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Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

Moe — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:35:24 GMT

With there being a plethora of security based certifications, which would you say would compliment the CISSP best?
CISM
CIPP
CRISP
CISA
TOGAF

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

Glen — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:05:33 GMT

I know this is not on your list but with the big push right now for everything to go to "The Cloud" you may want to consider the CCSP. Cloud security seams to be the big thing right now, so it might be the best compliment to the CISSP right now.

CCSP will probably be the easiest for you to study for also. A lot of the information is very similar to CISSP. You just have to learn to think about it from a different perspective. I just used the study guide from ISC2 and was able to pass. The key was taking my time and making sure I answered the questions from a Cloud perspective and not from a CISSP perspective. Because on a lot of the questions both answers were there, at least in my mind they were.

Good luck on what ever you choose.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

Ericksonky — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:12:29 GMT

I'd take a look at your field and cater the compliment certification accordingly. I personally work in healthcare and found the HCISPP to be the natural next cert. With the current trend the CCSP also makes sense.

If you are auditing or dealing with vendor risk the CISA would do. Likewise, the CIPP for privacy. I think the best answer is that it depends on your current career path.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

jeffcoop9 — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:12:51 GMT

Agree. I just earned my CISSP in September and immediately went into study mode for CCSP (scheduled for December). I’m finding a lot of the material for CISSP translates over. Also have a few colleagues who took this route and found the CCSP to be a great follow on.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

Ericksonky — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:19:06 GMT

I actually just passed the CCSP on Friday (10/6). It's been awhile since I took my CISSP but agree that it's a natural next test. Interested to see if container security, devsecops and runtime security make their way into this cert.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

jeffshurtliff — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:22:45 GMT

I just earned my CISM certification and I feel that it really complemented my CISSP knowledge.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

Solinus — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:39:07 GMT

I think like others have stated, it depends...

Depends on where you want to go with your security career. Remember that CISSP is not an in the field technical type of certification, more of a management level. Other management level certifications would be valuable to look at, PMP comes to mind as well as CISM, CRISC, CGEIT. Almost anything cloud relate is worth looking at, like the AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

I would say that it is a question that many can advise, but only you can decide what is "great" in your individual case.

Good luck!

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

Matthew — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 15:08:40 GMT

I debated between the ISSMP and CISM certificates. The CISM is widely know but ISC2 does a pretty good job on advertising their brand. I will pursue the ISSMP so it's under one governing body makes it simplistic on uploading CPEs.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

Anne — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:57:56 GMT

What’s your desired path and where are you now? I think the CISSP was great for early career growth, but after that you are going to have to choose your paths. Compliance, management, cloud, Devops, bleeding edge, on the ground? People talk of creating your own personal brand - you can do this through how you certify as well. My track is ISSMP, CISM, CRISC, CCSP and the new, much maligned, C|CISO.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

AdiGrio — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 15:00:30 GMT

For a moment I thought that indeed this was about complimenting a CISSP for a job well done

Now, as far as complementary certifications go, given the highly technical aspect of CISSP, I found that CISM and CRISC cover the fuzzy GRC aspects on the IT security business, an area that the typical security engineer prefers to avoid. The CISM material covers maybe 75% of the CRISC (and some say CISA as well).

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

Stpn2me — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:21:11 GMT

To answer that question, you have to know what field within Cyber you are trying to undertake. Since I"m retired Military and I now work for the Govt, I like the NIST standards of controls to make networks secure. I've taken the time to study the Reference Management Framework(RMF), so I took and passed the Certified Authorization Professional (CAP) exam. I think for the track I'm taking, it's the perfect fit!

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

oradba888 — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 01:12:59 GMT

on an off tangent, I have been an Oracle DBA for many years, and now an SSCP working to CISSP,

i think securing data ( on a database level), compliments my SSCP

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

eromsi — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:29:51 GMT

Hi,

i have read all the comments posted and personally i think it depends on the current role you occupy in your organisation. I am a core Networking person so i think CEH would really be a nice to have. As CISSP looks to secure an information system, CEH finds ways of bringing it down. Also If you want to get your hands a little dirty as well it will be a good adventure because it has some hands on activities.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

Clorth0 — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:41:01 GMT

Depends on what you're looking to tackle. Someone prior mentioned CCSP, and I would agree with that. But again, it comes down to whether or not to fall on the technical spectrum, or the managerial.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

sdurbin — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:06:15 GMT

As many have covered, good advice would be to choose certifications that complement your career aspirations.

It is certainly a cliche, but consider where you want to be and not where you are.

Since, whichever you choose... it will likely influence your future career trajectory!

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

jrisner1 — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:18:31 GMT

I am currently studying for the CISA because I believe that it will compliment the CISSP. A lot of the job postings that I see out there are asking for multiple certifications relating to Security for the government and private sector. I currently hold multiple certs that I worked toward during my career and it seems to be cyclical as to what is hot at the time. I believe that the CISA would be good to obtain because it shows a different skillset and it is also considered to be a higher level cert. I am also thinking that the Cyber Certs coming out would be good to work towards but the only issue I have with them is that they are so new it is hard to tell which ones will remain valuable over time.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

cec0172 — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:06:26 GMT

CCSP is probably the easiest continuation, you meet the experience requirement with your CISSP and you can self vouch.

Cloud is also a relatively high demand field right now and would likely net a higher salary.

If you want to stick to the list you provided, I would investigate the average pay for those certs as well as requirements for experience.

Good Luck.

CEC

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

Jason — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 04:40:45 GMT

CISM and CISA are generally good for most career paths.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

mallen92 — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 14:25:44 GMT

I currently have a CISA and CISM. I am preparing for the CISSP. I believe these three are the best compliments to each other. After those three, either the CRISC or the CCSP.

Re: Whats a great compliment to the CISSP?

MarkyMark — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 16:01:53 GMT

Agree with others that it really depends on your responsibilities, roles, and future goals.

The questions is more what certs (if any) are a great compliment to your role.

If you are in healthcare, the HCISSP may be a great option. If you run a security operations teams, perhaps the ISSMP is the right next step.