ISC2 ISSEP practice exams
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- Exam code
- ISSEP
- Cost
- $599USD
- Questions
- 125
- Duration
- 180minutes
- Passing score
- 700out of 1000 points
- Level
- Advanced
- Valid for
- 3years
- Study guide
- How to prepare
- Format
- Multiple choice and advanced item types
ISSEP practice exams
No complete practice exam yet. A form is 125 questions apportioned to the official weightings, and a partial one would report a score that means nothing, so none is assembled until the questions are there.
- Open now
- Nothing is published for ISSEP yet. The bank is being written from the official objectives.
- Opens next
- The first practice exam opens at 125 verified questions, spread across all 5 domains.
What the exam tests
Exam domains and official weightings
The percentage is the exam weighting; the bar is how many verified questions we hold there, so a short bar is where our bank is thin.
- Systems Security Engineering Foundations24%0 verified
- Risk Management20%0 verified
- Security Planning and Engineering22%0 verified
- Systems Security Implementation, Verification, and Validation20%0 verified
- Secure Operations, Change Management and Disposal14%0 verified
Open now. Nothing is published for ISSEP yet. The bank is being written from the official objectives.
Opens next. The first practice exam opens at 125 verified questions, spread across all 5 domains.
Every question here is checked against the official page it cites before it serves, which is why the count grows slowly.
Where to focus: The ISSEP weightings are flatter than the other two ISC2 advanced exams: four domains sit between 20 and 24 percent and only Secure Operations, Change Management and Disposal drops to 14 percent. There is no single dominant domain to lean on, so plan even coverage rather than a favourite topic.
What the exam actually asks you to do
Multiple choice and ISC2's advanced item types. There is no lab and no simulation, so the practice that matters is reading a scenario and choosing well.
Item formats
- Multiple choice
Nothing here needs a lab. Reading carefully and eliminating options is the whole skill. ISC2, ISSEP exam outline ↗
ISC2’s free resources
Study from the source. Everything below is published by the vendor, free to read, and is what our own questions are written from:
Official ISSEP exam page & objectives ↗Keep reading
- ISSEP passing score
The exact cut score, what kind of number it is, and the retake terms.
- How hard is ISSEP?
An honest difficulty read from the format, the clock and the weights.
Frequently asked questions
Is a CISSP required before the ISSEP exam?
ISC2's ISSEP exam outline lists two routes. One is being a CISSP in good standing plus two years cumulative full-time experience in one or more of the five ISSEP domains. The other is a minimum of seven years cumulative full-time experience in two or more of the domains, with no CISSP. The ISC2 certifications page states 'CISSP + 2 Years or 7 years cumulative'.
What is the ISSEP exam format?
ISC2 publishes 3 hours, 125 items, multiple choice and advanced item types, and a passing grade of 700 out of 1000 points. The exam is offered in English at Pearson VUE testing centers.
How much does the ISSEP exam cost?
The ISC2 exam pricing page lists U.S. $599 standard registration for the ISSEP exam in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, EUR 575.04 in EMEA, and GBP 485.19 in the United Kingdom.
How often does the ISSEP need renewing?
ISC2 uses a three-year certification cycle and recertifies automatically once CPE credits and the annual maintenance fee are settled. With a CISSP, 20 Group A CPE credits a year and 60 over the cycle must relate directly to the ISSEP; without a CISSP the figures ISC2 publishes are 47 and 140. The annual maintenance fee is U.S. $135.