CCSP vs CCSK: An Even Handed Comparison

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CCSP vs CCSK An Even Handed Comparison
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The number of professionals seeking Certified
Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
and Certificate of Cloud Security
Knowledge (CCSK) credentials is increasing
consistently. We all know the reason behind it is
that these are the two best certification to
validate a persons knowledge and skills in the
domain of Cloud security. Since both CCSP and
CCSK are getting a lot of attention, and are
offering highly paid jobs, it is not easy for the
aspirants to choose one of them which suits their
requirement. This blog is offering an even handed
comparison between CCSP and CCSK which, I hope
will help you to choose one of the certification
to promote your career.
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CCSP and CCSK have been introduced with two
different purposes. Lets have a closer look on
each of them individually and understand the
benefits of CCSP and CCSK certifications. Certifi
cate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)  What is
CCSK? CIO Magazine has termed CCSK as the
mother of all cloud computing security
certifications. It is popular among the
professionals for upgrading them with entry-level
to midrange cloud security skills and thus,
accelerate their career. This web based
examination validates an individuals skillset in
key cloud security issues. This certification
tests the knowledge aspect of the aspirant. No
wonder CCSK has been chosen as the best IT
certification in terms of average salary by
Certification Magazine.
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• What is CCSP?
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) was
  jointly launched by  Cloud Security Alliance
  (CSA) and ISC2 in 2015. This certification
  challenges the knowledge and the practical
  experience of the aspirants. Thus, CCSP offers in
  depth professional concept in the domain of Cloud
  Security. It has a global acceptance and like
  CCSK, professionals with CCSP are in great
  demand.
• Because of the similar domain of Cloud Security,
  we sometimes consider CCSP and CCSK as
  competitive certifications but the fact is they
  are complementing each other.
• Main differences between the two certifications
  are
• Knowledge required  To obtain CCSK one must be
  well acquainted with CSA Guidance,
• CSA Cloud Control Matrix and
• ENISA document
• CCSP certification needs vast knowledge in
  addition to the above mentioned  documents. Exam
  also has syllabus on practical experience.

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Experience required There is no experience
requirement for CCSK. All one needs to get
through this certification is to pass an
objective type exam with good knowledge in the
already mentioned two key documents. CCSP only
allows professionals with 5 years of experience
in the domain. In the exact words of CCSP, the
experience required is minimum of 5 years of
full-time, paid, cumulative information
technology, including at least 3 years of
information security and 1 year of cloud
computing. Exam Format CCSK is centred on
testing knowledge and follows the format of
objective type exam which has multiple choice
answers. CCSP centres its focus on both
theoretical and practical knowledge based on the
experience. Therefore, exam has both objective as
well as problem solving questions.




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Cost of Exam CCSP is 699 USD  as compared to
CCSK exam is 395 Maintenance of
Certification CCSK has no hard and fast rule or
annual charges to maintain the certification. But
CCSP like other ISC2 certifications has annual
maintenance charges for this certification. Thus,
we observe that all those who are new to Cloud
Security may choose CCSK and for all those IT
professionals already working in this domain,
CCSP is a golden opportunity. If you are
interested in more details about these
certifications, please visit the official website
of InfosecTrain. They offer Online as well as
onsite training for CCSP/CCSK. Check out their
latest schedule for training and get enrolled
now.




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• High-quality technical services, certifications
  or customized training programs curated with
  professionals of over 15 years of combined
  experience in the domain

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