Systems Security To Information Security: Your Guide To Success

Those who apply for CISSP require at least four years of direct full time security professional security work in one or more of the ten domains. They must also subscribe to the Code of ethics for security professionals. There is Continuing Profession Education needed to retain validation of the certificate gained.

CISSP has become the most popular certifications that is earned after a six hour rigorous CISSP exam. The first thing to do is go to the website www.isc2.org to see the requirements. If you have the pre requisites then you can start preparing for the examination

CISSP Study Resources

Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) covers 10 domains which is further divided approximately into 120 topics some of which you may already know. The following link could help you identify details of the domains

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid14_gci1011810,00.html

• Access Control Systems and Methodology
• Applications and Systems Development Security
• Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)
• Cryptography
• Law, Investigation and Ethics
• Operations Security
• Physical Security
• Security Architecture and Models
• Security Management Practices
• Telecommunications and Network Security

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This proves helpful in giving you some specific information about the exam and topics of study as well as CISSP study suggestions. It will also give you learning resources for the examinations. The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium recommends an exam guide. This is along with "The Information Security Management Handbook". Look up is there are any CISSP training centers recommended by the vendor’s website. Also look if there are any discussion forums from which you can gain more information.

Study Material

Books written by experts are the best material for study. It is clear and has a logical structure to it. Books can be of two types a CISSP study guide/practice guide that gives you all the topics concerned. The chapters end with practice questions that evaluate your understanding of the topic concerned.

Many books come along with the CD that gives a graphical explanation. The CD may also serve as an CISSP online training and reference to the book with even software’s that help you in some practical aspect of security. Some CD’s contain practice examinations to help you get familiar with the examination.

You could look up reviews of various books online and decide on which book is the best option for you and make a buy. Amazon is a good site that offers reviews of the books as well. Some good books are

• The CISSP Prep Guide -- Mastering the Ten Domains of Computer Security
• CISSP Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

The second books comes with a CD (includes simulated exam, questions and answers, electronic format of the books, and a computer demo on cryptography)

Online resources are many but the caution is information from some sources may not be correct. You could look for online study guides some of which are downloadable. You could also browse based on topics in the syllabus. Some specialized sites provide for links or even material and are called brain dumps.

These could help you organize all the topics and download material from the net for free or a small sum. Some of the places you could go to for online material are

https://www.isc2.org/cgi-bin/request_studyguide.cgi

http://www.cccure.org/

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/cissp/

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