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Key Facts: CISP-SSDP Exam

70/100

Official passing score (inclusive) on the mixed CISP-SSDP exam

CNITSEC CISP-SSDP knowledge-system outline, 11 October 2025, §2.2

20 + 80

Official score split: 20 multiple-choice points and 80 practical points

CNITSEC CISP-SSDP knowledge-system outline, 11 October 2025, §2.2

30%

Largest knowledge class: software-security development practice

CNITSEC CISP-SSDP knowledge-system outline, 11 October 2025, Table 2-1

3 years

CISP-SSDP certificate validity before operations-center maintenance

CNITSEC/Venustech CISP-SSDP white paper, October 2025

RMB 1,000

Official examination fee (考试费), excluding training and registration

CNITSEC/Venustech CISP-SSDP white paper, October 2025, fee table

CISP-SSDP is CNITSEC's software-security development credential, co-developed with Venustech. The official exam is mixed: 20 points multiple-choice and 80 points practical, with 70/100 to pass. Content follows the 11 October 2025 outline (laws 10%, foundations 10%, core 20%, DevSecOps 20%, governance/supply chain 10%, practice 30%). This page offers 100 free English MCQs as a study aid, not an official translation or practical-lab simulation.

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1According to the CISP-SSDP information-assurance knowledge domain, which trio is the CIA triad that software security attributes must protect?
A.Confidentiality, integrity, and availability
B.Classification, identification, and authorization
C.Cryptography, inspection, and auditing
D.Compliance, insurance, and accreditation
Explanation: The official outline requires mastering the CIA triad (机密性、完整性、可用性) as the basic principles of information assurance. Confidentiality keeps data from unauthorized disclosure, integrity keeps it from unauthorized modification, and availability keeps authorized users able to use the service. Software controls such as encryption, hashing, and high-availability design map onto those three attributes.
2The CISP-SSDP outline treats cyberspace as which kind of national domain?
A.A purely commercial marketplace with no sovereignty claims
B.The fifth major domain of national sovereignty, alongside land, sea, air, and space
C.A private-sector cloud region governed only by contract law
D.An unregulated commons equivalent to the high seas in every respect
Explanation: The outline asks candidates to understand cyberspace as the fifth major sovereignty domain (第五大主权疆域) and to grasp the meaning of cyberspace sovereignty (网络空间主权). That framing is why software that processes important data or supports critical systems is treated as a national-security concern, not only a quality issue.
3How does the CISP-SSDP knowledge system describe the relationship between cybersecurity and informatization?
A.Informatization and cybersecurity are unrelated management tracks
B.Informatization can be completed first, with cybersecurity added after systems go live
C.Cybersecurity is a prerequisite for informatization and supports digital transformation
D.Cybersecurity only applies to military networks and not to civilian software
Explanation: The outline states that cybersecurity assurance is a prerequisite for informatization and that cybersecurity supports digital transformation. That is the policy basis for building security into software from the start rather than treating it as an optional afterthought.
4A CISP-SSDP holder is asked to use personal offensive-security skill to help a friend break into a competitor's business system. What does the professional code of ethics require?
A.Proceed if the work is unpaid and done after hours
B.Proceed if the competitor is a foreign company
C.Proceed if the friend promises not to steal data
D.Refuse; do not use information-security skills to carry out or organize illegal activity
Explanation: The CISP-SSDP professional code requires honesty and law-abiding conduct: holders must not use their technical ability to commit or organize illegal or criminal acts. Helping someone break into a competitor's system is unauthorized access regardless of payment, location, or informal promises.
5Which pairing best matches the primary focus of China's three core cybersecurity statutes that CISP-SSDP candidates must distinguish?
A.Cybersecurity Law: network operation and critical information infrastructure; Data Security Law: data-processing activities and data classification; Personal Information Protection Law: personal information processing
B.Cybersecurity Law: software licenses; Data Security Law: patent filings; Personal Information Protection Law: trademark use
C.Cybersecurity Law: tax reporting; Data Security Law: customs inspection; Personal Information Protection Law: labor contracts
D.Cybersecurity Law: personal consent receipts; Data Security Law: cookie banners; Personal Information Protection Law: firewall rules
Explanation: The outline requires understanding the scope of China's cybersecurity legal system. The Cybersecurity Law (网络安全法) centers on network operation and critical information infrastructure protection. The Data Security Law (数据安全法) regulates data-processing activities and classification/protection of data. The Personal Information Protection Law (个人信息保护法) regulates processing of personal information. Software teams must map features to the right statute instead of treating all three as one generic privacy law.
6When a software product supports a critical information infrastructure (CII) operator, which legal expectation is most consistent with China's cybersecurity legal system?
A.CII operators may skip secure development if they buy a firewall
B.CII-related systems face heightened protection, monitoring, and supply-chain diligence obligations compared with ordinary systems
C.CII status only affects physical building security, not application software
D.Foreign open-source components are automatically banned in every CII system
Explanation: China's cybersecurity legal system imposes extra duties on critical information infrastructure: stronger protection, monitoring, incident handling, and supply-chain diligence. Software that supports CII therefore cannot treat security as optional or as a network-appliance problem alone. The outline also flags ICT supply-chain and software-security policy as something developers should understand.
7A Chinese software organization must pick information-security standards. Which statement matches the CISP-SSDP standards knowledge domain?
A.International standards automatically override GB/T requirements for Chinese operators
B.Only U.S. NIST publications may be used inside China
C.Teams should understand both domestic GB/T standards and international systems such as ISO/IEC 27001, including how they differ and how they can be used together
D.Industry standards have no role once a product compiles
Explanation: The outline covers international and domestic information-security standard systems, their differences and mutual-recognition mechanisms, and how to select and apply them. GB/T documents such as the application-software secure-coding guide sit alongside international frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001. Organizations choose and implement standards against actual business and regulatory needs rather than assuming one foreign catalog replaces Chinese requirements.
8Which description of China's Multi-Level Protection Scheme (MLPS / 等级保护) is most accurate for a CISP-SSDP candidate?
A.A replacement for all software testing in SSDLC
B.An export-control license for encryption chips only
C.A voluntary marketing badge with no graded system levels
D.A graded national cybersecurity protection scheme that classifies information systems and requires matching security controls
Explanation: 等级保护 (MLPS) is China's graded cybersecurity protection scheme: systems are classified and must implement corresponding technical and management controls. Software security development is one way operators meet those control expectations, but MLPS is not itself a unit-test framework or an encryption-export license.
9A product stores customer profiles and also trains models on industrial telemetry. Under the CISP-SSDP legal knowledge class, which split is the sound first compliance cut?
A.Map personal profiles to personal-information rules and map telemetry/data processing to data-security classification and protection duties, then apply network-operation rules to the platform
B.Apply only GDPR because the engineers read English documentation
C.Apply only contract law because the data never leaves the application server
D.Treat all of it as a Cybersecurity Law network-product filing and ignore data issues
Explanation: The outline expects candidates to understand how China's laws apply by object: personal information, data processing more broadly, and network operation. Customer profiles are personal information under PIPL. Industrial telemetry is still data under the Data Security Law and may require classification and protection even if it is not personal. The platform remains a network/system under the Cybersecurity Law. GDPR may also apply to overseas users, but it does not replace Chinese statutes for processing in China.
10A software vendor sells a SaaS platform to Chinese critical sectors and also uses overseas subprocessors. Which governance action best reflects CISP-SSDP legal and standards knowledge?
A.Assume overseas subprocessors need no assessment if they issue a marketing SOC report
B.Identify applicable Chinese network, data, and personal-information duties, classify data, assess cross-border and supply-chain risk, and select GB/T plus international controls that actually match the processing
C.Store all encryption keys in application source code so auditors can find them quickly
D.Disable logging to reduce the chance of a data-protection complaint
Explanation: The knowledge class on legal systems, standards selection, and ICT supply-chain policy requires a structured approach: determine which statutes apply, classify data, assess vendors and cross-border processing, and implement fitting GB/T and international controls. Marketing attestations do not replace that work. Hard-coding keys and disabling logs increase legal and security risk rather than reducing it.

About the CISP-SSDP Exam

CISP-SSDP (Certified Information Security Professional — Software Security Development Professional; 注册信息安全专业人员-软件安全开发专业人员) is China's CNITSEC personnel-registration credential for software developers, architects, testers, project managers, and infrastructure maintainers who must build security into the software lifecycle. The official 11 October 2025 knowledge-system outline, co-published with Venustech (启明星辰), covers six knowledge classes: cybersecurity laws and regulations; software-security foundations including SDLC versus SSDLC; secure-development core (requirements, threat modeling, architecture, secure coding, SAST, DAST, fuzzing); advanced protection and DevSecOps (IAST, RASP, penetration-testing methodology, SCA, CI/CD, monitoring); governance and software supply-chain protection; and hands-on software-security practice. The real exam is mixed (20 MCQ points + 80 practical points, 70% pass) and delivered in Chinese. This OpenExamPrep bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation of that outline.

Assessment

Mixed computer-based credential exam: objective items worth 20 points plus practical items worth 80 points. Knowledge-class weights are cybersecurity laws 10% (objective), software-security foundations 10% (objective), secure-development core 20% (objective + practical), advanced protection and DevSecOps 20% (objective + practical), governance and supply-chain protection 10% (objective + practical), and software-security development practice 30% (objective + practical).

Time Limit

Not published in the official 11 October 2025 CISP-SSDP knowledge-system outline

Passing Score

70 out of 100 points (70%), inclusive

Exam Fee

RMB 1,000 examination fee (考试费); authorized training RMB 9,800; registration RMB 500; three-year annuity RMB 1,500; retake RMB 500 (China Information Technology Security Evaluation Center (CNITSEC / 中国信息安全测评中心), with Venustech (北京启明星辰信息安全技术有限公司) as R&D, training, and operations partner)

CISP-SSDP Exam Content Outline

10%

Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations (网络安全法律法规)

Cyber power strategy, cyberspace as a sovereignty domain, CIA and information-assurance frameworks, China's cybersecurity legal system (including the Cybersecurity Law, Data Security Law, and Personal Information Protection Law), professional ethics, and domestic/international information-security standards

10%

Software Security Foundations (软件安全基础概述)

Software characteristics, the three software crises, enterprise and supply-chain risk, traditional SDLC models, the cost of late-stage security, shift-left, and SSDLC stages from requirements through operations

20%

Secure Software Development Core (软件安全开发核心)

Security-requirement sources and user stories, STRIDE and DFD threat modeling, secure design principles and identity/API patterns, GB/T 38674-2020 secure coding, SAST, DAST, and fuzz testing

20%

Advanced Protection and DevSecOps (高级防护与DevSecOps)

IAST and RASP, black/white/gray-box penetration-testing methodology, SCA and SBOM, CI/CD and IaC security, OS/middleware/container/cloud hardening, SIEM, and incident response

10%

Software Security Governance and Supply-Chain Protection (软件安全治理与供应链防护)

COBIT and NIST CSF-style governance, security culture, compliance and software-security audit, dependency and vendor risk, code signing, pipeline hardening, and AI-generated-code review

30%

Software Security Development Practice (软件安全开发实践)

Conceptual identification and code-level defenses for injection, XSS, CSRF, IDOR, file upload, SSRF, insecure deserialization, API BOLA/BFLA, weak crypto, and SAST/DAST/SCA/CI/CD tool practice without exploit payloads

How to Pass the CISP-SSDP Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: 70 out of 100 points (70%), inclusive
  • Assessment: Mixed computer-based credential exam: objective items worth 20 points plus practical items worth 80 points. Knowledge-class weights are cybersecurity laws 10% (objective), software-security foundations 10% (objective), secure-development core 20% (objective + practical), advanced protection and DevSecOps 20% (objective + practical), governance and supply-chain protection 10% (objective + practical), and software-security development practice 30% (objective + practical).
  • Time limit: Not published in the official 11 October 2025 CISP-SSDP knowledge-system outline
  • Exam fee: RMB 1,000 examination fee (考试费); authorized training RMB 9,800; registration RMB 500; three-year annuity RMB 1,500; retake RMB 500

Keys to Passing

  • Work through all 100 available questions
  • Review every answer and explanation
  • Track weak areas and revisit them
  • Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

CISP-SSDP Study Tips from Top Performers

1Treat this English MCQ bank as concept drill for the 20-point objective section and as judgment practice for the 80-point practical block — you still need lab time with SAST, DAST, SCA, and CI/CD tools.
2Memorize the six official knowledge-class weights and which classes are objective-only (laws; foundations) versus objective-plus-practical (core, DevSecOps, governance/supply chain, practice).
3For Chinese law items, distinguish the Cybersecurity Law (network operation and CII), the Data Security Law (data processing and classification), and the Personal Information Protection Law (personal information) rather than mixing them into one generic privacy statute.
4Be able to place SAST, DAST, IAST, RASP, SCA, and fuzzing on the lifecycle: what each can and cannot see, and why a CI/CD quality gate usually needs more than one of them.
5Practice STRIDE against a simple data-flow diagram and map each threat to a control (authentication, integrity, non-repudiation, confidentiality, availability, authorization).
6On vulnerability items, study the safe coding control (parameterized queries, output encoding, CSRF tokens, authorization checks, URL allowlists) — the official practical block tests analysis and defense, not payload writing.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CISP-SSDP and who issues it?

CISP-SSDP (Certified Information Security Professional — Software Security Development Professional; 注册信息安全专业人员-软件安全开发专业人员) is issued by the China Information Technology Security Evaluation Center (CNITSEC / 中国信息安全测评中心). Venustech (北京启明星辰信息安全技术有限公司) is the official R&D, training, and operations partner.

What is the official exam format and passing score?

The 11 October 2025 knowledge-system outline states that the exam uses multiple-choice and practical items totaling 100 points: 20 points for multiple-choice and 80 points for practical work. A score of 70 or above (inclusive) is a pass. Session length is not published in that outline.

Is this practice bank an official Chinese exam simulation?

No. The official assessment is delivered in Chinese and is mixed MCQ plus practical. OpenExamPrep publishes one English-language MCQ study bank at this URL as a study aid. It is not an official translation, not a practical-lab simulator, and not a substitute for authorized training.

Are there education or experience prerequisites?

The October 2025 white paper states there is no education or work-experience requirement. Candidates should have basic software-development ability or intend to work in software development, complete authorized training, pass the exam, accept the professional code of ethics, and complete registration.

What does the credential cost, and how long is it valid?

The October 2025 white paper lists RMB 9,800 training, RMB 1,000 exam, RMB 500 registration, and RMB 1,500 three-year annuity (RMB 12,800 combined), with a RMB 500 retake fee. The certificate is valid for three years and must be maintained through the operations center.

What topics are weighted on the official outline?

Cybersecurity laws 10%, software-security foundations 10%, secure-development core 20%, advanced protection and DevSecOps 20%, governance and supply-chain protection 10%, and software-security development practice 30%.