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Certification track

CISSP Certification Training

The flagship credential for security leaders. Our CISSP cohorts take experienced practitioners through all eight ISC2 CBK domains with practitioner-led teaching, timed mock exams, and domain-level diagnostics — so your people walk in prepared and walk out certified.

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Corporate cohorts — arranged on demand for your team

Awarding body
ISC2
Exam
CISSP (CAT format)
Duration
5-day intensive bootcamp
Delivery
Onsite or live virtual, cohort-based
Prerequisites
5 years' cumulative paid work experience in 2+ CBK domains (4 with a qualifying degree)

Overview

CISSP remains the credential the industry treats as the benchmark for senior security professionals. It is broad by design — eight domains spanning governance, architecture, operations, and software security — and that breadth is exactly what makes it hard to prepare for alone.

Our CISSP cohorts are built for working teams. A practitioner-led five-day intensive takes candidates through every CBK domain with real enterprise context, then a structured practice phase sharpens exam technique with timed, adaptive-style mocks and domain-level diagnostics. Revision time goes where the data says it should, not where the candidate feels least anxious.

Because this is corporate training, the cohort forms around your team — we arrange dates on demand, deliver onsite or live virtual, and support every candidate through booking, endorsement, and beyond. The result is not just a pass rate: it’s a bench of security leaders whose credential matches their capability.

Who it's for

  • Experienced security practitioners targeting the industry's flagship credential
  • Security architects, engineers, and consultants formalising broad expertise
  • Managers and team leads who need to prove capability across the full security spectrum
  • Organisations building a bench of senior, credentialed security leadership

What's covered

  • Domain 1 — Security and Risk Management: governance, compliance, risk, and ethics
  • Domain 2 — Asset Security: classifying, handling, and protecting information assets
  • Domain 3 — Security Architecture and Engineering: models, cryptography, and secure design
  • Domain 4 — Communication and Network Security: securing networks end to end
  • Domain 5 — Identity and Access Management: controlling who gets to what, and how
  • Domain 6 — Security Assessment and Testing: audits, testing strategy, and metrics
  • Domain 7 — Security Operations: incident response, DR, and day-to-day defence
  • Domain 8 — Software Development Security: building security into the SDLC
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Your journey, end to end

  1. Map & enrol

    We assess each candidate's experience against the CISSP requirements, confirm eligibility, and map their strong and weak domains before the cohort begins — so teaching time goes where it's needed.

  2. Train

    A five-day, practitioner-led intensive through all eight CBK domains, using official exam-aligned courseware grounded in real enterprise scenarios — not slide-reading.

  3. Practise

    Timed, full-length mock exams in the adaptive style of the real test, with domain-level diagnostics that direct each candidate's revision to their actual weak areas.

  4. Certify

    We guide candidates through exam booking, test-day strategy for the CAT format, and the ISC2 endorsement process that follows a pass.

  5. Beyond

    Post-course revision resources, retake support where needed, and guidance on maintaining the credential with CPE credits — plus a pathway conversation for the next certification.

Format & delivery

  • 5-day instructor-led bootcamp, onsite or live virtual
  • Cohorts arranged on demand around your team's calendar — no waiting for a public schedule
  • Official ISC2-aligned courseware and question banks throughout
  • Full-length timed mock exams with domain-by-domain score reports
  • Post-course revision plan and exam-booking guidance for every candidate

Outcomes

  • Candidates prepared for the CISSP CAT exam, with a revision plan matched to their diagnostics
  • Measurably higher first-attempt pass confidence across the cohort
  • Security leaders who can speak governance, architecture, and operations in one language
  • A credential your clients, auditors, and boards recognise immediately

Industry relevance

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Frequently asked questions

How experienced do candidates need to be?

ISC2 requires five years of cumulative paid experience across at least two of the eight domains, reduced to four years with a qualifying degree or approved credential. Candidates without the full experience can still sit the exam and become an Associate of ISC2 while they accrue it — we advise on the right route for each person.

How long is the bootcamp and how is it structured?

The core format is a five-day intensive covering all eight domains, followed by a structured revision period with mock exams. For teams that can't release people for a full week, we can split delivery across two blocks or run extended part-time cohorts.

Do you teach to the 2024 exam changes?

Yes. The programme tracks the current ISC2 exam outline and the computerised adaptive testing (CAT) format, including question-handling strategy specific to adaptive exams.

When does the cohort run?

Cohorts are arranged on demand — we schedule around your team's availability rather than a fixed public calendar. Tell us your preferred window and we'll build the cohort around it.

What happens if someone doesn't pass first time?

Domain-level diagnostics from the mocks usually flag risk before exam day, so we intervene early. If a candidate does miss a pass, we provide a targeted revision plan for the retake window at no extra teaching cost within the cohort period.

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