Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) 2021

Hours: 80 / Access Length: 12 Months / Delivery: Online, Self-Paced

Course Overview:

This course is designed to adequately train an individual to take the (ISC)² CISSP certification exam. 

Before you dive into this course, you need to have accomplished a few tasks on your own. You need to have a general understanding of IT and of security. You should have the necessary five years of full-time paid work experience (or four years if you have a college degree) in two or more of the eight domains covered by the CISSP exam. If you are qualified to take the CISSP exam according to (ISC)², then you are sufficiently prepared to use this course to study for it. 

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: Security Governance Through Principles and Policies

Lesson 3: Personnel Security and Risk Management Concepts

Lesson 4: Buisiness Continuity Planning

Lesson 5: Laws, Regulations, and Compliance

Lesson 6: Cryptography and Symmetric Key Algorithms

Lesson 7: PKI and Cryptographic Applications

Lesson 8: Principles of Security Models, Design and Capabilities

Lesson 9: Security Vulnerabilities, Threats, and Countermeasures

Lesson 10: Physical Seucrity Requirements

Lesson 11: Secure Network Architecture and Components

Lesson 12: Secure Communications and Network Attacks

Lesson 13: Managing Identity and Authenication

Lesson 14: Controlling and Monitoring Access

Lesson 15: Security Assessment and Testing

Lesson 16: Managing Security Operations

Lesson 17: Preventing and Responding to Incidents

Lesson 18: Disaster Recovery Planning

Lesson 19: Investigations and Ethics

Lesson 20: Software Development Security

Lesson 21: Malicious Code and Application Attacks

All necessary course materials are included.

Certifications:

This course prepares a student to take the (ISC)² CISSP certification exam.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.