Schedule

Ch 1 Becoming a CISSP	Aug 27 - Sept 2
Labor Day	Sept 7
Ch 2 Security Trends	Sept 3 - 9
Ch 3 Security Management Practices	Sept 10 - 16
Ch 4 Access Control	Sept 17 - 23
Ch 5 Security Models and Architecture	Sept 24 - 30
Ch 6 Physical Security	Oct 1 - 7
Midterm	Oct 8
Ch 7 Telecommunications and Networking Security	Oct 8 - 14
Ch 8 Cryptography	Oct 15 - 21
Ch 9 Business Continuity Planning	Oct 22 - 28
Fall Break	Oct 30
Ch 10 Law, Investigation, and Ethics	Oct 29 - Nov 4
Ch 11 Application and System Development	Nov 5 - 11
Ch 12 Operations Security	Nov 12 - 18
Holiday (Thanksgiving)	Nov. 23-27, M-F
Classes End	Dec. 8, Tu
Reading Day	Dec. 9, W
Final Exams	Dec. 10-11, Th-F & 14-16, M-W
Commencement	Dec. 18, F
Grades Due	Dec. 18, F, 7 p.m.

The Book

The book I will be using for this course will be All In One CISSP Exam Guide Third Edition written by Shon Harris CISSP, MCSE.
The aim of this text is to prepare you to pass the CISSP certification exam. It has full treatment of the ten domains (as described in previous post), It has learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, practice exam questions, as well as real world scenarios.

ISBN: 0-07-225712-1

Link: http://www.amazon.com/CISSP-All-One-Guide-Third/dp/0072257121/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1251313677&sr=8-1

I will be using the Third Edition to prepare for my exam with the understanding that certain aspects of the text may be outdated and I will need to do additional research beyond the text for this.

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional

I will be learning how to become a CISSP. Involved with this will be understanding in depth ten domains. The domains are as follows:

1. Access Control and Systems Methodology
2. Telecommunications and Network Security
3. Security Management Practices
4. Applications and Systems Development Security
5. Cryptography
6. Security Architecture and Models
7. Operations Security
8. Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)
9. Laws, Investigation, and Ethics
10. Physical Security

At the conclusion of this course, I will be able to sit for the CISSP exam with adequate preparation in efforts to becoming an associate of (ISC)2.