Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

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The CISSP certification specialization will prepare students for the rigorous CISSP exam. Our individual courses provide in-depth coverage across all eight domains per ISC2, broken down into manageable sections a student can review at their own pace. Our instructor is an industry veteran with over 25 years of experience, both in the field and in the classroom. The courses included in this learning path are organized and taught in such a way to allow maximum retention of information. Through the use of real-world scenarios, analogies and humor, the CISSP material comes to life. An individual who completes this learning path will gain knowledge equivalent to that of a seasoned professional and should be able to implement the learned skills, delivering value to any organization.

Syllabus

Course 1: CISSP Domain 1: Security and Risk Management
Course 2: CISSP Domain 2: Asset Security
Course 3: CISSP Domain 3: Security Architecture and Engineering
Course 4: CISSP Domain 4: Communication and Network Security
Course 5: CISSP Domain 5: Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Course 6: CISSP Domain 6: Security Assessment and Testing
Course 7: CISSP Domain 7: Security Operations
Course 8: CISSP Domain 8: Software development security

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3 hours 8 minutes
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We being our journey into CISSP with Domain 1. This course begins with the basic fundamentals of information security and builds to discuss the roles of information security governance, the importance of security frameworks, takes a look at laws and regulations impacting cyber security and examines how all the pieces fit together to provide an information security program that delivers value to the enterprise.e.g. This is primarily aimed at first- and second-year undergraduates interested in engineering or science, along with high school students and professionals with an interest in programming.
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1 hour 12 minutes
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One of the most important jobs an information security professional has is the protection of organizational assets. We will look at the various types of assets and discuss their value. We will then look at common threats to information and their mitigation, providing coverage throughout the entire data life cycle.
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2 hours 45 minutes
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In this course, we will cover Domain 3 of the CISSP exam, which focuses on security architecture and engineering. We introduce principles of security design like “secure-by-default” and principles of least privilege. We will examine security models on which systems can be built and look at the hardware, software and firmware that will enforce these models. We will also dive into cloud services and CISSP. Beginning with a high-level overview of how cloud computing works, you'll see different deployment models, different service structures and the various security risks inherent in each model.
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5 hours 38 minutes
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This course focuses on Domain 4 of the CISSP exam, covering network security. It begins with an in-depth look at the OSI Reference Model. At each layer, we will discuss functionality, threats/vulnerabilities and common mitigation strategies. In addition, we will focus on firewalls, proxy servers and remote access solutions. It also covers the security services that cryptography can provide and examine common terms like initialization vectors, salts, hashing, algorithms and keys. We will then build on this foundation to explore symmetric, asymmetric and hybrid cryptography and look at its practical implementations.
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1 hour 37 minutes
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The Identity and Access Management course corresponds to Domain 5 of the CISSP exam. It provides an insight into the steps of access control. We will begin by discussing identity management and provisioning/deprovisioning accounts. We will then move to the AAA functions of authentication, authorization and accounting. We will additionally cover the concepts of single sign-on in local domains, as well as across the internet.
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1 hour 23 minutes
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Security assessment and testing is the focus of Domain 6 on the CISSP exam. We will look at the processes and systems necessary to provide an insight into the organization’s security posture. We will explore security tests, vulnerability analysis and penetration testing, then look at security devices like SIEM systems, intrusion detection systems and honeypots.
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4 hours 5 minutes
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This course covers Domain 7 of the CISSP exam, focusing on security operations. In it we will look at incident response and forensic investigations, including response planning and change management. We'll also discuss how to keep your systems ready for anything with redundancy and how to plan ahead with a module on contingency planning, including facility recovery and testing. And finally, we'll explore physical security, including site and facility design; fire safety and prevention; and data center security.
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4 hours 32 minutes
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This course examines the need to provide security throughout the SDLC, which aligns with Domain 8 on the CISSP exam. We will compare and contrast Agile and the waterfall methodologies, and look at the assessment of web applications and more traditional applications. We will examine common threats like cross-site scripting, buffer overflows and race conditions. Finally, we will examine databases and their vulnerabilities/solutions.