Exam guide · CSSLP
The CSSLP exam has 125 questions and takes 3 hours. You need 700 out of 1000 to pass. It costs $599 (standard registration in the Americas; set by region). ISC2 hasn’t announced a retirement date.
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ISC2 hasn’t announced a retirement date for CSSLP. We check ISC2’s site every week, and this page changes the day it does.
Exam domains
Each domain’s share of the exam, as ISC2 publishes it. Spend your study time in the same proportion.
1Secure Software Concepts
12%
2Secure Software Lifecycle Management
11%
3Secure Software Requirements
13%
4Secure Software Architecture and Design
15%
5Secure Software Implementation
14%
6Secure Software Testing
14%
7Secure Software Deployment, Operations, Maintenance
11%
8Secure Software Supply Chain
10%
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The CSSLP exam has 125 questions, and you get 3 hours.
You need 700 out of 1000.
$599 (standard registration in the Americas; set by region). Check ISC2’s site for the price in your country.
ISC2 hasn’t announced one yet. We check ISC2’s site every week, and this page changes the day it does.
ISC2 requires 4 years in one of its 8 domains to certify. You can take the exam before you have it.
Weight your time like the exam: Secure Software Architecture and Design carries the most (15%). Take the free practice test to find your weakest domains, make a study plan around them, and before you book, sit full-length timed practice exams until you pass them comfortably.
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