CISSP® Boot Camp

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) is one of the top certifications in information security. It vouches to a practitioner’s understanding of cybersecurity strategy and their ability to effectively design, implement, and manage a cybersecurity program. As the certification entails (ISC)² membership, certified professionals will further gain exclusive resources, tools, and networking opportunities.

Through this CISSP training, you will prepare for the certification exam by thoroughly studying the topics included in the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). You will especially gain competence in the eight domains of CISSP to effectively stem cyber-attacks, expand skillset to meet organizational needs, and advance your own career.

Learning Objectives

In addition to preparing you for the certification examination, this CISSP training will help you achieve the following learning objectives as defined by (ISC)²:

• Understand and apply fundamental concepts and methods related to the fields of information technology and security
• Align overall organizational operational goals with security functions and implementations
• Understand how to protect assets of the organization as they go through their lifecycle
• Understand the concepts, principles, structures and standards used to design, implement, monitor and secure operating systems, equipment, networks, applications and those controls used to enforce various levels of confidentiality, integrity and availability
• Implement system security through the application of security design principles and application of appropriate security control mitigations for vulnerabilities present in common information system types and architectures
• Understand the importance of cryptography and the security services it can provide in today’s digital and information age
• Understand the impact of physical security elements on information system security and apply secure design principles to evaluate or recommend appropriate physical security protections
• Understand the elements that comprise communication and network security coupled with a thorough description of how the communication and network systems function
• List the concepts and architecture that define the associated technology and implementation systems and protocols at Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model layers 1-7
• Identify standard terms for applying physical and logical access controls to environments related to their security practice
• Appraise various access control models to meet business security requirements
• Name primary methods for designing and validating test and audit strategies that support business requirements
• Enhance and optimize an organization’s operational function and capacity by applying and utilizing appropriate security controls and countermeasures
• Recognize risks to an organization’s operational endeavors and assess specific threats, vulnerabilities and controls
• Understand the System Lifecycle (SLC) and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and how to apply security to it; identify which security control(s) are appropriate for the development environment; and assess the effectiveness of software security

Who Should Attend this Training

• Chief information security officers
• Chief information officers
• Directors of security
• IT directors or managers
• Security managers, auditors, architects, and consultants
• Security systems engineers
• Security analysts
• Network architects

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for attending the CISSP training or attempting the certification exam.

To be certified, however, you should pass the exam and have at least five years of cumulative, paid work experience in two or more of the eight domains of the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK).

Examination Format

• 100 to 150 questions
• Multiple choice and advanced innovative questions
• 3 hours duration
• Passing criteria is 700 out of 1000 points
• Closed book exam

What’s Next?

CISSP certified practitioners can add to their knowledge with other Information Security Management certifications such as ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS) and Certified Information Security Manager Certified Information Security Manager (CISM®).