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CISSP Prep:
4 Steps to Achieve
Your Certification
Practice for the exam and keep your skills sharp
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Thank you for downloading our CISSP certification guide.
Aside from this handy PDF, you can also access critical CISSP
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Obtaining CISSP certification is globally recognized as a
standard of achievement for security professionals. Today,
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require the certification for a position, thus giving CISSPs a
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In partnership with global information security educator and

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Step 1: Test Your Knowledge
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First, test your knowledge by taking the CISSP practice exam.

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This is a free benefit to SearchSecurity.com members. We encourage you to
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In this e-guide
Step 2: Study for the CISSP Test with
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Learn more about CISSP domains
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The CISSP exam covers 8 subject areas, which are referred to as domains.
These domains are drawn from various security topics within the (ISC)²
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Common Body of Knowledge, a framework of best practices,
methodologies, technologies, and concepts.
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The CISSP candidate must have at least 5 years of paid full-time experience
in 2 or more of the domains.

Prepare for the 8 domains listed below with 10 free lessons from
SearchSecurity’s CISSP Essentials Security School, featuring videos,
tutorials, and sample exam questions.

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The 10 lessons in CISSP Essentials Security School are broken down into
In this e-guide three domain groups. The first three domains focus on securing assets and
reveal the essential elements to build an organizational enterprise security
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protect every company's primary information asset: its data.
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Domains 4-6 focus on securing the infrastructure as they reveal the nuts
and bolts of how to best apply security to everyday computer and business
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operations. Fundamental concepts explored in the sessions include how to
effectively design security architectures, implement secure networks and
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build security into applications and systems.

About SearchSecurity p.11 Finally domains 7-10 cover the business of security, an area that is ignored
far too often in some of today's "status quo" enterprises. Security is often
thought of exclusively in terms of technology, but corporate security is much
more. It involves everything from governance, business management and
regulatory compliance, to an understanding of physical security, disaster
recovery and the law.

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An Overview of the 8 CISSP Domains
Step 1: Test p.2  Security and Risk Management (Security, Risk, Compliance, Law,
Regulations, and Business Continuity)
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 Confidentiality, integrity, and availability concepts
 Security governance principles
Step 3: Practice p.9  Compliance
 Legal and regulatory issues
Step 4: Schedule p.10  Professional ethic
 Security policies, standards, procedures and guidelines

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 Asset Security (Protecting Security of Assets)

 Information and asset classification

 Ownership (e.g. data owners, system owners)
 Protect privacy
 Appropriate retention
 Data security controls
 Handling requirements (e.g. markings, labels, storage)

 Security Engineering (Engineering and Management of Security)

 Engineering processes using secure design principles

 Security models fundamental concepts
 Security evaluation models

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 Security capabilities of information systems

In this e-guide  Security architectures, designs, and solution elements
vulnerabilities
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 Web-based systems vulnerabilities
 Mobile systems vulnerabilities
 Embedded devices and cyber-physical systems vulnerabilities
Step 2: Study p.3  Cryptography
 Site and facility design secure principles
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 Physical security

 Communication and Network Security (Designing and Protecting

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Network Security)

About SearchSecurity p.11  Secure network architecture design (e.g. IP & non-IP protocols,
segmentation)
 Secure network components
 Secure communication channels
 Network attacks

 Identity and Access Management (Controlling Access and Managing

Identity)

 Physical and logical assets control

 Identification and authentication of people and devices
 Identity as a service (e.g. cloud identity)
 Third-party identity services (e.g. on-premise)
 Access control attacks

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 Identity and access provisioning lifecycle (e.g. provisioning

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Step 1: Test p.2  Security Assessment and Testing (Designing, Performing, and
Analyzing Security Testing)
Step 2: Study p.3  Assessment and test strategies
 Security process data (e.g. management and operational
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 Security control testing
 Test outputs (e.g. automated, manual)
Step 4: Schedule p.10  Security architectures vulnerabilities

About SearchSecurity p.11  Security Operations (Foundational Concepts, Investigations, Incident

Management, and Disaster Recovery)

 Investigations support and requirements

 Logging and monitoring activities
 Provisioning of resources
 Foundational security operations concepts
 Resource protection techniques
 Incident management
 Preventative measures
 Patch and vulnerability management
 Change management processes
 Recovery strategies
 Disaster recovery processes and plans

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 Business continuity planning and exercises

In this e-guide  Physical security
 Personnel safety concerns
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 Software Development Security (Understanding, Applying, and
Enforcing Software Security)
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 Security in the software development lifecycle
Step 3: Practice p.9  Development environment security controls
 Software security effectiveness
 Acquired software security impact
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Buy the Official (ISC)² “Guide to the CISSP CBK”
Find all official ISC² textbooks here.

All (ISC)² members receive 50% off Official (ISC)² Textbooks as a member
benefit.

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In this e-guide
Step 3: Retake the CISSP Practice Exam
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This practice session will offer you a preview of 20 questions pulled straight
from previous CISSP exams to give you a sneak peak of what the
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certification exam entails.

Step 3: Practice p.9 Come back daily for a new batch of questions and check out our related
study resources to help boost your score.
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As a member of SearchSecurity, you have free access to our database of
CISSP practice test questions, presented in cooperation with (ISC)².
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In this e-guide
Step 4: Schedule your Exam Date
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You can schedule your exam with Pearson Vue (ISC)² testing partner.

Step 2: Study p.3 Already a CISSP?

SearchSecurity.com has the resources you need to earn your CPEs --

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including these (ISC)² approved methods:

Step 4: Schedule p.10 • Attend a local, live seminar with industry experts.

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• Go online and participate in one of our Virtual Events.

• Stay informed with Information Security magazine.

• Use our free online training courses

Learn more about SearchSecurity.com's CPE options.

What is CISSP?

• To learn more about CISSP certification check out their website.

• And for more information, please email (ISC)² Education or call

+1.866.462.4777 (toll-free in North America only) or +1.703.891.6781
outside the United States.

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