Systems Security Certified Practitioner Practice Exams

The SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner) proves the technical skills and hands-on knowledge to implement, monitor, and administer IT infrastructure in line with security policies and procedures. Where the CISSP is managerial in emphasis, the SSCP is operational — it is the credential for the people who configure the controls. It covers seven domains: Security Concepts and Practices; Access Controls; Risk Identification, Monitoring and Analysis; Incident Response and Recovery; Cryptography; Network and Communications Security; and Systems and Application Security. The exam is 125 multiple-choice items in 3 hours, passing at 700/1000, and requires one year of cumulative paid work experience in at least one domain.

• 1The practitioner counterpart to the CISSP — proves you can actually implement and operate security controls
• 2One year of experience qualifies you, making it reachable far earlier in a career than the CISSP
• 3Strong fit for SOC analysts, systems and network administrators, and security engineers
• 4Approved for US DoD 8140/8570 roles and a natural stepping stone from CC toward the CISSP

• ✓Apply security concepts: CIA, least privilege, defense in depth, and accountability in daily operations
• ✓Implement and administer authentication, authorization, and trust architectures including MFA and SSO
• ✓Operate internetwork trust and identity management: provisioning, entitlement review, and privileged access
• ✓Run risk identification and monitoring: vulnerability scanning, log analysis, SIEM use, and metrics
• ✓Execute incident response and forensics: detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and evidence handling
• ✓Support business continuity and disaster recovery operations, including backup and restoration testing
• ✓Apply cryptography operationally: algorithms, key management, PKI, certificates, and secure protocols
• ✓Secure networks and communications: segmentation, firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, wireless, and telecom controls
• ✓Harden and secure systems and applications: endpoint protection, virtualization, cloud, and malware defense