ISC² SSCP – Systems Security Certified Practitioner
Become a highly skilled security operations professional with the SSCP certification — a globally recognized credential for IT admins, security analysts, and system engineers responsible for hands-on cybersecurity operations.
Course Overview
The course follows the official SSCP domains as defined by ISC², ensuring complete coverage of the seven areas and their exam weights. Learners gain both conceptual understanding and practical skills using labs and scenarios that reflect typical system and network security operations.
Key themes include security operations and administration, access control, risk identification and monitoring, incident response, cryptography, network and communications security, and systems and application security. The training also covers exam strategy, question analysis, and time management techniques specific to the current SSCP exam format.
What you will learn
Implement and manage endpoint & network security controls
Understand security operations & monitoring
Manage identity and access controls
Apply cryptographic techniques
Secure servers, networks & applications
Investigate basic incidents and threats
Understand logging, monitoring, and SIEM basics
Apply security policies, DR, and risk processes
Secure your Completion Certificate
Certification Name:
ISC² SSCP – Systems Security Certified Practitioner
Exam Format:
- 125 Questions
- Multiple-choice
- Duration: 4 Hours
- Passing Score: 700/1000
- Exam Mode: Pearson VUE (Online/Center)
Experience Requirements:
- 1 year of cybersecurity experience
OR - Become an Associate of ISC² after passing the exam
Roles After SSCP:
- SOC Analyst (L1/L2)
- Security Administrator
- Network Security Engineer
- Systems Administrator
- Information Security Analyst
- Junior Security Engineer
Tools & Technologies Covered
- SIEM (Splunk / ELK)
- IDS/IPS
- EDR basics
- Firewalls
- VPN & secure tunneling
- Windows & Linux security tools
- IAM and MFA implementation
- Log monitoring tools
- Duration: 40 Hours (Instructor-Led)
- Level: Intermediate
- Globally Recognized Curriculum