CISM vs. CISSP. A lot of people have been telling me that employers are starting to value the CISM more than the CISSP now. Is this true? I know the CISSP is more technical and the CISM is managerial

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CISM is dedicated to managerial knowledge, and CISSP is general security knowledge across a lot more domains.

I don't know any employer that will respect one over the other, only that you have one of them. It also gets you past the HR filter.

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So it's different subject areas so how can you compare the two? Is the CISSP still worth what it once was?

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