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Domain 01 - Security and Risk Management

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Security and Risk Management: Understanding, Adhering to, and Promoting Professional Ethics
  • Knowledge Check
  • Understanding and Applying Security Concepts
  • Evaluating and Applying Security Governance Principles: Goals, Mission, and Objectives
  • Control Frameworks, Due Care, and Due Diligence
  • Knowledge Check
  • Determining Compliance and Other Requirements
  • Understanding Legal and Regulatory Issues Pertain to Information Security in a Holistic Context
  • Types of Intellectual Property (IP) Law
  • OECD Principles, GDPR, and Data Protection Principles
  • Understanding Requirements for Investigation Types
  • Knowledge Check
  • Developing, Documenting, and Implementing Security Policy, Standards, Procedures, and Guidelines
  • Knowledge Check
  • Need for Business Continuity Planning (BCP): Phases and Business Impact Analysis
  • Identifying Preventive Controls
  • Knowledge Check
  • Contributing to and Enforcing Personnel Security Policies and Procedures
  • Introduction to Risk Management Concepts
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Analysis and Assessment: Countermeasure Selection
  • Risk Handling and Security Control Assessment (SCA)
  • Risk Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
  • Knowledge Check
  • Understanding and Applying Threat Modeling Concepts and Methodologies: Steps
  • DREAD Rating Knowledge Check
  • Applying Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Concepts: Third-Party Management and Risks
  • Third-Party Risk Management Life Cycle
  • Knowledge Check
  • Establishing and Maintaining a Security Awareness, Education, and Training Program
  • Program Effectiveness: Evaluation
  • Knowledge Check
  • Quick Recap
  • Knowledge Check

Domain 02 - Asset Security

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Asset Security
  • Identifying and Classifying Information and Assets: Objectives of Information Classification
  • Knowledge Check
  • Establishing Information and Asset Handling Requirements: Provisioning Resources Securely
  • Managing the Data Life Cycle
  • Data Life Cycle: Create, Store, and Use
  • Data Life Cycle: Share, Archive, and Destroy: Data Remanence and Data Destruction
  • Knowledge Check
  • Ensuring Appropriate Asset Retention: Data and Data Security Controls and Control Selection
  • Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
  • Quick Recap
  • Knowledge Check

Domain 03 - Security Architecture and Engineering

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Security Engineering
  • Researching, Implementing, and Managing Engineering Processes Using Trust but Verify and Zero Trust
  • Privacy by Design
  • Knowledge Check
  • Understanding the Fundamental Concepts of Security Models
  • State Machine Model, Multilevel Lattice Model, Non-Interference Model, and Information Flow Model
  • Types of Security Models
  • Composition Theories, Covert Channels, and Open and Closed Systems
  • Knowledge Check
  • Selecting Controls Based on System Security Requirements: Security Capabilities of Information Systems
  • Knowledge Check
  • Assessing and Mitigating the Vulnerabilities of Security Architectures: SCADA
  • Security Concerns of ICS: Cloud Computing Categorization of Cloud
  • Internet of Things
  • Fog and Edge Computing
  • Knowledge Check
  • Selecting and Determining Cryptographic Solutions: Cryptosystem Elements
  • Encryption Methods
  • Data Encryption Standards
  • Output Feedback, Counter, and Triple DES: Advanced Encryption Standards and Asymmetric Cryptography
  • Public Key Infrastructure
  • PKI Certificate and Processes: PKI Process Steps
  • Hashing, MAC, and Digital Signatures: Key Management Principles
  • Knowledge Check
  • Methods of Cryptanalytic Attacks
  • Knowledge Check
  • Applying Security Principles to Site and Facility Design: Designing Site and Facility Security Controls
  • Personnel Access Controls and Environmental Security Controls: Classes of Fires
  • Other Security Controls
  • HVAC, Power Supply, and Training
  • Knowledge Check
  • Quick Recap
  • Knowledge Check

Domain 04 - Communications and Network Security

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Communications and Network Security: Assessing and Implementing Secure Design Principles, Physical Layer, and Data Link Layer
  • Network Layer and Transport Layer
  • Session Layer and Presentation Layer: Application Layer and Protocols
  • Knowledge Check
  • IP Addressing
  • IPv6 and Its Address Structures
  • Knowledge Check
  • Internet Security Protocol (IPsec) and IPsec Security Protocols
  • Secure Access Protocols
  • Implementation of Multilayer Protocol, Fiber Channels, and Micro-Segmentation: SDN and Wireless Technologies
  • Cellular Network and CDN
  • Knowledge Check
  • Understanding Network Access Control (NAC) and Endpoint Security
  • Knowledge Check
  • Implementing Secure Communication Channels
  • Application-Level Gateway, Circuit-Level Gateway, and Network Security Terms: Remote Access Technologies
  • VPN Protocols
  • VPN Protocols: Comparison
  • Multimedia Collaboration, Network Function Virtualization, and Network Attacks
  • Quick Recap
  • Knowledge Check

Domain 05 - Identity and Access Management (IAM)

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Identity and Access Management (IAM): Controlling Physical and Logical Access to Assets
  • Managing Identification and Authentication of People, Devices, and Services
  • Biometrics and Accuracy Measurement: Passwords and Their Types
  • Tokens, Token Devices, and Authorization
  • Federated Identity Management (FIM) and Credential Management System
  • Single Sign-On (SSO) and Just-In-Time (JIT)
  • Knowledge Check
  • Federated Identity with a Third-Party Service: Implementing and Managing Authorization Mechanisms
  • Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) and Risk-Based Access Control
  • Knowledge Check
  • Managing the Identity and Access Provisioning Life Cycle: Privilege Escalation
  • Implementing Authentication Systems
  • Kerberos and Its Steps, RADIUS, TACACS, and TACACS Plus
  • Quick Recap
  • Knowledge Check

Domain 06 - Security Assessment and Testing

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Security Assessment and Testing
  • Designing and Validating Assessment, Test, and Audit Strategies: SOC Reports and Security Assessments
  • Internal, External, and Third-Party Audit and Assessment: Vulnerability Assessment
  • Network Discovery Scan
  • Network Vulnerability Scan and Web Vulnerability Scan: Penetration Testing
  • Penetration Testing Process and Testing Types: Log Management and Review
  • Security Testing in SDLC: Code Review and Testing Methods
  • Interface Testing
  • Knowledge Check
  • Collecting Security Process Data: KPI Process
  • Knowledge Check
  • Analyzing Test Output and Generating Reports
  • Quick Recap
  • Knowledge Check

Domain 07 - Security Operations

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Security Operations: Understanding and Complying with Investigations and Digital Forensics
  • Understanding Digital Evidences
  • Knowledge Check
  • Conducting Logging and Monitoring Activities
  • Knowledge Check
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • Digital Forensics Tools, Tactics, Procedures, Artifacts, and UEBA
  • Knowledge Check
  • Performing Configuration Management
  • Applying Foundational Security Operation Concepts
  • Identity and Access Management with Various Types of Accounts: Applying Resource Protection
  • Controls for Protecting Assets: Conducting Incident Management
  • Understanding Incident Response Life Cycle
  • Knowledge Check
  • Operating and Maintaining Detective and Preventive Measures
  • Understanding Anti-Malware Systems, AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning: Implementing and Supporting Patch and Vulnerability Management
  • Understanding and Participating in Change Management Processes: Implementing Recovery Strategies
  • Types of Recoveries: Operational Recovery and Recovery Pattern Strategies
  • Redundancy and Fault Tolerance Knowledge Check
  • Implementing Disaster Recovery (DR) Processes Knowledge Check
  • Testing Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP)
  • Knowledge Check
  • Participating in Business Continuity (BC) Planning and Exercises: Implementing and Managing Physical Security
  • Importance of Lighting in Security Management: Access Control
  • Knowledge Check
  • Addressing Personnel Safety and Security Concerns
  • Quick Recap
  • Knowledge Check

Domain 08 - Software Development Security

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Software Development Security
  • Integrating Security in the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Software Development Models
  • Extreme Programming Model
  • DevOps and DevSecOps
  • CMM and SAMM
  • Change Management and Integrated Product Team (IPT)
  • Knowledge Check
  • Security Controls in Software Development Ecosystems
  • Other Security Controls in Software Development Ecosystems
  • Software Configuration Management (SCM)
  • Database and Data Warehousing Environments
  • Knowledge Check
  • Assessing the Effectiveness of Software Security
  • Software Security and Assurance: Granularity of Controls and Separation of Environments
  • Software Security and Assurance: TOC or TOU, Prevention of Social Engineering, Backup, Software Forensics, Cryptography
  • Software Security and Assurance: Password Protection, Mobile Mode Controls, and Sandbox: Strong Language Support, XML, and SAML
  • Assessing the Effectiveness of Software Security: Free and Open Source Software
  • Knowledge Check
  • Defining and Applying Secure Coding Guidelines and Standards
  • Web Application Environment
  • Knowledge Check
  • Quick Recap
  • Knowledge Check

Requirements

To obtain a CISSP certification, candidates must have five or more years of full-time professional experience in two or more of the eight domains of the CISSP – (ISC)² CBK 2018. Students enrolled in CISSP training with less than five years of experience will receive an (ISC)² associate title.

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