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title: "Employee Spotlight: Certification for Information Security"
description: Information Security Certification received by Ben R Howard.  CISSP Certification placing him among roughly 64,000 other IT professionals
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# Employee Spotlight: Certification for Information Security

Posted by [Michael Lupacchino](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/author/michael-lupacchino) on Thu, Mar 04, 2010

#### Senior IT Associate Receives CISSP Certification

Ben. R Howard, a Senior IT Associate at NSK Inc recently took the CISSP Certification Exam and passed, placing him among roughly 64,000 other IT professionals in the world who have the certification.

The CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) is a highly prestigious certification that requires a massive amount of training and credentials in order to be considered to even take the exam.

CISSP candidates must have at least five years of experience in information security as well as experience with two of ten domains of security before they even apply. They then have to train and prepare for a sixty page exam that lasts for six-hours.

Those who pass receive the certification. A CISSP Certified Associate knows how to formally manage an all encompassing security program. The CISSP credential is a testament to the years of experience, knowledge, and competency of information systems, these personnel have achieved.

Howard hopes to broaden NSK's ability to provide security services to its clients with his new certification. Having a CISSP Certified IT Associate, will only help NSK Inc move forward as a premier consulting firm in Boston.

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