CISSP Exam Study Guide

Prepare for the ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam with a focused, comprehensive study companion aligned to the current exam blueprint (effective April 15, 2024).

CISSP Study Guide organizes everything into the 8 exam domains — 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; and Software Development Security — so you study exactly what the exam tests.

FIVE WAYS TO STUDY

• 171 flashcards — tap to flip, tagged by exam domain

• 127 multiple-choice questions with worked explanations

• 102 true/false drills built from real misconceptions

• Term-matching game — pair all 116 key terms, in rounds of five

• Searchable 116-term glossary and 44 models & frameworks

TOPICS COVERED

• Security and Risk Management: the CIA triad, governance, risk treatment, ALE/SLE/ARO quantitative risk, security policies vs. standards vs. guidelines, BCP/DRP, ethics, and legal/regulatory frameworks

• Asset Security: data classification, ownership roles, data lifecycle, retention, and data protection methods

• Security Architecture and Engineering: security models (Bell-LaPadula, Biba, Clark-Wilson), cryptography, PKI, secure design principles, and physical security

• Communication and Network Security: OSI/TCP-IP models, secure protocols, network attacks, segmentation, and secure network components

• Identity and Access Management: authentication factors, biometrics (FAR/FRR/CER), access control models (DAC/MAC/RBAC/ABAC), Kerberos, SSO, and federation (SAML, OAuth, OIDC)

• Security Assessment and Testing: vulnerability assessment vs. penetration testing, SAST/DAST, log review, SOC 1/2/3 reports, and security metrics

• Security Operations: digital forensics, incident response, logging and monitoring, backups and RAID, and disaster-recovery sites and testing

• Software Development Security: the SDLC, DevSecOps, the OWASP Top 10, secure coding, database security, and software acquisition risk

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