FRSecure CISSP Mentor Program

For the CISSP certification, you do need five years of verified industry experience on top of passing the exam. However, there is an associate CISSP certification you can receive if you fall short of the time requirement. We suggest taking this course regardless of your industry experience or skill level—it’s a perfect base building course for general infosec knowledge and practice.

Neither certification is necessarily better—the choice should come with your goals in mind. Security+ is more of a starting point. The CISSP certification is more well-rounded—geared for the more professional long term. Many who get the Security+ certification end up needing a CISSP eventually.

Over the past few years, business leaders have woken up to the fact that they need employees with a true security mind and focus to help drive their business initiatives. Given this, and that the CISSP is widely considered the gold standard in security certifications, CISSPs are certainly in high demand.

While the CISSP is not a direct equivalent to a Master’s Degree, it can be viewed similarly in some scenarios. When folks go and get an undergrad degree they do so to learn the fundamentals. The same is true for a Security+ certification.  Enrolling in a masters or MBA program then allows them to get practical education with the intent on putting it into real-world efforts. The CISSP is meant to focus on practical security application, and therefore is similar in that respect.

While most CISSP courses cost a few thousand dollars, we offer our course free.

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This program is now, always has been, and always will be free. It is led by volunteers whose mission is to fix the broken information security industry. One of the ways we can accomplish this is by removing barriers to entry in the infosec field.

You will only be responsible for purchasing the textbook and covering the exam costs should you decide to take it.