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Yes, it is the exact same test. The label is just a placeholder until you have the year's of experience to backup your knowledge. Anyone who tells you otherwise has no idea.
Yes and no. The only reason I say no is because I feel like there are other cyber certs you can pursue if you’re less than 5 years into cyber. Once you get closer to 4 years in cyber- I say go for the CISSP. The moment you get 5 years, the Associate of ISC2 converts to a CISSP.
Passing the CISSP with little to no cyber experience just tells me someone is just a good test taker. The experience is usually what backs it up. Personal opinion.
OP, if you can go grant he associate now, do it. I've saw many people wait until they get the experience after being motivated to learn the material, only to fail the test because they haven't taken one in 5 years. If someone judges you, tell them to pound sand. They are only jelly they didn't make that decision to take the test earlier.
If you support DoD or other US government clients, it qualifies you to the same level as a CISSP for some labor categories. The associate certification is cheaper to maintain and automatically rolls over into a full CISSP once you have enough experience and another CISSP sponsor you.
Yes, worth it
Generally I'd say no. It means you have to take 2 tests instead of 1 for the CISSP, and I don't think there's much prestige to such a "this is the Junior version" cert.
Yeah, once again, just confirming. This is not correct. 1 test that's it. Once you obtain the experience you'll be upgraded to CISSP.