Hello everyone!
The CSSLP exam will be changing on September 15, 2020. We are providing 8 months notice regarding these updates - and anyone who is currently registered for this exam will be getting an email from us directly - but I wanted to share the information here with you right away.
First, the exam time will change from 4 hours to 3 hours. This is in line with the rest of our English language exams as far as the timing goes.
Second, some of the domains will be changing - as well as their weights. The red items are changing:
| Effective July 2017 - September 14, 2020 |
| # |
Domains |
Weights |
| 1 |
Secure Software Concepts |
13% |
| 2 |
Secure Software Requirements |
14% |
| 3 |
Secure Software Design |
16% |
| 4 |
Secure Software Implementation / Programming |
16% |
| 5 |
Secure Software Testing |
14% |
| 6 |
Secure Lifecycle Management |
10% |
| 7 |
Software Deployment, Operations and Maintenance |
9% |
| 8 |
Supply Chain and Software Acquisition |
8% |
| |
|
100% |
| Effective September 15, 2020 |
| # |
Domains |
Weights |
| 1 |
Secure Software Concepts |
10% |
| 2 |
Secure Software Requirements |
14% |
| 3 |
Secure Software Architecture and Design |
14% |
| 4 |
Secure Software Implementation |
14% |
| 5 |
Secure Software Testing |
14% |
| 6 |
Secure Software Lifecycle Management |
11% |
| 7 |
Secure Software Deployment, Operations, Maintenance |
12% |
| 8 |
Secure Software Supply Chain |
11% |
| |
|
100% |
We have an FAQ page up that should answer any questions you may have, but please feel free to post any other questions here if they need answering. Also, this might inform information we add to that page.
