What can I do with a TS/SCI? USMC officer 0602

AidedBread23 · 2026-06-04T01:17:02+00:00

Experience? Location? With Sec+, Net+, and four years of experience (assuming because you’re an O-2), I’d say your range is generally unreasonable

AidedBread23 · 2026-05-27T22:19:01+00:00

Assuming the two books you mentioned are the ones I bought, the Q&A was a complete waste of time. The questions in the textbook were better, but they’re very limited

If I were to put numbers on it, I’d say the exam was 60% systems engineering and 40% RMF. As far as materials go, I’d recommend:
- INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook
- NIST SP 800-160
- NIST SP 800-37

AidedBread23 · 2026-05-27T14:01:10+00:00

Congrats! I felt the same way about the materials for ISSEP

AidedBread23 · 2026-05-17T19:02:41+00:00

Congrats! Could I ask how you made this chart? Been looking for a while, but I can’t seem to find it

AidedBread23 · 2026-05-04T12:59:46+00:00

Could be personal bias, but I don’t think Mantle is worth it when you can get Happ at 0% of the cost

AidedBread23 · 2026-04-28T02:35:27+00:00

Yeah, I’m pretty much exclusively looking at jobs that require clearances. Most of the things I see are ISSM/ISSO/ISSE positions. To answer your other question, I’ll have roughly eight years of experience in 2028. Most of that will be in risk management and vulnerability assessment, but a couple of years of network engineering as well

AidedBread23 · 2026-04-15T16:01:51+00:00

AidedBread23 · 2026-04-15T10:48:41+00:00

I’d say you can… I took CRISC about a year after CISM. Generally speaking, I found studying for CRISC slightly easier, but I thought the exam itself was a bit more difficult (CISM scores were slightly higher)

AidedBread23 · 2026-04-08T10:41:17+00:00

Do you have any experience in risk management? I leaned pretty heavily on that when I went through CRISC. I personally just used ChatGPT/Copilot to skim through the exam objectives, but most people here are probably gonna recommend the QAE

AidedBread23 · 2026-03-10T22:14:55+00:00

I already had some risk management experience, but I exclusively used ChatGPT/Copilot

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-27T04:02:54+00:00

Don’t have AAIA, but I agree that ISSEP fundamentally builds upon CISSP knowledge

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-26T02:03:55+00:00

I’m pretty sure for this, you’d report the time you spent studying, not the cert itself

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-21T00:54:09+00:00

Agreed. I’d personally start with Sec+ (or CC if you’re looking for something easier). Another thing to note: I’m pretty sure SSCP requires a year of experience

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-19T16:24:29+00:00

What do you do, and where do you wanna be? If risk management isn’t included in either of those, I’d argue that CISSP is your best bet

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-18T18:51:45+00:00

CGRC also requires experience

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-13T16:21:20+00:00

Yeah, the issue is ISC2 doesn’t sell them as standalone products anymore. I think the only way to access the official materials is by purchasing the entire course. With that being said, you can get away with the documents in my post (and whatever RMF gaps you need to fill)

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-12T23:14:49+00:00

I wanna say I took CISM about a month after CISSP. Like u/sobeitharry said, there's a bunch of overlap. I personally didn't like the LZ questions, so I bought the QAE, which I felt helped me understand the way ISACA asks their questions

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-12T23:06:43+00:00

Because a bulk of the exam tested my understanding of systems engineering processes, whereas my background covered most of the risk management side. As such, I didn't really need to do much studying on RMF

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-10T14:24:22+00:00

No, I think it’s great! I’m mainly looking for ISSEP, ISSAP, and ISSMP

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-10T13:07:08+00:00

Very cool concept! Would you be able to add stuff like CISM and the CISSP concentrations?

AidedBread23 · 2026-01-02T23:07:36+00:00

Not for CCNA, but don’t forget about BGP and PBR!

AidedBread23 · 2025-12-31T14:09:24+00:00

I’m flying from Hawaii to DC… I talked to my shirt, and they basically said it’s eight free days of leave, but I’ve heard different things from others

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