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CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

AndreaMoore — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:24:42 GMT

On April 15, 2024, ISC2 will refresh the CISSP credential exam. These updates are the result of the Job Task Analysis (JTA), which is an analysis of the current content of the credential evaluated by ISC2 members on a triennial cycle. The domain weights for the CISSP will change as noted below:

	Current (Effective May 1, 2021)		Effective April 15, 2024
1	Security and Risk Management	15%	16%
2	Asset Security	10%	10%
3	Security Architecture and Engineering	13%	13%
4	Communication and Network Security	13%	13%
5	Identity and Access Management (IAM)	13%	13%
6	Security Assessment and Testing	12%	12%
7	Security Operations	13%	13%
8	Software Development Security	11%	10%
	Total:	100%	100%

As detailed above, Domain 1, Security and Risk Management, has increased in weight from 15% to 16% while Domain 8, Software Development Security, has decreased in weight from 11% to 10%.

Additionally, effective April 15, 2024, the time limit for the CAT exam will be a maximum of three (3) hours. Candidates taking the CAT version of the exam will see a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 150 items. The linear exam length will remain 6 hours for 225 scored items. Candidates taking the linear version of the exam will receive 225 total items.

For more information, please review our CISSP Exam Refresh FAQs or the CISSP Exam Outline.

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

zrzepecki — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 20:58:16 GMT

Hi everyone,

With the announcement of the CISSP exam change, Domain Days is back and it's the perfect opportunity to brush up on the any domain. The one-day instructor-led deep dive into the exam domain of your choice is back from November 6- November 17.

view schedule

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

MrITGus — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:49:20 GMT

This very enlightening and helpful.
Thank you for sharing, Andrea!
Best Regards,
Gus

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

Naixis — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:00:33 GMT

Hello,

Does anyone know if a new version of the CISSP All-In-One book is being prepared to take these changes into account?

In any case, the changes seem superficial, however the number of questions has been drastically reduced, won't this alter the high, premium level of this certification?

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

Early_Adopter — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:21:34 GMT

@Naixis latest all in one is from 2022 I believe - the changes are just weighting so shouldn’t need any change. Some certifications haven been provided updated books and guides for many years, so CISSP is a bright spot.

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

Sabrina — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 22:44:18 GMT

Thank you @andrea ,

Any content change except for the weighting and time limit during the exam?

Thank you

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

AndreaMoore — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:17:14 GMT

@Sabrina

All changes are listed above.

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

Imran_sdq — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 04:27:40 GMT

Does that mean CBK has also changed from CBK 2021?

What about those who are preparing using the testing material based upon CBK 2021?

Is new training material available??

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

infinity1873 — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:09:59 GMT

Is the study course by Mike Chapple from 2021 still relevant for the new exam?

Thank you

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

NicoleWoiderLee — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:42:41 GMT

Hi Andrea, as a native German speaker I'm not sure if I should have rather selected German as preferred language for my CISSP exam. I only found a view comments (not here in ICS2) recommending to select English because the German translation would not be clear enough. Are there some demo questions to get a better impression?

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

DAS3D — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:11:20 GMT

It's now June 2 and still there isn't an updated version of the office study book. Pete Zerger has a video on YouTube that addresses changes that he thinks would be relevant to the changes, which he is concluding by looking at the exam syllabus. But who's to say if that is accurate or not? I'm not sure how anyone is supposed to adequately study without related study material. ISC2 says the exam is "experimental" and requires real life experience in addition to study. But still study is needed, otherwise why study at all.

I take this very seriously and it is a large expense too. I don't think an exam should be updated with new content without relative study material being published first.

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

wmheid — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 22:14:40 GMT

Am I missing something in your comment?

These are the latest: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/ISC2+CISSP+Certified+Information+Systems+Security+Professional+Official+Study+Guide%2C+10th+Edition-p-9781394254699

I have ordered and received both the updated Study Guide and Practice Exams from Wiley publishing using the 50% off coupon that ISC2 makes available to you if your are certified by them in something else/

Re: CISSP Exam Changes – Effective April 2024

NicoleWoiderLee — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:00:24 GMT

Thank you.