CISSP A Complete Guide
You're not just studying for a certification. You're positioning yourself at the pinnacle of cybersecurity leadership - where strategy, compliance, and risk converge into real organisational power. Right now, you might feel overwhelmed. The CISSP domains are vast. The terminology dense. The expectations high. You're balancing job demands, family time, and a mountain of study material that all claims to help - but rarely does. What if you had a single, definitive roadmap? One that cuts through the noise, focuses only on what matters for the exam and real-world impact, and gets you from confusion to mastery in the shortest possible time? CISSP A Complete Guide isn't another scattered collection of facts. It's a battle-tested system used by thousands of security professionals to pass the CISSP on their first attempt - and immediately command higher credibility, compensation, and influence. Take Sarah M., Senior Security Analyst in London. After failing her first CISSP attempt, she used this guide, completed the full curriculum in 37 days, and passed with a score in the top 10 percent. Within six weeks, she was promoted to Cybersecurity Manager with a 28% salary increase. This is how transformations happen. Not through luck. Not through volume. But through precision, structure, and proven methodology. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Self-Paced. Immediate Access. Zero Time Conflicts.
The CISSP A Complete Guide is designed for professionals like you - busy, experienced, and ready to level up without disrupting your career or personal life. This is a self-paced, on-demand program that fits into your schedule, not the other way around. You begin exactly when you're ready. No fixed start dates. No weekly waiting periods. Once enrolled, you gain immediate access to the entire course framework, structured from foundational knowledge to advanced mastery. Most learners complete the core curriculum in 4 to 8 weeks with 1 to 2 hours of daily engagement. High achievers using the accelerated path have reached exam readiness in as little as 21 days - all while maintaining full-time roles. Lifetime Access & Ongoing Updates - No Extra Cost
Your investment includes lifetime access to all course materials. This is not a time-limited subscription. You keep full access forever - including every future update, revision, and enhancement made to align with evolving CISSP exam objectives and industry standards. Whether you're reviewing five months from now or refreshing your knowledge five years later, your access remains active, updated, and secure. Available Anywhere, Anytime - Desktop or Mobile
Access your course 24/7 from any device. Our mobile-friendly platform ensures you can study during commutes, between meetings, or from home - with seamless syncing across devices. No special software. No downloads. Just open your browser and continue your progress. Expert Guidance & Instructor Support
You are not alone. Throughout your journey, direct instructor support is available for clarification, content guidance, and learning path advice. This is not automated chat or AI scripts - it’s access to real CISSP-certified professionals who’ve walked your path and understand your pressure. Whether you’re stuck on risk assessment frameworks or need help distinguishing between legal and regulatory requirements, support is one message away. Certificate of Completion - Globally Recognised
Upon finishing the curriculum, you’ll receive a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service - a globally recognised authority in professional certification training with over 250,000 professionals trained across cybersecurity, IT governance, and risk management. This certificate validates your comprehensive mastery of the CISSP domains and signals to employers, auditors, and industry peers that you’ve completed a rigorous, structured, and trusted preparation program. No Hidden Fees. Transparent Pricing.
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We eliminate every barrier to your success. Enrol with complete confidence, knowing that if you’re not satisfied with the course, you’re covered by our full money-back guarantee. No fine print. No hurdles. If it doesn’t meet your expectations, you get a complete refund. What Happens After Enrollment?
After purchase, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details and course entry information will be sent separately once your enrollment is fully processed and your materials are prepared - ensuring a smooth, error-free start. Will This Work For Me?
Yes - even if: - You’ve failed the CISSP before and feel discouraged
- You’re returning to study after years in the field without formal certification
- You're unsure whether your experience aligns with the (ISC)² requirements
- You learn best through structured frameworks, not random memorisation
- You have limited time but maximum ambition
This program has helped security analysts, IT auditors, risk consultants, network engineers, and compliance officers - from entry-level with sponsorship to veterans with 20+ years - successfully pass the CISSP and accelerate their careers. It works because it’s not just about passing an exam. It’s about building the mindset, precision, and strategic clarity of a true security leader - the kind organisations fund, promote, and rely on during crises. You’re not investing in content. You’re investing in transformation - with zero risk, full support, and a guaranteed path forward.
Module 1: Foundations of Information Security - Definition and core principles of information security
- Understanding the CIA triad: confidentiality, integrity, availability
- Differentiating between threats, vulnerabilities, and risks
- Security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines
- Role of governance in cybersecurity
- Understanding asset classification and ownership
- Data classification levels and handling requirements
- Security awareness and training programs
- Responsibility models: who secures what
- Compliance and regulatory frameworks overview
- Fundamental concepts of risk management
- Security roles and responsibilities across departments
- Introduction to security control types: preventive, detective, corrective
- Security architecture vs. security engineering
- Common security terminology used in CISSP
- Interpreting security metrics and KPIs
- Security program lifecycle management
- Understanding accreditation and certification processes
- Principles of least privilege and need-to-know
- Ethical obligations of security professionals
Module 2: Security and Risk Management - Developing and maintaining organisational security policies
- Legal and regulatory compliance including GDPR, HIPAA, SOX
- Understanding liability and due diligence in security
- Professional ethics and (ISC)² Code of Ethics
- Types of laws: civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory
- Intellectual property: copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets
- Privacy principles and data protection regulations
- Risk management frameworks: ISO 27005, NIST SP 800-30
- Qualitative vs. quantitative risk assessment methods
- Risk appetite, tolerance, and acceptance thresholds
- Threat modelling and threat intelligence integration
- Risk treatment options: avoid, transfer, mitigate, accept
- Third-party risk management and vendor assessments
- Business continuity and disaster recovery planning
- Security governance and board-level reporting
- Security metrics and performance measurement
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Policy enforcement and disciplinary measures
- Security awareness program design and delivery
- Incorporating security into corporate culture
Module 3: Asset Security - Identifying and classifying organisational assets
- Data ownership and stewardship responsibilities
- Data security controls across storage, transmission, processing
- Data retention and archiving policies
- Data destruction and sanitisation methods
- Media handling and disposal procedures
- Privacy by design and default principles
- Data masking and tokenisation techniques
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Data lifecycle management from creation to disposal
- Cloud data security responsibilities (shared model)
- Securing personally identifiable information (PII)
- Secure storage architecture design
- Endpoint data protection strategies
- Handling sensitive data in outsourced environments
- Legal and regulatory requirements for data handling
- Asset valuation methods for risk assessment
- Mobile device data security policies
- Remote work data protection controls
- Document classification and labelling systems
Module 4: Security Architecture and Engineering - Designing secure systems from the ground up
- Security models: Bell-LaPadula, Biba, Clark-Wilson, Brewer-Nash
- Trusted computing base and reference monitor concepts
- Secure design principles: fail-safe defaults, least privilege, economy of mechanism
- Security capabilities of operating systems
- Virtualisation and container security
- Cloud computing architectures and security implications
- Cryptography fundamentals: symmetric vs asymmetric encryption
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) components and operations
- Digital signatures and non-repudiation
- Hash functions and message authentication codes
- Key management lifecycle and best practices
- Side-channel attacks and mitigation
- Hardware security modules (HSMs)
- Evaluation criteria: Common Criteria, TCSEC
- System accreditation and certification processes
- Secure firmware and boot processes
- Defence in depth and layered security design
- Network separation and segmentation strategies
- Physical security controls for data centres
Module 5: Communication and Network Security - OSI and TCP/IP model security layers
- Network design principles: segmentation, redundancy, isolation
- Secure network architectures: VPNs, DMZs, extranets
- Firewall types: packet filtering, stateful, application-level
- Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
- Secure wireless network design and configuration
- 802.1X authentication and network access control
- Secure routing and switching protocols
- Network traffic analysis and monitoring
- Email security: SPF, DKIM, DMARC
- VoIP security vulnerabilities and controls
- Content distribution network (CDN) security
- Network encryption: IPsec, TLS, SSH
- Secure remote access solutions
- DNS security: DNSSEC implementation
- Network device hardening procedures
- Zero Trust network access (ZTNA) principles
- Software-defined networking (SDN) security
- NAC implementation and policy enforcement
- Threats to network infrastructure devices
Module 6: Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Principles of identity management
- Authentication methods: passwords, tokens, biometrics
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) implementation
- Single sign-on (SSO) architectures
- Federated identity management (SAML, OAuth, OpenID)
- Directory services: LDAP, Active Directory security
- Identity as a Service (IDaaS) considerations
- Provisioning and deprovisioning processes
- Role-based access control (RBAC) design
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
- Time-of-day and context-aware access controls
- Privileged access management (PAM)
- Separation of duties and job rotation
- Access review and recertification processes
- Identity lifecycle management
- Centralised vs decentralised identity systems
- Identity proofing and validation
- Risk-based authentication mechanisms
- Governance of third-party identities
- Monitoring suspicious access attempts
Module 7: Security Assessment and Testing - Types of security assessments: audits, reviews, evaluations
- Difference between vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
- Penetration testing methodologies and phases
- Red team vs blue team roles and objectives
- Security control testing procedures
- Log review and analysis techniques
- Configuration compliance verification
- Backup and recovery testing
- Business continuity and disaster recovery testing (BC/DR)
- Tabletop exercises and scenario simulations
- Code review and secure development testing
- Third-party security assessments
- Reporting findings and remediation tracking
- Assessment tools and frameworks
- Limitations of automated testing tools
- Legal and ethical requirements for testing
- Scope definition and authorisation processes
- False positives and false negatives in testing
- Continuous monitoring and adaptive testing
- Integrating testing into SDLC
Module 8: Security Operations - Daily security operations functions
- Event logging and monitoring best practices
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems
- Incident response lifecycle: preparation to lessons learned
- Incident handling procedures and playbooks
- Threat hunting techniques
- Digital forensics process and chain of custody
- Evidence collection and preservation
- Malware analysis and reverse engineering basics
- Log management and retention policies
- Backup storage security and ransomware protection
- Privileged account monitoring
- User behaviour analytics (UBA)
- Change and configuration management
- Patch management processes
- Cloud security operations
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
- Network traffic analysis for anomalies
- Threat intelligence integration into operations
- Service desk security coordination
Module 9: Software Development Security - Secure software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Security requirements gathering and integration
- Threat modelling during design phase
- Secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities
- Input validation and output encoding techniques
- Preventing injection attacks (SQLi, XSS, command)
- Memory management and buffer overflow prevention
- Secure error handling and logging
- Code review and static analysis tools
- Dynamic application security testing (DAST)
- Interactive application security testing (IAST)
- Software composition analysis (SCA)
- Open source library risk management
- Web application firewall (WAF) implementation
- Secure deployment and configuration
- DevSecOps integration principles
- Container and microservices security
- API security best practices
- Mobile application security testing
- Cloud-native application security
Module 10: Integrated Practice & Exam Mastery - Mapping all domains to current CISSP exam blueprint
- Understanding the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)
- Exam structure and format breakdown
- Adaptive testing mechanics explained
- Time management strategies per question type
- Elimination techniques for multiple-choice questions
- Interpreting scenario-based questions correctly
- Recognising management-level thinking in answers
- Differentiating between best practice and common practice
- Practising with realistic exam simulations
- Detailed answer explanations and rationale
- Progress tracking and knowledge gap analysis
- Custom study plans based on performance
- High-yield review of critical domain intersections
- Memory aids and domain comparison charts
- Handling exam day stress and mindset
- Post-exam career advancement strategies
- Navigating the endorsement process
- Maintaining certification through CPE credits
- Leveraging CISSP for salary negotiation and promotions
- Definition and core principles of information security
- Understanding the CIA triad: confidentiality, integrity, availability
- Differentiating between threats, vulnerabilities, and risks
- Security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines
- Role of governance in cybersecurity
- Understanding asset classification and ownership
- Data classification levels and handling requirements
- Security awareness and training programs
- Responsibility models: who secures what
- Compliance and regulatory frameworks overview
- Fundamental concepts of risk management
- Security roles and responsibilities across departments
- Introduction to security control types: preventive, detective, corrective
- Security architecture vs. security engineering
- Common security terminology used in CISSP
- Interpreting security metrics and KPIs
- Security program lifecycle management
- Understanding accreditation and certification processes
- Principles of least privilege and need-to-know
- Ethical obligations of security professionals
Module 2: Security and Risk Management - Developing and maintaining organisational security policies
- Legal and regulatory compliance including GDPR, HIPAA, SOX
- Understanding liability and due diligence in security
- Professional ethics and (ISC)² Code of Ethics
- Types of laws: civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory
- Intellectual property: copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets
- Privacy principles and data protection regulations
- Risk management frameworks: ISO 27005, NIST SP 800-30
- Qualitative vs. quantitative risk assessment methods
- Risk appetite, tolerance, and acceptance thresholds
- Threat modelling and threat intelligence integration
- Risk treatment options: avoid, transfer, mitigate, accept
- Third-party risk management and vendor assessments
- Business continuity and disaster recovery planning
- Security governance and board-level reporting
- Security metrics and performance measurement
- Internal and external audit coordination
- Policy enforcement and disciplinary measures
- Security awareness program design and delivery
- Incorporating security into corporate culture
Module 3: Asset Security - Identifying and classifying organisational assets
- Data ownership and stewardship responsibilities
- Data security controls across storage, transmission, processing
- Data retention and archiving policies
- Data destruction and sanitisation methods
- Media handling and disposal procedures
- Privacy by design and default principles
- Data masking and tokenisation techniques
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Data lifecycle management from creation to disposal
- Cloud data security responsibilities (shared model)
- Securing personally identifiable information (PII)
- Secure storage architecture design
- Endpoint data protection strategies
- Handling sensitive data in outsourced environments
- Legal and regulatory requirements for data handling
- Asset valuation methods for risk assessment
- Mobile device data security policies
- Remote work data protection controls
- Document classification and labelling systems
Module 4: Security Architecture and Engineering - Designing secure systems from the ground up
- Security models: Bell-LaPadula, Biba, Clark-Wilson, Brewer-Nash
- Trusted computing base and reference monitor concepts
- Secure design principles: fail-safe defaults, least privilege, economy of mechanism
- Security capabilities of operating systems
- Virtualisation and container security
- Cloud computing architectures and security implications
- Cryptography fundamentals: symmetric vs asymmetric encryption
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) components and operations
- Digital signatures and non-repudiation
- Hash functions and message authentication codes
- Key management lifecycle and best practices
- Side-channel attacks and mitigation
- Hardware security modules (HSMs)
- Evaluation criteria: Common Criteria, TCSEC
- System accreditation and certification processes
- Secure firmware and boot processes
- Defence in depth and layered security design
- Network separation and segmentation strategies
- Physical security controls for data centres
Module 5: Communication and Network Security - OSI and TCP/IP model security layers
- Network design principles: segmentation, redundancy, isolation
- Secure network architectures: VPNs, DMZs, extranets
- Firewall types: packet filtering, stateful, application-level
- Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
- Secure wireless network design and configuration
- 802.1X authentication and network access control
- Secure routing and switching protocols
- Network traffic analysis and monitoring
- Email security: SPF, DKIM, DMARC
- VoIP security vulnerabilities and controls
- Content distribution network (CDN) security
- Network encryption: IPsec, TLS, SSH
- Secure remote access solutions
- DNS security: DNSSEC implementation
- Network device hardening procedures
- Zero Trust network access (ZTNA) principles
- Software-defined networking (SDN) security
- NAC implementation and policy enforcement
- Threats to network infrastructure devices
Module 6: Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Principles of identity management
- Authentication methods: passwords, tokens, biometrics
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) implementation
- Single sign-on (SSO) architectures
- Federated identity management (SAML, OAuth, OpenID)
- Directory services: LDAP, Active Directory security
- Identity as a Service (IDaaS) considerations
- Provisioning and deprovisioning processes
- Role-based access control (RBAC) design
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
- Time-of-day and context-aware access controls
- Privileged access management (PAM)
- Separation of duties and job rotation
- Access review and recertification processes
- Identity lifecycle management
- Centralised vs decentralised identity systems
- Identity proofing and validation
- Risk-based authentication mechanisms
- Governance of third-party identities
- Monitoring suspicious access attempts
Module 7: Security Assessment and Testing - Types of security assessments: audits, reviews, evaluations
- Difference between vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
- Penetration testing methodologies and phases
- Red team vs blue team roles and objectives
- Security control testing procedures
- Log review and analysis techniques
- Configuration compliance verification
- Backup and recovery testing
- Business continuity and disaster recovery testing (BC/DR)
- Tabletop exercises and scenario simulations
- Code review and secure development testing
- Third-party security assessments
- Reporting findings and remediation tracking
- Assessment tools and frameworks
- Limitations of automated testing tools
- Legal and ethical requirements for testing
- Scope definition and authorisation processes
- False positives and false negatives in testing
- Continuous monitoring and adaptive testing
- Integrating testing into SDLC
Module 8: Security Operations - Daily security operations functions
- Event logging and monitoring best practices
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems
- Incident response lifecycle: preparation to lessons learned
- Incident handling procedures and playbooks
- Threat hunting techniques
- Digital forensics process and chain of custody
- Evidence collection and preservation
- Malware analysis and reverse engineering basics
- Log management and retention policies
- Backup storage security and ransomware protection
- Privileged account monitoring
- User behaviour analytics (UBA)
- Change and configuration management
- Patch management processes
- Cloud security operations
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
- Network traffic analysis for anomalies
- Threat intelligence integration into operations
- Service desk security coordination
Module 9: Software Development Security - Secure software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Security requirements gathering and integration
- Threat modelling during design phase
- Secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities
- Input validation and output encoding techniques
- Preventing injection attacks (SQLi, XSS, command)
- Memory management and buffer overflow prevention
- Secure error handling and logging
- Code review and static analysis tools
- Dynamic application security testing (DAST)
- Interactive application security testing (IAST)
- Software composition analysis (SCA)
- Open source library risk management
- Web application firewall (WAF) implementation
- Secure deployment and configuration
- DevSecOps integration principles
- Container and microservices security
- API security best practices
- Mobile application security testing
- Cloud-native application security
Module 10: Integrated Practice & Exam Mastery - Mapping all domains to current CISSP exam blueprint
- Understanding the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)
- Exam structure and format breakdown
- Adaptive testing mechanics explained
- Time management strategies per question type
- Elimination techniques for multiple-choice questions
- Interpreting scenario-based questions correctly
- Recognising management-level thinking in answers
- Differentiating between best practice and common practice
- Practising with realistic exam simulations
- Detailed answer explanations and rationale
- Progress tracking and knowledge gap analysis
- Custom study plans based on performance
- High-yield review of critical domain intersections
- Memory aids and domain comparison charts
- Handling exam day stress and mindset
- Post-exam career advancement strategies
- Navigating the endorsement process
- Maintaining certification through CPE credits
- Leveraging CISSP for salary negotiation and promotions
- Identifying and classifying organisational assets
- Data ownership and stewardship responsibilities
- Data security controls across storage, transmission, processing
- Data retention and archiving policies
- Data destruction and sanitisation methods
- Media handling and disposal procedures
- Privacy by design and default principles
- Data masking and tokenisation techniques
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Data lifecycle management from creation to disposal
- Cloud data security responsibilities (shared model)
- Securing personally identifiable information (PII)
- Secure storage architecture design
- Endpoint data protection strategies
- Handling sensitive data in outsourced environments
- Legal and regulatory requirements for data handling
- Asset valuation methods for risk assessment
- Mobile device data security policies
- Remote work data protection controls
- Document classification and labelling systems
Module 4: Security Architecture and Engineering - Designing secure systems from the ground up
- Security models: Bell-LaPadula, Biba, Clark-Wilson, Brewer-Nash
- Trusted computing base and reference monitor concepts
- Secure design principles: fail-safe defaults, least privilege, economy of mechanism
- Security capabilities of operating systems
- Virtualisation and container security
- Cloud computing architectures and security implications
- Cryptography fundamentals: symmetric vs asymmetric encryption
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) components and operations
- Digital signatures and non-repudiation
- Hash functions and message authentication codes
- Key management lifecycle and best practices
- Side-channel attacks and mitigation
- Hardware security modules (HSMs)
- Evaluation criteria: Common Criteria, TCSEC
- System accreditation and certification processes
- Secure firmware and boot processes
- Defence in depth and layered security design
- Network separation and segmentation strategies
- Physical security controls for data centres
Module 5: Communication and Network Security - OSI and TCP/IP model security layers
- Network design principles: segmentation, redundancy, isolation
- Secure network architectures: VPNs, DMZs, extranets
- Firewall types: packet filtering, stateful, application-level
- Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
- Secure wireless network design and configuration
- 802.1X authentication and network access control
- Secure routing and switching protocols
- Network traffic analysis and monitoring
- Email security: SPF, DKIM, DMARC
- VoIP security vulnerabilities and controls
- Content distribution network (CDN) security
- Network encryption: IPsec, TLS, SSH
- Secure remote access solutions
- DNS security: DNSSEC implementation
- Network device hardening procedures
- Zero Trust network access (ZTNA) principles
- Software-defined networking (SDN) security
- NAC implementation and policy enforcement
- Threats to network infrastructure devices
Module 6: Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Principles of identity management
- Authentication methods: passwords, tokens, biometrics
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) implementation
- Single sign-on (SSO) architectures
- Federated identity management (SAML, OAuth, OpenID)
- Directory services: LDAP, Active Directory security
- Identity as a Service (IDaaS) considerations
- Provisioning and deprovisioning processes
- Role-based access control (RBAC) design
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
- Time-of-day and context-aware access controls
- Privileged access management (PAM)
- Separation of duties and job rotation
- Access review and recertification processes
- Identity lifecycle management
- Centralised vs decentralised identity systems
- Identity proofing and validation
- Risk-based authentication mechanisms
- Governance of third-party identities
- Monitoring suspicious access attempts
Module 7: Security Assessment and Testing - Types of security assessments: audits, reviews, evaluations
- Difference between vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
- Penetration testing methodologies and phases
- Red team vs blue team roles and objectives
- Security control testing procedures
- Log review and analysis techniques
- Configuration compliance verification
- Backup and recovery testing
- Business continuity and disaster recovery testing (BC/DR)
- Tabletop exercises and scenario simulations
- Code review and secure development testing
- Third-party security assessments
- Reporting findings and remediation tracking
- Assessment tools and frameworks
- Limitations of automated testing tools
- Legal and ethical requirements for testing
- Scope definition and authorisation processes
- False positives and false negatives in testing
- Continuous monitoring and adaptive testing
- Integrating testing into SDLC
Module 8: Security Operations - Daily security operations functions
- Event logging and monitoring best practices
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems
- Incident response lifecycle: preparation to lessons learned
- Incident handling procedures and playbooks
- Threat hunting techniques
- Digital forensics process and chain of custody
- Evidence collection and preservation
- Malware analysis and reverse engineering basics
- Log management and retention policies
- Backup storage security and ransomware protection
- Privileged account monitoring
- User behaviour analytics (UBA)
- Change and configuration management
- Patch management processes
- Cloud security operations
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
- Network traffic analysis for anomalies
- Threat intelligence integration into operations
- Service desk security coordination
Module 9: Software Development Security - Secure software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Security requirements gathering and integration
- Threat modelling during design phase
- Secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities
- Input validation and output encoding techniques
- Preventing injection attacks (SQLi, XSS, command)
- Memory management and buffer overflow prevention
- Secure error handling and logging
- Code review and static analysis tools
- Dynamic application security testing (DAST)
- Interactive application security testing (IAST)
- Software composition analysis (SCA)
- Open source library risk management
- Web application firewall (WAF) implementation
- Secure deployment and configuration
- DevSecOps integration principles
- Container and microservices security
- API security best practices
- Mobile application security testing
- Cloud-native application security
Module 10: Integrated Practice & Exam Mastery - Mapping all domains to current CISSP exam blueprint
- Understanding the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)
- Exam structure and format breakdown
- Adaptive testing mechanics explained
- Time management strategies per question type
- Elimination techniques for multiple-choice questions
- Interpreting scenario-based questions correctly
- Recognising management-level thinking in answers
- Differentiating between best practice and common practice
- Practising with realistic exam simulations
- Detailed answer explanations and rationale
- Progress tracking and knowledge gap analysis
- Custom study plans based on performance
- High-yield review of critical domain intersections
- Memory aids and domain comparison charts
- Handling exam day stress and mindset
- Post-exam career advancement strategies
- Navigating the endorsement process
- Maintaining certification through CPE credits
- Leveraging CISSP for salary negotiation and promotions
- OSI and TCP/IP model security layers
- Network design principles: segmentation, redundancy, isolation
- Secure network architectures: VPNs, DMZs, extranets
- Firewall types: packet filtering, stateful, application-level
- Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
- Secure wireless network design and configuration
- 802.1X authentication and network access control
- Secure routing and switching protocols
- Network traffic analysis and monitoring
- Email security: SPF, DKIM, DMARC
- VoIP security vulnerabilities and controls
- Content distribution network (CDN) security
- Network encryption: IPsec, TLS, SSH
- Secure remote access solutions
- DNS security: DNSSEC implementation
- Network device hardening procedures
- Zero Trust network access (ZTNA) principles
- Software-defined networking (SDN) security
- NAC implementation and policy enforcement
- Threats to network infrastructure devices
Module 6: Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Principles of identity management
- Authentication methods: passwords, tokens, biometrics
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) implementation
- Single sign-on (SSO) architectures
- Federated identity management (SAML, OAuth, OpenID)
- Directory services: LDAP, Active Directory security
- Identity as a Service (IDaaS) considerations
- Provisioning and deprovisioning processes
- Role-based access control (RBAC) design
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
- Time-of-day and context-aware access controls
- Privileged access management (PAM)
- Separation of duties and job rotation
- Access review and recertification processes
- Identity lifecycle management
- Centralised vs decentralised identity systems
- Identity proofing and validation
- Risk-based authentication mechanisms
- Governance of third-party identities
- Monitoring suspicious access attempts
Module 7: Security Assessment and Testing - Types of security assessments: audits, reviews, evaluations
- Difference between vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
- Penetration testing methodologies and phases
- Red team vs blue team roles and objectives
- Security control testing procedures
- Log review and analysis techniques
- Configuration compliance verification
- Backup and recovery testing
- Business continuity and disaster recovery testing (BC/DR)
- Tabletop exercises and scenario simulations
- Code review and secure development testing
- Third-party security assessments
- Reporting findings and remediation tracking
- Assessment tools and frameworks
- Limitations of automated testing tools
- Legal and ethical requirements for testing
- Scope definition and authorisation processes
- False positives and false negatives in testing
- Continuous monitoring and adaptive testing
- Integrating testing into SDLC
Module 8: Security Operations - Daily security operations functions
- Event logging and monitoring best practices
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems
- Incident response lifecycle: preparation to lessons learned
- Incident handling procedures and playbooks
- Threat hunting techniques
- Digital forensics process and chain of custody
- Evidence collection and preservation
- Malware analysis and reverse engineering basics
- Log management and retention policies
- Backup storage security and ransomware protection
- Privileged account monitoring
- User behaviour analytics (UBA)
- Change and configuration management
- Patch management processes
- Cloud security operations
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
- Network traffic analysis for anomalies
- Threat intelligence integration into operations
- Service desk security coordination
Module 9: Software Development Security - Secure software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Security requirements gathering and integration
- Threat modelling during design phase
- Secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities
- Input validation and output encoding techniques
- Preventing injection attacks (SQLi, XSS, command)
- Memory management and buffer overflow prevention
- Secure error handling and logging
- Code review and static analysis tools
- Dynamic application security testing (DAST)
- Interactive application security testing (IAST)
- Software composition analysis (SCA)
- Open source library risk management
- Web application firewall (WAF) implementation
- Secure deployment and configuration
- DevSecOps integration principles
- Container and microservices security
- API security best practices
- Mobile application security testing
- Cloud-native application security
Module 10: Integrated Practice & Exam Mastery - Mapping all domains to current CISSP exam blueprint
- Understanding the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)
- Exam structure and format breakdown
- Adaptive testing mechanics explained
- Time management strategies per question type
- Elimination techniques for multiple-choice questions
- Interpreting scenario-based questions correctly
- Recognising management-level thinking in answers
- Differentiating between best practice and common practice
- Practising with realistic exam simulations
- Detailed answer explanations and rationale
- Progress tracking and knowledge gap analysis
- Custom study plans based on performance
- High-yield review of critical domain intersections
- Memory aids and domain comparison charts
- Handling exam day stress and mindset
- Post-exam career advancement strategies
- Navigating the endorsement process
- Maintaining certification through CPE credits
- Leveraging CISSP for salary negotiation and promotions
- Types of security assessments: audits, reviews, evaluations
- Difference between vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
- Penetration testing methodologies and phases
- Red team vs blue team roles and objectives
- Security control testing procedures
- Log review and analysis techniques
- Configuration compliance verification
- Backup and recovery testing
- Business continuity and disaster recovery testing (BC/DR)
- Tabletop exercises and scenario simulations
- Code review and secure development testing
- Third-party security assessments
- Reporting findings and remediation tracking
- Assessment tools and frameworks
- Limitations of automated testing tools
- Legal and ethical requirements for testing
- Scope definition and authorisation processes
- False positives and false negatives in testing
- Continuous monitoring and adaptive testing
- Integrating testing into SDLC
Module 8: Security Operations - Daily security operations functions
- Event logging and monitoring best practices
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems
- Incident response lifecycle: preparation to lessons learned
- Incident handling procedures and playbooks
- Threat hunting techniques
- Digital forensics process and chain of custody
- Evidence collection and preservation
- Malware analysis and reverse engineering basics
- Log management and retention policies
- Backup storage security and ransomware protection
- Privileged account monitoring
- User behaviour analytics (UBA)
- Change and configuration management
- Patch management processes
- Cloud security operations
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
- Network traffic analysis for anomalies
- Threat intelligence integration into operations
- Service desk security coordination
Module 9: Software Development Security - Secure software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Security requirements gathering and integration
- Threat modelling during design phase
- Secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities
- Input validation and output encoding techniques
- Preventing injection attacks (SQLi, XSS, command)
- Memory management and buffer overflow prevention
- Secure error handling and logging
- Code review and static analysis tools
- Dynamic application security testing (DAST)
- Interactive application security testing (IAST)
- Software composition analysis (SCA)
- Open source library risk management
- Web application firewall (WAF) implementation
- Secure deployment and configuration
- DevSecOps integration principles
- Container and microservices security
- API security best practices
- Mobile application security testing
- Cloud-native application security
Module 10: Integrated Practice & Exam Mastery - Mapping all domains to current CISSP exam blueprint
- Understanding the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)
- Exam structure and format breakdown
- Adaptive testing mechanics explained
- Time management strategies per question type
- Elimination techniques for multiple-choice questions
- Interpreting scenario-based questions correctly
- Recognising management-level thinking in answers
- Differentiating between best practice and common practice
- Practising with realistic exam simulations
- Detailed answer explanations and rationale
- Progress tracking and knowledge gap analysis
- Custom study plans based on performance
- High-yield review of critical domain intersections
- Memory aids and domain comparison charts
- Handling exam day stress and mindset
- Post-exam career advancement strategies
- Navigating the endorsement process
- Maintaining certification through CPE credits
- Leveraging CISSP for salary negotiation and promotions
- Secure software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Security requirements gathering and integration
- Threat modelling during design phase
- Secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities
- Input validation and output encoding techniques
- Preventing injection attacks (SQLi, XSS, command)
- Memory management and buffer overflow prevention
- Secure error handling and logging
- Code review and static analysis tools
- Dynamic application security testing (DAST)
- Interactive application security testing (IAST)
- Software composition analysis (SCA)
- Open source library risk management
- Web application firewall (WAF) implementation
- Secure deployment and configuration
- DevSecOps integration principles
- Container and microservices security
- API security best practices
- Mobile application security testing
- Cloud-native application security