The CISSP certification is seen as a standard for security professionals. The exam is based on the following 10 domains:
- Domain 1 Security Management Practices
- Domain 2 Security Architecture and Models
- Domain 3 Preventive Maintenance
- Domain 4 Application Development Security
- Domain 5 Operations Security
- Domain 6 Physical Security
- Domain 7 Cryptography
- Domain 8 Telecommunications, Network, and Internet Security
- Domain 9 Business Continuity Planning
- Domain 10 Law, Investigations, and Ethics

The exam is multiple choice, 250 questions which you have 6 hours to complete. So it is quite a highly sort after certification to have.

To validate people who claim to be certified, the ISC2 have set up the following Certification Verification Site.

If a person has a valid certification, the output will look like this: