Passing score
ISSMPWhat it takes to pass ISSMP
The passing score for ISSMP is 700 on the vendor's scaled range. That is a scaled score rather than a percentage, which is the part most people read wrong.
A scaled 700 is not 70 percent
ISSMP reports results on a scaled basis, and 700 is the line on that scale, not a percentage of questions. ISC2 converts raw performance to the scale with a model it does not publish.
That has one practical consequence: nobody outside ISC2 can tell you exactly how many questions you can miss. Any site that gives you a precise miss budget is guessing. You can still practice against the line itself: our ISSMP practice exams score against the published 700, so a practice result reads the way the real one will.
If you miss it
A retake costs another $599.
Know before you book
Sit a full-length ISSMP practice exam under the real time limit, scored against the published line, and book the real exam when you have cleared it more than once.
Keep reading
- ISSMP exam overview
The format, the domain weights and the renewal terms, sourced line by line.
- ISSMP exam format
How many questions, how long, what the items look like, and how long it stays valid.
- How hard is ISSMP?
An honest difficulty read from the format, the clock and the weights.