Course Outline
Security and Risk Management
- Core principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA)
- Security governance, policy development, and frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST CSF)
- Conducting risk analysis, assessment, and mitigation strategies
- Business impact analysis, security awareness, and staff training
- Navigating legal requirements, regulations, compliance, and privacy issues (GDPR, HIPAA, local laws)
Asset Security
- Information classification, ownership structures, and protection measures
- Data management practices (retention, deletion, backup, and transfer)
- Safeguarding privacy and managing the data lifecycle
- Ensuring secure asset usage and controlling media
Security Engineering
- Principles of secure system and architecture design
- Cryptographic concepts: symmetric/asymmetric encryption, hashing, PKI, and key management
- Physical security aspects and hardware security modules (HSMs)
- Secure virtualization, cloud-native security patterns, and secure API implementation
Communications and Network Security
- Network models, protocols, and secure communication standards (TLS, VPN, IPSec)
- Perimeter security, segmentation, firewalls, and IDS/IPS
- Wireless security, remote access solutions, and zero-trust network architectures
- Designing secure network architectures for cloud and hybrid environments
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Access control mechanisms: identification, authentication, authorization, and accountability
- Identity providers, federation, SSO, and cloud access federation
- Privileged access management (PAM) and role-based access control (RBAC)
- Identity lifecycle management: provisioning, deprovisioning, and entitlement reviews
Security Assessment and Testing
- Testing security controls: SAST, DAST, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning
- Developing audit strategies and review frameworks
- Log management, continuous monitoring, and assessment
- Red teaming, blue teaming, and adversary simulation methods
Security Operations
- Incident response planning, execution, and forensic analysis
- Designing security operations centers (SOC), monitoring, and integrating threat intelligence
- Patching, vulnerability management, and configuration controls
- Business continuity, disaster recovery, and resilience planning
Software Development Security
- Secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) and DevSecOps practices
- Addressing common vulnerabilities (beyond the OWASP Top 10) and mitigation patterns
- Code reviews, static/dynamic analysis, and secure framework usage
- Managing supply chain risks, dependencies, and runtime protection
Exam Strategy, Practice and Wrap-Up
- Understanding the CISSP exam format, question tactics, and time management
- Completing practice exams and domain-specific quizzes
- Performing gap analysis and creating personalized study plans
- Recommended resources, professional communities, and continuous learning pathways
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years of cumulative, compensated professional experience in at least two (ISC)² CISSP domains, or equivalent practical expertise
- Basic understanding of information security concepts, networking, and software systems
- Working knowledge of risk management, cryptography, and IT operations
Target Audience
- Information security specialists preparing for the CISSP examination
- Security architects, managers, and consultants
- IT executives, auditors, and governance professionals
Testimonials (7)
Being approachable and pushing us into interaction
Daniel - EY GLOBAL SERVICES (POLAND) SP Z O O
Course - CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
the topic was interesting itself and we had opportunity to discuss it with different perspectives.
Marcin - EY GLOBAL SERVICES (POLAND) SP Z O O
Course - CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
trainer competence
Evghenii - Arctic Stream
Course - CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Good material organization and understandable instructor's English.
Ion Temciuc - Arctic Stream
Course - CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Good material organization and understandable instructor's English.
Hanny - Arctic Stream
Course - CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
His knowledge, the way he explains and his kindness
Marcelo Martinez - EY GLOBAL SERVICES (POLAND) SP Z O O
Course - CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
I liked mix of theory and practical case example. Very good overview of each topic then going through slides.
