Product Description

The fun and easy way(r) to pass the CISSP exam and get certified

Cramming for the CISSP exam? This friendly test–prep guide makes studying a snap! Prepared by two CISSP–certified experts, it gets you up to speed on the latest changes to the exam and gives you proven test–taking tips. You&′ll find complete coverage of all ten domains of the (ISC)² Common Body of knowledge to help you pass with flying colors.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #178836 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Review
“…a good book…simple, straightforward…”(Communications News, January 2003)

From the Back Cover
The fun and easy way® to pass the CISSP exam and get certified

Cramming for the CISSP exam? This friendly test–prep guide makes studying a snap! Prepared by two CISSP–certified experts, it gets you up to speed on the latest changes to the exam and gives you proven test–taking tips. You&′ll find complete coverage of all ten domains of the (ISC)² Common Body of knowledge to help you pass with flying colors.

About the Author
Lawrence Miller, CISSP has worked in systems administration and information security for more than a decade and has earned numerous other certifications throughout that time including MCSE+I, CCNP, SCSA, CNA, A+, Network+, Security+, and i–Net+. He has also received NSA IAM certification training. He is currently working as the Information Technology Operations Manager for a top 100 U.S. law firm. He has previously worked as an internetworking security engineer and a security consultant for service providers and clients in the retail, financial, and manufacturing sectors and served over 13 years in the U.S. Navy as a Chief Petty Officer in various roles including information systems security and “weather guesser.”

Peter H. Gregory, CISA, CISSP, is the author of twelve books on security and technology including Solaris Security, Computer Viruses For Dummies, and Blocking Spam and Spyware For Dummies.
Peter is a security strategist at a publicly–traded financial management software company located in Redmond, Washington. Prior to this, he held tactical and strategic security positions in large wireless telecommunications organizations. He has also held development and operations positions in casino management systems, banking, government, non–profit organizations, and academia since the late 1970s. Peter’s Web sites can be found at www.isecbooks.com and www.peterhgregory.com. He can be reached at petergregory@yahoo.com.

Customer Reviews

An excellent primer
The CISSP requires you to know a great deal of information, this book doesn't contain it all however it does make the information it provides very accesible. I read through this book to understand all the concepts and issues then moved onto a another book to fill in the gaps. That said, I do feel that this is an excellent primer book and a great first sweep through the 10 CBK domains.

A reasonable overview but sketchy in places
This book is an accessible introduction to information security for the CISSP exam. The jokey tone may grate on some readers. All domains are covered, some better than others. There is more detail on telecommunications than most areas, as is only appropriate. The law domain addresses US law almost exclusively and makes some very bad slips such as using criminal law terms when discussing civil law.

Most readers will want to use this as a support to their studies rather than the central plank: for that the official guide from (ISC)2 would be far better (as it should be being far longer).

A very good basic grounding
I read this book before attending a 5-day CISSP course. The course was very intense (covering so much in a short period), but there were no surprises as I had already read this book. There were, of course, areas that I had not been clear about before I went on the course, and these were clarified by the course. I would recommend this book to anyone planning to do the CISSP qualification.