CISSP Cert Guide (Certification Guide) - Softcover

Abernathy, Robin; Hayes, Darren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135343992 ISBN 13: 9780135343999

Publisher: Pearson IT Certification, 2024

Synopsis

In this comprehensive study guide, two leading experts help you master all the topics you need to know to succeed on the latest CISSP exam and advance your career in IT security. Their concise, focused approach explains every exam objective from a real-world perspective, helping you quickly identify weaknesses and retain everything you need to know.

Every feature of this book supports both efficient exam preparation and long-term mastery:

• Opening Topics Lists identify the topics you need to learn in each chapter and list (ISC)²’s official exam objectives
• Key Topic figures, tables, and lists call attention to the information that’s most crucial for exam success
• Exam Preparation Tasks enable you to review key topics, complete memory tables, define key terms, work through scenarios, and answer review questions…going beyond mere facts to master the concepts that are crucial to passing the exam and enhancing your career
• Key Terms are listed in each chapter and defined in a complete glossary, explaining all the field’s essential terminology

This study guide helps you master all the topics on the latest CISSP exam, deepening your knowledge of:

• Security and Risk Management
• Asset Security
• Security Architecture and Engineering
• Communication and Network Security
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Security Assessment and Testing
• Security Operations
• Software Development Security

About this title

About the Author

Robin M. Abernathy has been working in the IT certification preparation industry for more than 20 years. She has written and edited certification preparation materials for many (ISC)2, Microsoft, CompTIA, PMI, ITIL, ISACA, and GIAC certifications and holds multiple IT certifications from these vendors. Robin provides training on computer hardware and software, networking, security, and project management. Over the past decade, she has ventured into the traditional publishing industry by technically editing several publications and co-authoring Pearson’s CISSP Cert Guide and CASP+ Cert Guide and authoring Pearson’s Project+ Cert Guide. She presents at technical conferences and hosts webinars on IT certification topics.

 

Dr. Darren R. Hayes has close to 20 years of academic and professional experience in computer security and digital forensics. He has authored numerous publications in these fields, including A Practical Guide to Digital Forensics Investigations, which is published by Pearson. He is Associate Professor at Pace University, where he is the founder and director of the Seidenberg Digital Forensics Research Lab. He holds numerous IT certifications in security and digital forensics and holds a PhD from Sapienza University in Italy and a doctorate from Pace University. Darren is also a professional digital forensics examiner and has supported both criminal and civil investigations over the past decade and a half. He has also been declared an expert witness in federal court.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson IT Certification
• Publication date: 2024
• ISBN 10: 0135343992
• ISBN 13: 9780135343999
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 944