CISSP (ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide

Book Preface

The CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional Study Guide, Seventh Edition, offers you a solid foundation for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam. By purchasing this book, you’ve shown a willingness to learn and a desire to develop the skills you need to achieve this certification. This introduction provides you with a basic overview of this book and the CISSP exam.

This book is designed for readers and students who want to study for the CISSP certification exam. If your goal is to become a certified security professional, then the CISSP certification and this study guide are for you. The purpose of this book is to adequately prepare you to take the CISSP exam.

Before you dive into this book, 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 book to study for it. For more information on (ISC)2, see the next section.

(ISC)2

The CISSP exam is governed by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2. (ISC)2 is a global not-for-profit organization. It has four primary mission goals:

Maintain the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) for the field of information systems security.

Provide certification for information systems security professionals and practitioners.

Conduct certification training and administer the certification exams.

Oversee the ongoing accreditation of qualified certification candidates through continued education.

The (ISC)2 is operated by a board of directors elected from the ranks of its certified practitioners.