Students review and analyze the concepts and interrelationships underlying the professional practice of CISSP cybersecurity management, including Security & Risk Management, Asset Security, Security Engineering, and Communications, Network Security, Identity & Access Management, Security Assessment & Testing, Security Operations, and Software Development Security. Students develop competencies and undergo cybersecurity domain professional practice assessments and are presented lectures, quizzes, and labs.
Learning Objectives
Prepare for, take, and pass the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam. Analyze and evaluate information systems security policies, understand business continuity requirements, apply personnel security policies and procedures, and manage security education, training, and awareness. Classify and categorize information and assets, apply appropriate retention, determine data security controls, and establish information and asset handling requirements. Analyze and apply security models, understand and apply security capabilities of information systems, assess and mitigate vulnerabilities, and implement site and facility security controls. Design and implement secure communication channels, prevent and mitigate network attacks, and understand secure network components. Control access and identity through secure authentication, authorization, and identity management implementation. Plan, design, and validate assessment strategies, including audit strategies, conduct security control testing, collect security process data, and analyze test outputs. Implement foundational security operations concepts, apply resource protection, conduct incident management, and ensure preventive measures for attacks and breaches. Understand, apply, and enforce software security controls, assess the effectiveness of software security, understand the software development lifecycle (SDLC), and identify and mitigate software vulnerabilities.
Framework Connections
The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):
Competency Areas
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