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CISSP Certification: Thor Pedersen’s answer to “Which is easy: CISM or CISSP?” – Quora

TL;DR Neither is easy.

If question is which is easier, again I think the answer would be neither is easier, it depends on where you are coming from experience wise. They are about equal in how difficult they are.
CISSP is a little more technical (not very deep, but concepts).
CISM is also very management focused, but less technical.

They compliment each other well, a good deal of materials are overlapping so it could be a CISSP AND CISM choice.

When I did my certifications I was from a techie background and I did complimenting certificates for that.

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Thor Pedersen

IT, information security, and project management trainer Best selling CISSP. CISM, and PMP instructor on Udemy. CISSP, CISM, C|EH, CDPSE, PMP, 2x CCNP, CompTIA Security+, SCP, 3x CCNA, et. Al.