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.
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.
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+...
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/