CISSP Certification
Instructor-Led Course (5 days)
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Outline Updated September 19 2003

The demand for security certified professionals is on the rise. Security certified individuals earned some of the highest pay increases during the last several years. Along with this growth in demand has come a rapid increase in the number of security certification programs. The CISSP Certification has clearly emerged as the key certification for security professionals. Recent salary surveys show that the average CISSP made over $80,000 in 2001 and their average salary is continuing to rise. Also, a large majority of new security related positions offered by employers now requires a CISSP certification. Are you ready to get a piece of the action? If so, you should consider undertakimg CISSP Certification.

Benefits

Our CISSP Certification prep course has been designed to provide the CISSP Certification information you need to master the CISSP Certification domains and be prepared to pass the exam. Students attending this class will find that the high quality of our course combined with the in-class practice test result in maximum return. What is the maximum return? Passing the test and walking away with the knowledge needed to perform at the CISSP Certification level.

Outline

1. Physical Security

• Secure site design
• Physical security requirements, configurations, and selection elements
• Access control and protection methods for facility, equipment, and personnel

2. Cryptography

• Cryptographic concepts, methods, and practices
• Public and private key algorithms and uses
• Key distribution and key management
• Digital signature construction and use
• Methods of attack, strength of function

3. Access Control Systems and Methodologies

• Access control concepts, methodologies, and implementation
• Access controls: detective, corrective, and preventative
• Access control techniques in centralized and decentralized environments
• Access control risks, vulnerabilities, and exposures

4. Security Models and Architecture

• Secure operating system principles, concepts, mechanisms, controls, and standards
• Secure architecture design, modeling, and protection
• Security models: confidentiality, integrity, information flow
• Government and commercial security requirements
• Common criteria, ITSEC, TCSEC, IETF IPSEC
• Technical platforms and security requirements

5. Telecommunications, Network, and Internet Security

• Basic networking theory and review of network security
• Voice communications, data communications, local area, wide area, and remote access
• Internet/Intranet/Extranet, firewalls, routers, and network protocols
• Telecommunication and network security preventative, detective, and corrective measures

6. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

• Business continuity planning, and business impact analysis
• Recovery strategies, recovery plan development, and implementation
• Disaster recovery planning, implementation, and restoration
• Disaster recovery vs. business continuity

7. Law Ethics and Investigations

• ISC2 rules and IAB ethics application
• Computer crime detection methods
• Applicable computer crime laws
• Forensics, evidence gathering, and preservation methods
• Computer crime investigation methods and techniques

8. Application and System Development Security

• System development process and security controls
• System development life-cycle, change controls, application controls, system and application integrity
• Database structure, concepts, design techniques, and security implications

9. Operations Security

• Operation security principles, techniques, and mechanisms
• Principles of good security practices
• Resource protection mechanisms and techniques
• Operations security preventative, detective, and corrective measures

10. Security Management Practices

• Identification of information assets
• Security management planning
• Security policy development including guidelines, standards, and procedures
• Data classification and marking
• AUP policies, best practices and security training
• Risk management tools and techniques

Prerequisites

The CISSP Certification program is targeted at professionals with at least 4 years of experience in the information security field or 3 years of experience and a college degree (or equivalent life experience. . Please review the CISSP Certification web site for complete information about CISSP Certification rules and requirements.