A rough study of Indeed acronym frequency when coupled with the word "security":
CISSP 12859 ISC main ITIL 7233 see also ITILv3 below (+162) CISA 5374 ISACA auditor CISM 3927 ISACA manager CompTIA 2857 a+, security+, network+, etc GIAC 2368 (any) CEH 2329 EC-Council GSE 1501 GIAC expert/advanced SSCP 1328 ISC – CISSP “lite” GCIH 1279 GIAC incident handling CRISC 804 ISACA risk “CCNA Security” 660 Cisco GPEN 554 GIAC pentester OSCP 475 Offensive Security GSLC 332 GIAC's CISSP analog GWAPT 253 GIAC web pentest “CCNP Security” 235 Cisco CCSE 228 Checkpoint GREM 219 GIAC reverse engineering malware ITILv3 162 See also ITIL above (+7233) “CCIE Security” 155 Cisco GCFE 140 GIAC forensic examiner OSCE 124 Offensive Security – advanced CSIH 100 Carnegie Mellon GXPN 73 GIAC exploit dev and advanced pentest GCWN 66 GIAC Windows security “Cisco CSS” 29 Cybersecurity Specialist – hard to search for right WCAN 4 Wireshark
