Exam overview

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SSCP Master Guide 2026The ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) exam tests hands-on security administration and operations across seven domains. The current e…
SSCP Eligibility and Experience RequirementsISC2 does not require SSCP work experience before you sit the exam. To receive the certification, you generally need one year of cumulative full-time …
SSCP Registration and SchedulingRegister for SSCP through ISC2, then use the scheduling link in your ISC2 account to select an available Pearson VUE appointment. An exam purchase doe…
SSCP Exam Fees and Total CostISC2 lists SSCP standard registration at US $249 in the Americas and Asia Pacific, EUR 239.04 in EMEA, and GBP 201.69 in the UK; local taxes and curre…
SSCP Exam Format and Time ManagementThe SSCP exam uses Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT): 100 to 125 items in a maximum of two hours, including 25 unscored pretest items that look like…
SSCP Passing Score and Scaled ScoringThe published SSCP passing grade is 700 on a 1,000-point scale. This is not a claim that 70% of raw questions must be correct: CAT uses item difficult…
SSCP Results and Retake RulesISC2 reports SSCP pass or fail immediately after a CAT exam. It does not provide passers a numerical scaled score; candidates who fail receive domain …