What the SSCP exam looks like

ISC2 states 100-125 questions for SSCP, with a time limit of 120 minutes. That is about 1.2 minutes a question, including the time it takes to read the stem and the options.

ISC2 publishes a range rather than a fixed count, so the pace above assumes the low end of it. At the top of the range you have less time a question.

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.

The passing score for SSCP is 700 on the vendor's scaled range.

A retake costs another $249.

SSCP is valid for 3 years from the day you pass. ISC2 runs a three year certification cycle. SSCP holders must earn 60 CPE credits across that cycle, 45 of which must be Group A, and pay the annual maintenance fee of U.S. $135 each year on the anniversary of their certification date. ISC2 allows a 90 day grace period after the cycle expiration date to earn and submit required CPE credits. ISC2 runs a three-year cycle. Renewal is CPE credits plus the annual maintenance fee, and the fee covers every ISC2 certification you hold.

Our SSCP practice exams are assembled to the published domain weightings and sat against a 120-minute clock, in exam conditions or in study mode. Every answer shows the official page it was checked against.