topic Re: CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs? in Exams

CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs?

HLCHowland — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:35:53 GMT

Hi,

I am working 60 or 80 hours a week in security between two jobs, will I be able to meet the minimum security experience requirements in a shorter amount of time? I am getting 40 hours from a full time cyber position and an additional varying 20-40 hours from my own security consultancy business. Taking into account the way IC2 stats part time hours are counted (2080 hours of part-time = 12 months of full time experience) would I be able to gain the necessary experience for the CISSP 1.5x as quickly?

Re: CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs?

dcontesti — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:02:21 GMT

I think this question is best answered by (ISC)2.

My instinct would be NO as most of us in Security normally work more than 40 hours per week, but I am not the expert.

@Kaity or @tonyshiver would one of you be kind enough to pass to the appropriate people.

With thanks

Re: CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs?

rslade — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:36:16 GMT

> HLCHowland (Viewer) posted a new topic in Exams on 08-01-2020 12:51 PM in the

> Hi, I am working 60 or 80 hours a week in security between two jobs, will I be
> able to meet the minimum security experience requirements in a shorter amount of
> time? I am getting 40 hours from a full time cyber position and an additional
> varying 20-40 hours from my own security consultancy business. Taking into
> account the way IC2 stats part time hours are counted (2080 hours of part-time =
> 12 months of full time experience) would I be able to gain the necessary
> experience for the CISSP 1.5x as quickly?

Oh, I should have thought of that earlier. When I was writing my (first) book, I
was doing 80 hours of research per week, in addition to the 40 hours per week
operations jobs I had ...

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Re: CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs?

HLCHowland — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 19:04:02 GMT

Thanks, input much appreciated.

Re: CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs?

AppDefects — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 19:57:44 GMT

The proof is in the your income tax forms.

Re: CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs?

HLCHowland — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 21:05:46 GMT

Hey, so are you saying that is a yes if I can show that I am working the hours in my taxes?

Re: CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs?

denbesten — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 23:12:55 GMT

The rule is pretty clear, but if additional clarification is required, @dcontesti is correct that it needs to come from (ISC)².

From ISC's web site:

Full-Time Experience:Your work experience is accrued monthly. Thus, you must have worked a minimum of 35 hours/week for four weeks in order to accrue one month of work experience.
Part-Time Experience: Your part-time experience cannot be less than 20 hours a week and no more than 34 hours a week.
1040 hours of part-time = 6 months of full time experience
2080 hours of part-time = 12 months of full time experience

Re: CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs?

HLCHowland — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 02:34:47 GMT

Thanks I see. Does not matter the amount of hours as long as it is over 35 for it to count as full time.

Re: CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs?

dcontesti — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 02:42:01 GMT

@Kaity When there e is an official response to this, would you be kind enough to post on the Community as we are seeing more questions on this topic.

With thanks

Re: CISSP experience requirements quicker by working 2 cyber jobs?

Kaity — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:00:24 GMT

Sure. For Endorsement purposes, over-lapping in the same time period with employment experience is not accepted. We will accept part-time experience but not in the same week, month or year of the full-time experience.