Eleventh Hour CISSP (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Eleventh Hour CISSP® Study Guide 2
Copyright 5
Contents 6
About the Authors 8
Chapter 1: Domain 1: Information Security Governance and Risk Management 10
Introduction 10
Risk analysis 10
Information Security Governance 18
Summary of Exam Objectives 25
Top Five Toughest Questions 25
Chapter 2: Domain 2: Access Control 28
Introduction 28
Access Control Models 30
Procedural Issues for Access Control 33
Access control Defensive Categories and Types 34
Authentication Methods 35
Access control Technologies 40
Assessing access control 42
Summary of exam objectives 43
Top five toughest questions 44
Chapter 3: Domain 3: Cryptography 48
Introduction 48
Cornerstone Cryptographic Concepts 48
Symmetric Encryption 50
Asymmetric Encryption 54
Hash functions 55
Cryptographic Attacks 55
Implementing Cryptography 57
Summary of Exam Objectives 61
Top Five Toughest Questions 62
Chapter 4: Domain 4: Physical (Environmental) Security 64
Introduction 64
Perimeter Defenses 64
Site selection, design, and configuration 68
System defenses 69
Environmental Controls 70
Summary of Exam Objectives 75
Top Five Toughest Questions 75
Chapter 5: Domain 5: Security Architecture and Design 78
Introduction 78
Secure System Design Concepts 78
Secure Hardware Architecture 80
Secure Operating System and Software Architecture 85
System Vulnerabilities, Threats, and Countermeasures 86
Security Models 89
Evaluation Methods, Certification, and Accreditation 92
Summary of Exam Objectives 94
Top Five Toughest Questions 95
Chapter 6: Domain 6: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning 98
Introduction 98
BCP and DRP Overview and Process 98
Developing a BCP/DRP 102
DRP Testing, Training, and Awareness 109
Continued BCP/DRP maintenance 111
Specific BCP/DRP frameworks 112
Summary of Exam Objectives 113
Top Five Toughest Questions 114
Chapter 7: Domain 7: Telecommunicationsand Network Security 118
Introduction 118
Network Architecture and Design 118
Network Devices 126
Secure Communications 129
Summary of Exam Objectives 134
Top Five Toughest questions 135
Chapter 8: Domain 8: Application Development Security 138
Introduction 138
Programming Concepts 138
Application Development Methods 140
Object-Oriented Programming 143
Software Vulnerabilities, Testing, and Assurance 146
Databases 148
Summary of Exam Objectives 152
Top Five Toughest Questions 152
Chapter 9: Domain 9: Operations Security 156
Introduction 156
Administrative Security 156
Sensitive Information/Media Security 158
Continuity of Operations 159
Computer and network attacks 164
Summary of Exam Objectives 167
Top Five Toughest Questions 168
Chapter 10: Domain 10: Legal, Regulations, Investigations, and Compliance 170
Introduction 170
Major Legal Systems 170
Criminal, Civil, and Administrative Law 171
Information Security Aspects of Law 172
Legal Aspects of Investigations 174
Important Laws and Regulations 176
Ethics 179
Summary of Exam Objectives 181
Top Five Toughest Questions 181
Glossary 184
Index 192