Passing score

SSCP

What it takes to pass SSCP

The passing score for SSCP 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

SSCP 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 SSCP 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 $249.

The full SSCP cost breakdown

Know before you book

Sit a full-length SSCP 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

  • SSCP practice questions

    Free sample questions with the full explanation on every answer.

  • Free SSCP practice test

    10 original questions, playable now. No account, no card.

  • SSCP exam format

    How many questions, how long, what the items look like, and how long it stays valid.

  • How hard is SSCP?

    An honest difficulty read from the format, the clock and the weights.

  • What SSCP costs

    The voucher price, the retake, and what renewal costs across the cycle.

  • SSCP guide

    Who it is for, study plans by experience level, and whether it is worth it.

Every guide and cost breakdown, by vendor

Practice SSCP for free while you decide

Original questions written from the published objectives, with the concept, the reasoning, and a note on every wrong option. No account needed to start.

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