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The Cybersecurity Certification Landscape

What does a typical Cybersecurity Professional need to buttress his credentials. Certifications should be thought of as our ability to present the credentials in a manner that makes it easy for the person to understand and note that the person has the ability and understand cybersecurity jargon and best practices to put to practice the various options as to how we protect our assets.


The table was built to provide a set of certifications, what they test you for and the training that is requried to achieve the objective. As said the certificate is only a part of the story, it is the skills in addition to the understanding of the concepts that would be important for the cybersecuity professional to prove to his peers and his team as to his ability to protect the organization against threats.



CertificationSkills TestedRoles
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)Security and risk management, asset security, security architecture and engineering, communication and network security, identity and access management, security assessment and testing, security operations, software development security, and information security governanceSecurity architect, security engineer, security analyst, security manager, security consultant
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)Penetration testing, network security, wireless security, web application security, mobile security, cryptography, and social engineeringPenetration tester, security analyst, security engineer, security consultant
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)Auditing, governance, risk management, and control frameworksInformation security auditor, internal auditor, compliance officer
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)Cloud security architecture, cloud security engineering, cloud security operations, and cloud security complianceCloud security architect, cloud security engineer, cloud security analyst, cloud security consultant
CompTIA Security+Network security, risk management, threat and vulnerability management, security assessment and testing, security operations, and incident responseSecurity analyst, security engineer, security consultant
    

CertificationTypical Areas of TrainingRequired Experience
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)Security and risk management, asset security, security architecture and engineering, communication and network security, identity and access management, security assessment and testing, security operations, software development security, and information security governance4 years of cumulative paid full-time work experience in two or more of the eight CISSP domains
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)Penetration testing, network security, wireless security, web application security, mobile security, cryptography, and social engineeringNone
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)Auditing, governance, risk management, and control frameworks5 years of cumulative paid full-time work experience in information systems auditing, control, or security
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)Cloud security architecture, cloud security engineering, cloud security operations, and cloud security compliance3 years of cumulative paid full-time work experience in two or more of the five CCSP domains
CompTIA Security+Network security, risk management, threat and vulnerability management, security assessment and testing, security operations, and incident responseNone

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