Certified Information Systems Security Professional

[2][3] It is also formally approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in their Information Assurance Technical (IAT), Managerial (IAM), and System Architect and Engineer (IASAE) categories for their DoDD 8570 certification requirement.

[5][6] The change enables cyber security professionals to use the CISSP certification towards further higher education course credits and also opens up opportunities for roles that require or recognize master's degrees.

[5] In the mid-1980s, a need arose for a standardized, vendor-neutral certification program that provided structure and demonstrated competence.

The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium or "ISC2" formed in mid-1989 as a non-profit organization.

[9] The CISSP curriculum breaks the subject matter down into a variety of Information Security topics referred to as domains.

According to ISC2, "the CISSP CBK is a taxonomy – a collection of topics relevant to information security professionals around the world.

[24] In October 2014 it was announced that some of its curricula would be made available to the public by the United States Department of Homeland Security through its National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies program.

[24] In September 2014, Computerworld rated ISSMP one of the top ten most valuable certifications in all of tech.

[citation needed] ANSI certifies that CISSP meets the requirements of ANSI/ISO/IEC Standard 17024, a personnel certification accreditation program.