Course Overview

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is one of the most globally recognized certifications in the information security profession. 

The first version of the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) was finalized in 1992 and the CISSP credential was launched two years later. The initial groups that joined together to form the consortium included the Canadian Information Processing Society, The Computer Security Institute, The Data Processing Management Association and two of its special interest groups. Idaho State University, The Information Systems Security Association and the International Federation for Information Processing. Well, it's been a long time since 1992, 1994 timeframe and with more than 116,000 certified professionals worldwide, it has earned its place among these credentials through quality of work performed by his distinguished holders and based on the work of the founders. 

Intended Audience

This Course is suitable for anyone wanting to become certified as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Prerequisites of the Certifications

The CISSP continues to be the most in-demand information security professional certification currently available. So as you would expect, there are some qualifications that have to be met for any holder. Before you take the exam, each candidate should look at their own background. Their working history to be eligible for the CISSP should include:

• Five years full time paid work experience
• Four years of experience with a recent college degree or four years of experience with an approved security certification. Some examples include the CAP also from (ISC)², the CISM or the CISA, both from ISACA, Security+, CCNA Security, the MCSA or MCSE and the GIAC or any of its certifications from the SANS Institute 
• If you haven't met quite the level of those qualifications, taking the exam and being successful will make you an associate of (ISC)²  

Learning Objectives

A CISSP Professional will be required to demonstrate proficiency and sound security knowledge across 8 different domains that construct the CISSP curriculum. These domains are set out as follows:

1. Security and risk management
2. Asset security
3. Security architecture and engineering
4. Communication and network security
5. Identity and access management
6. Security assessment and testing
7. Security operations 
8. Software development security

Agenda

This course on its release 'Preview' contains the CISSP course introduction and content for Domain 1. Over the next few weeks, content for the remaining domains will be added to ensure you are ready and prepared to tackle this much sought after security certification. 

CISSP Introduction

We begin with an introduction to the certification and what you can expect from the content contained within this course. This introduction allows you to gain further insight into:

• The history of the certification
• The prerequisites required for obtaining the CISSP certification
• The 8 different domains which construct the certification
• The exam format
• How to register for the exam
• How to become involved within the community once you have obtained your CISSP certification

DOMAIN 1 - Security and Risk Management

Module 1:

• An understanding of what confidentiality, integrity, and availability is and how it applies to information security and how to apply those concepts in the real world
• How to apply security governance principles
• An understanding of compliance, and how it plays a huge role within security and risk management
• How legal and regulatory issues that pertain to cybersecurity within a global context
  

Module 2:

• Understanding professional ethics 
• How to develop and implement documented security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines and the differences between them 
• Understand the fundamentals of business continuity requirements How to contribute to personnel security policies 
• Understanding personnel security policies
  

Module 3:

• An introduction to risk, including qualitative and quantitative risk assessments
• How to identify threats and vulnerabilities
• The risk assessment analysis process, including risk assignment or acceptance
• The different security and audit frameworks and methodologies, and how to implement the program elements
• Risk frameworks
  

Module 4:

• Threat modeling and how to apply these modes within your environment
• How to integrate security risk considerations into acquisitions strategy and practice
• How to establish and manage security education, training, and awareness within your organization

DOMAIN 2 - Asset security

Module 1:

• Classifying Information and Supporting Assets
• Determine and Maintain Ownership
• Protect Privacy

Module 2:

• Ensure Appropriate Retention
• Determine Data Security Controls
• Establish Handling Requirements

Module 3:

• Conducting or facilitating internal and third-party audits

Domain 3 - Security Architecture and Engineering

Module 1:

• Implement and manage an engineering life cycle using security design principles
• Understand fundamental concepts of security models
• Security Frameworks

Module 2:

• Capturing and assessing requirements
• Select controls and countermeasures based upon information systems security standards
• Understand the security capabilities of information systems

Module 3:

• Vulnerabilities of system architectures
• Cloud Computing
• Key encryption and ciphers
• Symmetric and asymmetric cryptography

Module 4:

• The history of cryptography
• Principles and life-cycles of cryptography
• Public key infrastructure (PKI)
• Digital signatures and digital rights management

Module 5:

• Common attacks against cryptography
• Assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in web-based systems
• Assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in mobile systems

Module 6:

• Assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in embedded devices and cyber-physical systems
• Apply secure principles to site and facility design
• Design and implement facility security

DOMAIN 4 - Communication and network security

Module 1:

• Apply secure design principles and network architecture
• IP Version 6, ports, protocols and network categories
• Wireless networks, network scaling, security issues and network segmentation

Module 2:

• Securing network components
• Instant messaging, VPNs, In-transit encryption and remote access
• Casting, network topologies, VLANs, SDN/SDS architecture

Module 3:

• Prevent or mitigate network attacks
• IDS/IPS, network scanning and network attacks

DOMAIN 5 - Identity and access management

Module 1:

• Identity and access management
• Managing identification and authentication of people and devices

Module 2:

• Managing systems features supporting and enforcing access control
• Accountability

Module 3:

• Identity as a Service 
• Integrating third-party identity services
• Implementing and managing authorization mechanisms
• Preventing or mitigating access control attacks
• Managing the identity and access provisioning life-cycle

 

DOMAIN 6 - Security assessment and testing

Module 1:

• Security assessment and testing
• Security control testing

Module 2:

• Security throughout the development life-cycle
• Maintenance tasks
• Collecting security process data

Module 3:

• Conducting or facilitating internal and third-party audits

DOMAIN 7 - Security operations 

Module 1:

• Understanding and supporting investigations
• Understanding requirements for investigation types
• Conducting logging and monitoring activities
• Securing provisioning of resources through configuration management
• Understanding and applying foundational security operations concepts

Module 2:

• Employing resource protection techniques
• Conducting incident response
• Operating and maintaining preventative measures
• Implementing and supporting patch and vulnerability management
• Participating in and understanding change management processes

Module 3:

• Implementing recovery strategies
• Implementing disaster recovery processes
• Testing the disaster recovery plan

Module 4:

• Participating in business continuity planning
• Implementing and managing physical security
• Participating in personnel safety

DOMAIN 8 - Software Development Security

Module 1:

• Understanding and applying security in the software development life cycle
• Enforcing security controls in the development environment

Module 2:

• The Database environment
• Software Development and the world of the web

Module 3:

• Considerations or secure software development
• Assessing the effectiveness of software security
• Assessing software acquisition security

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