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: