CISSP Exam Cram - Softcover

Gregg, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0137419554 ISBN 13: 9780137419555

Publisher: Pearson IT Certification, 2021

Synopsis

CISSP Exam Cram, Fifth Edition is the perfect study guide to help you pass the latest update to the eight-domain version of the CISSP exam. It offers knowledge and practice questions for every exam topic, with new coverage of asset retention, secure provisioning, crypto attacks, machine learning tools, threat hunting, risk-based access control, zero trust, SAML, SOAR, CASB, securing microservices, containers, managed services, and more.

Covers the critical information you'll need to score higher on your CISSP exam!

• Understand Security & Risk Management: ethics, security concepts, governance, compliance, law/regulation, policies/procedures, threat models, supply chain risk, awareness training, and more
• Ensure Secure Assets: identify/classify information and assets; handling requirements, resource provisioning, data lifecycles, retention
• Review Security Architecture & Engineering: secure processes and principles, security models and controls, system capabilities, vulnerability assessment/mitigation, crypto attacks/solutions, site/facility design and controls
• Improve Communication & Network Security: secure network architectures, components, and channels
• Strengthen Identity & Access Management (IAM): physical/logical access control, identification, authentication, federated identity services, authorization, identity/access provisioning
• Enhance Security Assessment & Testing: design/validate assessment, test, and audit strategies; test controls; collect process data; evaluate and report test results; conduct or support audits
• Manage Security Operations: investigations, logs, monitoring, resource protection, incident management, detection/prevention; configuration, patches, vulnerabilities, and change
• management; DR/BC, physical and personnel security, and more

About this title

About the Author

Michael Gregg has more than 20 years of experience in information security and risk management. He holds two associate's degrees, a bachelor's degree, and a master's degree. Some of the certifications he holds include CISSP, SSCP, MCSE, CTT+, A+, N+, Security+, CASP, CCNA, GSEC, CEH, CHFI, CEI, CISA, CISM, and CGEIT.

In addition to his experience performing security management, audits, and assessments, Gregg has authored or coauthored more than 25 books, including Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep (Que), CISSP Exam Cram 2 (Que), and Security Administrator Street Smarts (Sybex). He has testified before the U.S. Congress, his articles have been published on IT websites, and he has been sourced as an industry expert for CBS, ABC, CNN, Fox News, and the New York Times. He has created more than 15 security-related courses and training classes for various companies and universities. Although leading, building, and managing security programs is where he spends the bulk of his time, contributing to the written body of IT security knowledge is how Michael believes he can give something back to the community that has given him so much.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson IT Certification
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0137419554
• ISBN 13: 9780137419555
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 800