<P> In 2008, another study came to the conclusion that IT professionals with CISSP (or other major security certifications) tend to have salaries $21,000 higher than IT professionals without such certificates . However, there's no proof that there's any cause - and - effect between the certificate and salaries . </P> <P> As of 2017, a study by CyberSecurityDegrees.com surveyed some 10,000 current and historical cyber security job listings that preferred candidates holding CISSP certifications . CyberSecurityDegrees found that these job openings offered an average salary of $17,526 more than the average cyber security salary . </P> <P> ANSI certifies that CISSP meets the requirements of ANSI / ISO / IEC Standard 17024, a personnel certification accreditation program . </P>

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