Terms of Service

By using CISSP.com and any of its services you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions:

  • Whenever you are allowed to post contents or comment, don't post anything vulgar, inflammatory, pornographic, etc.
  • Don't post spam.
  • Too many metalinks and tags are not accepted. If you try to advertises your products or services or boost your SEO, that's an abuse of the system.
  • Don't post just to sell something. Sure, talk up your projects, your skills, your talents, but don't use our sites and abuse our members by emailing them to buy somehting.
  • Don't launch into personal attacks. You're not going to agree with everyone, but name-calling will just cause trouble and will be regarded as flaming behavior.

CISSP.com is providing a framework for networking, discussions and user generated information to expand the knowledge base of information security and cyber security information. Please note that articles, as well as any other user content on the CISSP.com or any of its website (such as blogs, directory content, forums, comments, etc.), do not reflect the views or endorsements of CISSP.com, its staff, or its members. We recognize there may be inaccurate information reflected sometimes and that users should understand that something that appears on the Security Professionals Network does not mean that we vetted or endorsed that content.

CISSP.com reserves the right to take down anything you post on its site(s), for these or other reasons. If you don't agree to these terms, don't use this website. Violation of the terms in this document will result in the removal of the content and a warning from the site's administrators. A second violation will result in the removal of your user account.

Terms and Conditions of Use for CISSP.com and its website(s):

BY ACCESSING, BROWSING OR USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

This Web site is a service made available by CISSP.com. All software, documentation, information and/or other materials provided on and through this web site ("Content") may be used solely under the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Use"):

This Web site may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information, the terms of which must be observed and followed. The Content on this Web site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors and may be changed or updated without notice. CISSP.com may also make improvements and/or changes to the content at any time without notice.

CISSP.com and its members ("Members") assume no responsibility regarding the accuracy of content and use of content is at the user’s own risk. CISSP.com and its members provide no assurances that any reported problems with any content will be resolved. Except as otherwise expressly stated, by providing the content, neither CISSP.com or its Members grant any licenses to any copyrights, patents or any other intellectual property rights.

Users are solely responsible for all materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, that users upload, post, e-mail, transmit, or otherwise make available on our sites ("User Contents").

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from CISSP.com or any of its websites any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law.

CISSP.com and its members make no representations whatsoever about any other web site that you may access through CISSP.com or any of its websites. When you access a non-CISSP.com web site (one that doesn't contain the organization’s name or mark) please understand that it is independent from CISSP.com and that CISSP.com and its members have no control over the content on such web site. In addition, a link to a non-CISSP.com web site does not mean that CISSP.com or its members endorse or accept any responsibility for its content, or use, of such web site. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature.

IN NO EVENT WILL CISSP.COM AND /OR ITS MEMBERS BE LIABLE TO YOU (AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY) OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RELATED TO ANY USE OF ITS WEB SITE(S), THE CONTENT, OR ON ANY OTHER HYPER LINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF CISSP.COM OR THE MEMBERS ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OR AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES.

ALL CONTENT IS PROVIDED BY CISSP.COM AND/OR ITS MEMBERS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS ONLY. CISSP.COM AND ITS MEMBERS PROVIDE NO REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS AND/OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

CISSP.com reserve the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of these terms of use and to take any action it deems appropriate including, without limitation, reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to user profiles, e-mail addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information.

CISSP.com reserve the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these terms of use, including but not limited to the right to block access from a particular Internet address or account holder to its website(s).

Licenses

Except where otherwise noted, content on CISSP.com and its sites is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Content includes all materials posted by members. Visitors to CISSP.com website(S) agree to grant a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to the rest of the world for their submissions to CISSP.com and its sites under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Submissions includes but is not limited to white papers, dissertations, articles or other literary works, power point presentations, encyclopedias, anthologies, wikis, blogs, diagrams, drawings, sketches, photos or other images, audio content, video content and audiovisual materials.

COPPA prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with the collection, use, or disclosure of personally identifiable information from and about children under 13 on the Internet. The law requires operators to notify parents and obtain their consent before collecting, using, or disclosing children's personal information. No users are allowed on CISSP.com or its website(s) under the age of 18.

All logos and trademarks contained on this Web site are and remain the property of their respective owners. No licenses or other rights in or to such logos and/or trademarks are granted to you.

CISSP.com respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask users of our website(s) to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, subscribers or account holders who are deemed to be repeat infringers. We may also at our sole discretion limit access to our Web site and/or terminate the accounts of any user(s) who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

Notice and Procedure for Notifying Designated Agent of Claims of Copyright Infringement:

If you believe that any material on CISSP.com or its website(s) infringes upon any copyright which you own or control, or that any link on CISSP.com or its website(s) directs users to another web site that contains material that infringes upon any copyright which you own or control, you may file a notification of such infringement with our designated agent as set forth below. Notifications of claimed copyright infringement must be sent to the CISSP.com Designated Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement. You can submit a notification via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via the contact us option on our website(s) or by phone at 727.210.5204 or via fax at 813.426.3376.