SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

The Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) is a globally recognized certification from ISC2 that validates your technical security knowledge and skills. As an associate-level certification, SSCP demonstrates your competency in implementing, monitoring, and administering IT infrastructure using security best practices.

SSCP is ideal for IT administrators, system administrators, security analysts, network engineers, and security officers who want to advance their careers in information security. It serves as an excellent stepping stone to the CISSP certification and other advanced security credentials.

Seven SSCP Domains

1. 1. Security Operations and Administration (16%) - Security concepts, asset management, compliance, business continuity, personnel security, physical security
2. 2. Access Controls (15%) - Access control models, identity management, authentication, authorization, accountability
3. 3. Risk Identification, Monitoring and Analysis (15%) - Risk management, assessment methodologies, vulnerability assessment, threat modeling
4. 4. Incident Response and Recovery (13%) - Incident response lifecycle, detection, containment, forensics, post-incident activities
5. 5. Cryptography (10%) - Encryption, hash functions, PKI, digital signatures, key management
6. 6. Network and Communications Security (16%) - Network architecture, firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, wireless security, protocols
7. 7. Systems and Application Security (15%) - System hardening, endpoint security, secure SDLC, mobile security, virtualization, cloud security