Varun is a CISSP now!

CISSP logo I just got an email from ISC2 telling me that I am CISSP certified. Yay!

CISSP stands for Certified Information Systems Security Professional and is one of the most popular and renowned certificates in the information security arena. In practical terms the CISSP makes me much more attractive for clients and future employers.

I took my CISSP exam in the middle of April, got the exam results a week later, got Karthik to endorse me (thanks Karthik!), sent in my endorsement document and voila! – 3 days and I am CISSP certified. I am impressed the speed and clarity with which ISC2 has conducted everything beginning from the application till the the final certification.

CISSP covers 10 information security domains. I had worked in about 6-7 of these in various projects over the past 5 years of my professional career and that made it easier for me to be prepared for the CISSP exam. Just before the exam I studied for about 7-8 days, took a few mock tests, read through some summary notes and that was enough for me to clear the exam. To be honest the CISSP exam is not as difficult as it is made out to be. If you do have a lot of professional experience in the information security domain and spend some time doing some solid studies you are set to comfortably clear the exam.

I used the following resources for the exam:

Next Targets – ISSAP sometime in the next 4 months and CISM in December 2009.

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7 Responses to Varun is a CISSP now!

  1. Pavitra says:

    Way to go! :-) Congrats! To me your prfession became just a little more exotic.

  2. mala says:

    proud of u ! wishing may more to come !

  3. Varun says:

    @Mala, @Pavitra – Thank you!

  4. Pankaj says:

    Congrats Varun!! :) CISSP coooool.. now you are certified security guy ;)

  5. Sheria says:

    congrats. I am taking the exam on Jan 9th 2010 and I am ready right
    now. I need to start looking for work in this field because I want
    to leave the company that I am with now. So, wish me luck, I am
    going for it!!

  6. Phani says:

    Hi Varun, Can you please help me with my questions on CISSP. I have
    CISSP relavent exp of 4 years in current copany. and 1.5 years
    relavent in last company. But i am unable to understand what sort
    of proof of employement in the specif areas of CISSP should we
    provide. Can you please help me understand this thing. And am also
    scratching my head about the below caluse some one already CISSP
    certified authenticating me.

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