Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) («SSP»)

The personal competence of each individual employee is important for the protection of the company. Ethical principles and generally applicable standards are necessary in order to achieve and maintain a high standard of safety. (ISC)² has made it its task as a non-profit institution to maintain a common body and to certify IT specialists.

• Access Control and Methodology
• Telecommunications and network security
• Practice of safety management
• Application and system development
• Cryptography
• Security Architecture and Models
• Operational safety and security
• Operational continuity management and contingency planning
• Laws, investigations, and ethics
• Physical Security

Classroom teaching, plenary and group discussions with trainer and participants 

This course is aimed at individuals who wish to prepare for CISSP certification and is ideal for security consultants, analysts, security managers and auditors. In addition, the certification is useful for ambitious professionals who aspire to the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

For admission to the CISSP examination, you must have at least five years of practical experience (or four years with a university degree) in one of the eight fields of work of the CBK (Common Body of Knowledge). The 8 CBKs are: 

• Security and Risk Management
• Asset Security
• Security Engineering
• Communications and Network Security
• Identity and Access Management
• Security Assessment and Testing
• Security Operations
• Software Development Security

Experience in telecommunications and networks are an advantage, good language skills in English are a prerequisite. Further information can be found on the ISC2.org website.

Exam information

The CISSP certification exam consists of 250 multiple-choice questions. Participants have up to six hours to answer the questions. The CISSP exam covers eight subject areas of the Common Body of Knowledge and is available in the following languages: German, English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Exam costs and registration

Not included in the price are the PearsonVUE exam fees of approximately EUR 650.00. We recommend additional preparation time after the course to optimise your preparation for the exam. You can register for the CISSP exam online at PearsonVUE. The CISSP exam can be taken on site at Helidux.

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Course materials will be available digitally. Please bring your laptop to class.