Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Our Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) training course will cover the following modules:

Module 1: Security and Risk Management

• Understand, adhere to, and promote professional ethics
• Understand and apply security concepts
• Evaluate and apply security governance principles
• Determine compliance and other requirements
• Understand legal and regulatory 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, analyse, and prioritise Business Continuity (BC) requirements
• Contribute to and enforce personnel security policies and procedures
• Understand and apply risk management concepts
• Understand and apply threat modelling concepts and methodologies
• Apply Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) concepts
• Establish and maintain a security awareness, education, and training programme

Module 2: Asset Security

• Identify and classify information and assets
• Establish information and asset handling requirements
• Provision resources securely
• Manage data lifecycle
• Ensure appropriate asset retention (e.g., End-of-Life (EOL), End-of-Support (EOS))
• Determine data security controls and compliance requirements

Module 3: Security Architecture and Engineering

• 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

Module 4: Communication and Network Security

• Assess and implement secure design principles in network architectures
• Secure network components
• Implement secure communication channels according to design

Module 5: Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Control physical and logical access to assets
• Manage identification and authentication of people, devices, and services
• Federated identity with a third-party service
• Implement and manage authorisation mechanisms
• Manage the identity and access provisioning lifecycle
• Implement authentication systems

Module 6: Security Assessment and Testing

• Design and validate assessment, test, and audit strategies
• Conduct security control testing
• Collect security process data (e.g., technical and administrative)
• Analyse test output and generate a report
• Conduct or facilitate security audits

Module 7: Security Operations

• Understand and comply with investigations
• Conduct logging and monitoring activities
• Perform Configuration Management (CM) (e.g., provisioning, baselining, automation)
• Apply foundational security operations concepts
• Apply resource protection
• Conduct incident management
• Operate and maintain detective and preventative measures
• Implement and support patch and vulnerability management
• Understand and participate in change management processes
• Implement recovery strategies
• Implement Disaster Recovery (DR) processes
• Test Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP)
• Participate in Business Continuity (BC) planning and exercises
• Implement and manage physical security
• Address personnel safety and security concerns

Module 8: Software Development Security

• Understand and integrate security in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Identify and apply security controls in software development ecosystems
• Assess the effectiveness of software security
• Assess security impact of acquired software
• Define and apply secure code

Our Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) training course is suitable for mid and senior-level IT and security managers who are working towards or have already achieved a position such as:

Our Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) training course includes the following:

• Certificate of attendance.
• 5-day instructor-led training course
• Includes a CISSP exam voucher that allows you to take the exam at any Pearson VUE Test Center.
• After-course coaching available
• Pre-reading
• Course Manuel
• Quizzes
• Exercises

Our Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) requires attendees to have a minimum 5 years of experience.

It is recommended you read one of the following:

• An Introduction to Information Security and ISO27001:2013
• Assessing Information Security
• Information Security - A Practical Guide

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Examination:

• Duration: 4 hours.
• Format: Multiple Choice.
• Number of questions: 125-175
• Pass Mark: 700

Our Certified Information Systems certificates have emerged as key qualifications for Security Professionals. More and more organisations are demanding experienced Information Security Professionals with the qualifications to prove that you can protect their valuable information and assets. It is the ideal time to achieve and maintain up to date qualifications. Purple Griffon currently offer the following Certified Information Systems classroom-based training courses:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• BCS Certificate In Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
• Certified In Risk & Information Systems Control (CRISC)

With over 30,000 qualified professionals worldwide, our Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification demonstrates proven experience and is the key to a higher earning potential in roles that include:

• CISO
• CSO
• Senior Security Manager