• 1989

Company Description

(ISC)2 is the official organization that maintains and administers the CISSP certification exam.

(ISC)² is the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information and software security professionals worldwide. It has over 100,000 members in more than 160 countries. (ISC)² issues the Certified Authorization Professional (CAP), Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and related concentrations, Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP), and Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) credentials to candidates. It is the official organization that maintains and administers the CISSP certification exam. The organization also offers education programs and services based on its CBK, a compendium of information and software security topics. Its portfolio of scholarships includes Women’s Scholarship, Undergraduate Scholarship, Graduate Scholarship, Harold F. Tipton Memorial Scholarship, USA Cyber Warrior Scholarship, and University of Phoenix or (ISC)² Cybersecurity Scholarship. The (ISC)² Foundation is a non-profit charity formed by (ISC)² in 2011 as a conduit through which its members reach society and empower students, teachers, and the general public to secure their online life with cyber security education and awareness programs in the community. The (ISC)² Foundation was formed to expand its 3 core programs: Safe and Secure Online, the Information Security Scholarship Program, and Industry Research. (ISC)² was founded in 1989 and is based in Clearwater, Florida.