identification and authentication of people, devices, and services
- Federated identity with a third-party service
- Implement and manage authorization mechanisms
- Manage the identity and access provisioning lifecycle
- Implement authentication systems
Security Assessment and Testing
- Design and validate assessment, test, and audit strategies
- Conduct security control testing
- Collect security process data (e.g., technical and administrative)
- Analyze test output and generate report
- Conduct or facilitate security audits
Security Operations
- Understand and comply with investigations
- Conduct logging and monitoring activities
- Perform Configuration Management (CM) (e.g., provisioning, baselining, automation)
- Apply foundational security operations concepts
- Apply resource protection
- Conduct incident management
- Operate and maintain detective and preventative measures
- Implement and support patch and vulnerability management
- Understand and participate in change management processes
- Implement recovery strategies
- Implement Disaster Recovery (DR) processes
- Test Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP)
- Participate in Business Continuity (BC) planning and exercises
- Implement and manage physical security
- Address personnel safety and security concerns
Software Development Security
- Understand and integrate security in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Identify and apply security controls in software development ecosystems
- Assess the effectiveness of software security
- Assess security impact of acquired software
- Define and apply secure coding guidelines and standards

Exam Preparation Resources

There are a number of resources available to help you prepare for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) examination:

Best Sources

General References
- (ISC)² Code Of Ethics
- (ISC)² Prerequisite Pathway for CISSP

Related Courses
- (ISC)² Training

Related Training
- Federal Virtual Training Environment (FedVTE) Free Online Cybersecurity Courses

An additional resource is O'Reilly Learning Safari Books Online, a searchable digital library that provides online access to thousands of books, training videos and conference sessions. See the Educational Resources section on the Related Sites page here on COOL to learn how to get free access.

Testing Information

Exam Administration
Credential exams may be administered in-person at a testing site, proctored on-line remotely, or have options for both. If an exam is administered through a test vendor, the third-party test vendor box will be checked. The following test administration options apply to the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) credential where checked:
- In-person exam
- Remote proctored on-line exam
- Third-party test vendor

For more information on the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. (ISC)² testing process, visit the agency website.

Third-Party Test Vendor Information
Testing for this credential is handled by the following vendor:

Pearson VUE

The test centers are located in the U.S. They also have some test centers on military bases.

To find out more, use the following links on the Pearson VUE website:

RECERTIFICATION

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Renewal Period: 3 years

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) credential has the following recertification information:

The CISSP credential must be renewed every three years by meeting continuing education requirements. More information on Continuing Professional Education (CPE) requirements and annual maintenance fees can be found on the ISC2 website.

Information on free continuing education resources for certification holders can be found on the Professional Development Institute page of the ICS2 website.

Additional considerations for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) include:

A candidate who doesn’t have the required experience to become a CISSP may become an Associate of (ISC)² by successfully passing the CISSP examination. The Associate of (ISC)² will then have six years to earn the five years required experience.