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Become an CCSP – Certified Cloud Security Practitioner

Earning the globally recognized CCSP cloud security certification is a proven way to build your career and better secure critical assets in the cloud.

The CCSP shows you have the advanced technical skills and knowledge to design, manage and secure data, applications and infrastructure in the cloud using best practices, policies and procedures established by our certified member cybersecurity experts around the globe.

Prove your skills, advance your career, and gain support from a community of cybersecurity leaders here to help you throughout your professional journey.

Who Earns the CCSP?

The CCSP is ideal for IT and information security leaders responsible for applying best practices to cloud security architecture, design, operations and service orchestration, including those in the following positions:

Cloud Architect
Cloud Engineer
Cloud Consultant
Cloud Administrator
Cloud Security Analyst
Cloud Specialist
Auditor of Cloud Computing Services
Professional Cloud Developer

Gain the Necessary Work Experience

To qualify for this cybersecurity certification, you must pass the exam and have at least five years of cumulative, paid work experience in information technology, of which three years must be in information security, and one year in one or more of the six domains of the (ISC)² CCSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK).

Learn more about CCSP Experience Requirements and how earning CSA’s CCSK certificate can be substituted for one year of experience, or how earning (ISC)²’s CISSP credential can be substituted for the entire CCSP experience requirement.

Don’t have enough experience yet? You can still pass the CCSP exam and become an Associate of (ISC)² while you earn the required work experience.

What will You Need to Know to Pass the CCSP Exam?

The CCSP exam evaluates your expertise across six security domains. Think of the domains as topics you need to master based on your professional experience and education.