
Meet Sean Gerber as he introduces the CISSP version 2021, detailing training, concentrations, ISC Squared, the associate CISSP, and exam highlights.
Trace the birth of the air force red team, training avionics and maintenance personnel to become cyber attackers, and narrate a self-taught CISSP journey from failure to passing.
Transition from an Air Force red team commander to a security architect and CISO, highlighting corporate cybersecurity leadership and global operations.
Discover CISSP concentrations and how architecture, engineering, and management align with the eight domains for exam prep. Gain practical study strategies, resources, and the instructor's expert insights beyond the book.
Explore the CISSP framework across the eight domains, the three-year update cycle, and the associates program that lets you test early before meeting work-experience and certification requirements.
Master CISSP exam highlights, including computer adaptive testing, 100–150 questions, and pass/fail outcomes, with guidance on domain weights from the 2021 exam.
Explore domain five of the CISSP, focusing on identity and access management, authentication and federation, and authorization controls like RBAC, mandatory access control, and OpenID, SAML, Kerberos, TACACS, and Radius.
Explore authentication factors—something you know, have, do, and are—covering passwords, smart cards, tokens, and biometrics, explain password weaknesses, passphrases, and the difference between synchronous and asynchronous tokens.
Enforce access controls and encryption in transit and at rest across systems and devices, including cloud, serverless, IoT, and applications, with Active Directory and federation for permissions.
Compare centralized and decentralized identity management approaches. Leverage single sign-on with LDAP and PKI integrated into Active Directory.
Explore authorization, granular role-based access controls, and accountability through auditing and proven identities, and learn session management practices to prevent unauthorized access.
Explore federated identity management and single sign-on across organizations using providers like Facebook and Google. Understand standards such as Saml, OAuth, and OpenID Connect that enable cross-domain authentication.
Understand common markup and authentication languages, including HTML, XML, SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID, and evaluate credential management systems like LastPass and CyberArk for secure access.
Use just-in-time federated access with a trusted organization and SAML, creating connections without administrator intervention. Internal credentials grant access to third-party services, sharing basic user details as needed.
Learn how registration, proofing, and establishment of identity use biometrics, gold star verification, knowledge-based authentication, and authoritative queries to verify who you are while managing short-lived sessions.
On premise identification uses LDAP tied to Active Directory, enabling SSO, SAML, and Windows authentication. Provisioning and APIs support cross-organization apps, though changes may require multi-factor authentication.
Explore cloud identity management with the Fido Alliance and biometrics, and examine Azure Active Directory integration and hybrid models that share identities across environments.
Explore authorization mechanisms and the role of identity and authentication, define permissions, rights, and privileges, and apply defense in depth with RBAC, DAC, MAC, ABAC, and mandatory access controls.
Explore discretionary access controls, where owners define asset access and grant identity-based permissions, revealing challenges of granular, non-standard access and the need for software to manage succession.
Implement an immediate access disable upon departure, audit elevated permissions, and apply role-based provisioning, retain data for 30 days, then delete accounts to prevent orphan accounts and insider threat risks.
Explore how privilege escalation advances from local and domain admin accounts to domain-wide control, including horizontal (lateral) and vertical escalation, and how sudo, su, and pseudo affect access.
Explore OpenID Connect and OAuth as a token-based authentication framework enabling third-party sign-ins like Google or Facebook without sharing user credentials, using tokens.
Explore how OpenID Connect augments OAuth 2.0 to enable single sign-on and token-based authentication across multiple resources, with profile data sharing and streamlined identity management.
Explore security assertion markup language (saml) as an open standard for single sign-on between identity providers and service providers. Compare saml with oauth and json flows, emphasizing enterprise use.
Explain Kerberos architecture—client, network resource, and key distribution center—with authentication and ticket granting services enabling single sign-on, and note pass the hash, pass the key, and golden ticket attacks.
Complete domain 5 of the CISSP certification and access 360 free CISSP questions through free CISSP questions.com, with 30 questions each month to boost exam readiness.
Domain 6 overview covers designing, validating assessment and audit strategies for internal, external, and third-party reviews. It emphasizes security control testing and vulnerability assessments, pen testing, and audit output reviews.
Design and conduct security assessments to validate testing strategies against regulatory and business requirements. Review findings with line-by-line controls and threat assessment, presenting textual and graphical reports to leaders.
Understand third party audits and soc 1–3 controls, including soc 2 type two operating effectiveness, and how iso 27001, cobit, and csf map to audit requirements.
Explore vulnerability assessment and network discovery, including unauthorized and authenticated scans, using tools like Nessus, Metasploit, and Rapid7. Learn to scan web applications and databases across staging and cloud environments.
Explore penetration testing fundamentals, including planning, information gathering, vulnerability scanning, exploitation, and reporting; compare white box, gray box, and black box approaches and consider legal implications for red teams.
Automate log reviews with security information and event monitoring tools to set rules, trigger alerts, and detect attacks; enforce logging policies via GPO and keep accurate timestamps with NTP.
Explore synthetic transactions and proactive website monitoring. Implement code review and static, dynamic, and fuzz testing to uncover and fix security flaws before deployment, while considering GDPR and privacy concerns.
Misuse case testing uses a controlled lab environment to safely test the application, with methodical web scanning and focus on APIs, UIs, PLC interfaces, and branch, conditional, and function coverage.
In this CISSP Domain 5, 6, 7 and 8 video training course, I will provide you the knowledge, experience and practical skills you need to pass the CISSP certification. In addition, you will get my years of experience (Over 21 years) as I translate CISSP training requirements into real-world examples.
Included in this course:
CISSP Domain 5 Videos
Full CISSP Domain 5 Videos
10 CISSP practice questions
CISSP Domain 6 Videos
Full CISSP Domain 6 Videos
10 CISSP practice questions
CISSP Domain 7 Videos
Full CISSP Domain 7 Videos
10 CISSP practice questions
CISSP Domain 8 Videos
Full CISSP Domain 8 Videos
10 CISSP practice questions
The curriculum in this course covers the content that will be on the most current CISSP exam (April 2021). Each objective that is required for the CISSP exam will be covered in varying degrees of complexity and competency. The next upgrade to the CISSP curriculum/exam will occur in 2023.
In Domain 5 we will cover:
Control Physical and Logical Access to Assets
Information
Systems
Devices
Facilities
Manage Identification and Authentication of People, Devices, and Services
Identity management implementation
Single/multi-factor authentication
Accountability
Session management
Registration and proofing of identity
Federated Identity Management (FIM)
Credential management systems
Integrate Identity as a Third-party Service
On-premise
Cloud
Federated
Implement and Manage Authorization Mechanisms
Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
Rule-based Access control
Mandatory Access Control (MAC)
Discretionary Access Control (DAC)
Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC)
Manage the Identity and Access Provisioning Lifecycle
User access review
System account access review
Provisioning and deprovisioning
In Domain 6 we will cover:
Design and Validate Assessment, Test, and Audit Strategies
Internal
External
Third Party
Conduct Security Control Testing
Vulnerability Assessment
Penetration Testing
Log Reviews
Synthetic Transactions
Code Review and Testing
Misuse Case Testing
Test Coverage Analysis
Interface Testing
Collect Security Process Data (e.g., Technical and Administrative)
Account Management
Management Review and Approval
Key Performance and Risk Indicators
Backup Verification Data
Training and Awareness
Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC)
Analyze Test Output and Generate Report
Conduct or Facilitate Security Audits
Internal
External
Third-Party
In Domain 7 we will cover:
Understand and Support Investigations
Evidence Collection and Handling
Reporting and Documentation
Investigative Techniques
Digital Forensics Tools, Tactics, and Procedures
Understand Requirements for Investigation Types
Administrative
Criminal
Civil
Regulatory
Industry Standards
Conduct Logging and Monitoring Activities
Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Security Information and Event Management
Continuous Monitoring
Egress Monitoring
Securely Provisioning Resources
Asset Inventory
Asset Management
Configuration Management
Understand and Apply Foundational Security Ops Concepts
"Need-To-Know" / Least Privileges
Separation of Duties and Responsibilities
Privileged Account Management
Job Rotation
Information Lifecycle
Service Level Agreements (SLA)
Apply Resource Protection Techniques
Media Management
Hardware and Software Asset Management
Conduct Incident Management
Detection
Response
Mitigation
Reporting
Recovery
Remediation
Lessons Learned
Operate and Maintain Detective and Preventative Measures
Firewalls
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
Whitelisting/Blacklisting
Third-Party Provided Security Services
Sandboxing
Implement and Support Patch and Vulnerability Management
Understand and Participate in Change Management Processes
Implement Recovery Strategies
Backup Storage Strategies
Recovery Site Strategies
Multiple Processing Sites
System Resilience, High Availability, Quality of Service (QOS), and Fault Tolerance
Implement Disaster Recovery (DR) Processes
Response
Personnel
Communications
Assessment
Restoration
Training and Awareness
Test Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP)
Read-Through/Checklist
Structured Walk-Through (Table-Top)
Simulation Test
Parallel Test
Full Interruption Test
Participate in Business Continuity (BC) Planning and Exercises
Implement and Manage Physical Security
Perimeter Security Controls
Internal Security Controls
Address Personnel Safety and Security Concerns
Travel
Security Training and Awareness
Emergency Management
Duress
In Domain 8 we will cover:
Design and Validate Assessment, Test, and Audit Strategies
Internal
External
Third Party
Conduct Security Control Testing
Vulnerability Assessment
Penetration Testing
Log Reviews
Synthetic Transactions
Code Review and Testing
Misuse Case Testing
Test Coverage Analysis
Interface Testing
Collect Security Process Data (e.g., Technical and Administrative)
Account Management
Management Review and Approval
Key Performance and Risk Indicators
Backup Verification Data
Training and Awareness
Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC)
Analyze Test Output and Generate Report
Conduct or Facilitate Security Audits
Internal
External
Third-Party
Notes / Disclaimers:
In order for you to pass the CISSP test you need to have the substantial knowledge through experience and knowledge.
The test was originally written in English, but there are other language versions available
Answering the questions you need to consider the "perfect world" scenario and that work around options may be technically correct, but they may not meet (ISC)2 point of view
You need to be able to spot the keywords (DR, BCP, Policy, Standards, etc.) as well as the indicators (First, Best, Last, Least, Most)
Understand and answer every question from the Manager, CISO, or Risk Advisers Point of View (PoV). Answering the questions from a CIO or technical perspective will place your thinking too high or down in the weeds too far.
Understand that you are to answer the questions based on being proactive within your environment. Enable a Vulnerability Management Program before you have vulnerability issues.
The English version of the CISSP exam, utilizes the Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) format and is 3 hours long with 100-150 questions
Most people studying for CISSP certification will various media sources, test banks, and various books to enhance their test taking experience.
Don’t rely on one source to teach you all that you need to know for the CISSP….Invest in multiple training opportunities. The future payoff is worth the time and energy.