Computers: Education: Certification: CISSP. (ISC)² Security Transcends Technology. Certified Information Systems Security Professional - Wiki. CISSP logo As of November 2013, (ISC)² reports 90198 members hold the CISSP certification worldwide, in 149 countries.[1] In June 2004, the CISSP obtained accreditation by ANSI ISO/IEC Standard 17024:2003 accreditation.[2][3] It is also formally approved by the U.S.
Department of Defense (DoD) in both their Information Assurance Technical (IAT) and Managerial (IAM) categories for their DoDD 8570 certification requirement.[4] The CISSP has been adopted as a baseline for the U.S. National Security Agency's ISSEP program.[5] History[edit]