What are CISSP and SSCP?
CISSP is an acronym standing for one of the following: • Certified Information Systems Security Professional – the premier security qualification from (ISC) and a registered trade mark to boot • Can I/Indeed Shoot/See/Slight/Snub/Scorn/Smear/Slur Stupid People – first suggested after a discussion thread on US gun law (another candidate for zombie status) • ’Cos I Said So Pal – explains why people have to listen to every word a CISSP says, or else • Canadian (or Canukistani) Information Systems Security Professional – reflecting the disproportionate number of active contributors to the forum who live in or come from the frozen wastelands North of some of the remaining active contributors • Cohorts Implementing Stealthy Secret Practices – goes with the funny handshake • Curmudgeons Irreverently Satirizing Sloppy Processes – pull up your keyboard to be ruthlessly ridiculed • Cautiously Investigating Suspicious Satanic Publications – that’s part of the job spec • Callously Ignoring Stylish
