CISSP Cert Prep: 3 Security Engineering (2015)

- Hi, I'm Mike Chapple, and I'd like to welcome you to our CISSP Security engineering course. The certified information systems security professional or CISSP certification, is the gold standard for information security certification. You'll find that it's a core requirement for many mid and senior level information security positions. Earning the CISSP requires demonstrating that you have sufficient work experience, and passing an exam covering the eight domains of information security.

This course covers the third of those eight domains, security engineering. I have two decades of experience as an information security professional and I've been involved in CISSP training and certification for most of those. As you work your way through this course, you might find it helpful to have two books that I've written by your side. The first is the Official CISSP Study Guide, available from Sybex. This book is approved by the International Information System Security Certification Consortium as the official study guide for the exam, and it contains context that supplements this course and will help you be prepared when you take the exam.

The second book you'll want is the Official CISSP Practice Tests, also available from Sybex. This book contains 1300 practice exam questions designed to mimic those on the actual exam. It has an entire chapter dedicated to questions from each domain, along with two full length practice tests to help you assess your progress. As we work our way through this course, we will focus on each topic covered by domain three. We'll review how to select security controls that balance business needs and security requirements.

We'll also do a deep dive into cryptography, one of the most important data protection tools at the disposal of a security professional. You'll learn about physical security topics, including site design and monitoring. And that's just a small sampling of the many topics covered in this course. These topics, combined with the information you learn in our other CISSP courses, will help you pass the CISSP exam and also provide a critical foundation for your career in information security.

All right, let's get rolling!