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mpetrean
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How can I check of my experience qualifies me for a specific domain and a certification?

Hello

 

I work for a Cybersecurity company for 11.5 years, but most of those years were in Software Engineering and not necesarily security related application. For the last 5 years I have been involved in developing a Threat Intelligence solution and I have become more imersed in the domain. Got by CC certification from ISC2 and OSDA from Offensive Security, I understand cybersecyrity concepts, have been involved in security audits for multiple products, held presentations for the engineering team and I am the software security  go to guy within the team. However my title and job description still revolves around Software Engineering. 
How can I check if this experience qualifies me for various certifications of ISC2? I would be mostly interested in SSCP, CGRC and eventually CISSP. 
Thank you

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AlecTrevelyan
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Read the official exam outline. In there it describes the experience required, which is typically x number of years in one or more of the domains covered by the exam. It then goes through each domain and lists associated tasks/subtasks. Do you have experience of carrying out some of those tasks/subtasks in line with the experience requirement? If you do then you should be fine.

 

https://www.isc2.org/certifications/sscp/sscp-certification-exam-outline

https://www.isc2.org/certifications/cgrc/cgrc-certification-exam-outline

https://www.isc2.org/certifications/cissp/cissp-certification-exam-outline

 

Given your background, you should also consider the CSSLP:

 

https://www.isc2.org/certifications/csslp/csslp-certification-exam-outline

 

If you don't have the experience, there is always the "Associate of ISC2" option.

 

https://www.isc2.org/certifications/associate

 

Good luck!

 

mpetrean
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Thanks a lot for the info and especially for the tip regarding CSSLP, I wasn't aware of this certification.

Have a nice day!