ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional® (CISSP®)
CISSP is the gold-standard cybersecurity certification. It proves you’ve got the skills, experience and mindset to secure systems, manage risk, and lead at the highest level.
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What you’ll learn
The ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional®, also known as CISSP®, is the globally recognised gold-standard IT security certification for information security professionals.
Developed by ISC2, the world’s leading cyber-security membership association, this international information systems security certification is key for professionals aiming for senior roles in the field.
At Firebrand, we will help you develop the expert knowledge you need to implement and manage an enterprise security programme.
You’ll cover the full CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) across eight critical 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
- Software development security
Who is this course for?
The CISSP course is designed for experienced IT and cybersecurity professionals who want to deepen their security expertise, take on greater responsibility, or progress into senior security roles. It's particularly relevant for professionals working in security operations, risk management, security architecture, auditing and consultancy.
Typical roles include:
Security Analysts and Engineers looking to broaden their knowledge across enterprise security.
Security Architects and Consultants responsible for designing, assessing or advising on security solutions.
Security Managers and IT Managers overseeing security teams, policies, risk and organisational security programmes.
Security Auditors and Risk Professionals working with security controls, governance, compliance and risk management.
Aspiring Security Leaders working towards roles such as Head of Information Security or Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Curriculum
8 domainsYou'll become an expert across the 8 CISSP domains:
- ●Understand, adhere to, and promote professional ethics
- ●Understand and apply security concepts
- ●Evaluate and apply security governance principles
- ●Understand legal, regulatory, and compliance issues that pertain to information security in a holistic context
- ●Understand requirements for investigation types (i.e., administrative, criminal, civil, regulatory, industry standards)
- ●Develop, document, and implement security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines
- ●Identify, analyze, assess, prioritize, and implement Business Continuity (BC) requirements
- ●Contribute to and enforce personnel security policies and procedures
- ●Understand and apply risk management concepts
- ●Understand and apply threat modeling concepts and methodologies
- ●Apply Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) concepts
- ●Establish and maintain a security awareness, education, and training program
- ●Identify and classify information and assets
- ●Establish information and asset handling requirements
- ●Provision information and assets securely
- ●Manage data lifecycle
- ●Ensure appropriate asset retention (e.g., End of Life (EOL), End of Support)
- ●Determine data security controls and compliance requirements
- ●Research, implement and manage engineering processes using secure design principles
- ●Understand the fundamental concepts of security models (e.g., Biba, Star Model, Bell- LaPadula)
- ●Select controls based upon systems security requirements
- ●Understand security capabilities of Information Systems (IS) (e.g., memory protection, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), encryption/decryption)
- ●Assess and mitigate the vulnerabilities of security architectures, designs, and solution elements
- ●Select and determine cryptographic solutions
- ●Understand methods of cryptanalytic attacks
- ●Apply security principles to site and facility design
- ●Design site and facility security controls
- ●Manage the information system lifecycle
- ●Apply secure design principles in network architectures
- ●Secure network components
- ●Implement secure communication channels according to design
- ●Control physical and logical access to assets
- ●Design identification and authentication strategy (e.g., people, devices, and services)
- ●Federated identity with a third-party service
- ●Implement and manage authorization mechanisms
- ●Manage access, authorisation, authentication, and identity lifecycle.
- ●Implement authentication systems
Prerequisites
This course is designed for professionals already immersed in cybersecurity. To get certified, you’ll need:
At least five years of full-time, paid work experience in two or more CISSP CBK domains
Don’t meet the experience criteria yet?
You can earn a one-year waiver with a four-year college degree or an approved credential.
Or sit the exam and become an Associate of ISC2, then gain the experience over the next six years to earn your full CISSP.
Exam info
The CISSP exam is included in your package and scheduled while your knowledge is fresh. In the unlikely event that you don't pass the exam the first time, you can take the course again for free, paying just for the exam and accommodations. This is the Firebrand Certification Guarantee.
Duration: 3 hours
Questions: 100–150 (CAT format)
Style: Multiple-choice & advanced item types
Passing score: 700/1000
Security and risk management
16%
Asset security
10%
Security architecture and engineering
13%
Communication and network security
13%
Identity and access management (IAM)
13%
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