(ISC)² has an obligation to its membership to maintain the relevancy of its credentials. These enhancements are the result of a rigorous, methodical process that (ISC)² follows to routinely update its credential exams. This process ensures that the examinations and subsequent continuing professional education requirements encompass the topic areas relevant to the roles and responsibilities of today's practicing healthcare security professional.

The content of the HCISPP has been refreshed to reflect the most pertinent issues that healthcare security professionals currently face, along with the best practices for mitigating those issues. Some topics have been updated while others have been realigned. The result is an exam that most accurately reflects the deep knowledge and hands-on experience with the healthcare industry, governance, regulation and standards.

As a result of the content refresh, we have updated the domain names to describe the topics accurately.

Previous HCISPP Domain Name	New HCISPP Domain Name
Domain 1: Healthcare Industry	Domain 1: Healthcare Industry
Domain 2: Regulatory Environment	Domain 2: Information Governance in Healthcare
Domain 3: Privacy and Security in Healthcare	Domain 3: Information Technologies in Healthcare
Domain 4: Information Governance and Risk Management	Domain 4: Regulatory and Standards Environment
Domain 5: Information Risk Assessment	Domain 5: Privacy and Security in Healthcare
Domain 6: Third Party Risk Management	Domain 6: Risk Management and Risk Assessment
	Domain 7: Third-Party Risk Management

 

The weights for the domains are also changing.

Major Domains	Weightings (Percentage)
Domain 1: Healthcare Industry	12%
Domain 2: Information Governance in Healthcare	5%
Domain 3: Information Technologies in Healthcare	8%
Domain 4: Regulatory and Standards Environment	15%
Domain 5: Privacy and Security in Healthcare	25%
Domain 6: Risk Management and Risk Assessment	20%
Domain 7: Third-Party Risk Management	15%
Total	100%

Domains change because it is a reflection of a change in the knowledge, skills and abilities, as indicated by experts through the Job Task Analysis process.

The changes will begin on September 1, 2019.

The refreshed HCISPP exam will be available in English only.

No. The HCISPP exam will have the same number of items, and the time required to take the exam will be the same.

(ISC)² exams are experience-based that include experience-based questions that cannot be learned by studying alone. If you already have the experience in the domains covered in HCISPP and believe that you have sufficiently studied those domains, you should feel confident that you are qualified to take the new exam and pass it. (ISC)² cannot guarantee you will pass the exam.

No. For the HCISPP, a candidate is required to have a minimum of two years cumulative work experience in one or more of the seven domains of the HCISPP CBK.

The Official (ISC)² HCISPP Training Course will be available on November 1, 2019.