
Andrew Romdahl introduces the CISSP course, focusing on mindset and applying industry experience to an ambiguous exam while guaranteeing up-to-date content for current tests.
Own the CISSP exam by balancing knowledge and mindset, study the 1100-slide slide deck, and master scenario-based questions for the 2024 exam.
Learn the CISSP exam format, a three-hour computer adaptive test with 100–150 questions and no backtracking. Master all eight domains with equal emphasis and adopt a confident exam mindset.
Explore ISC ethics and the canons: protect society, act honestly and justly, provide diligent service, and advance the profession; memorize the canons for exam readiness.
Explore non-repudiation by showing how CCTV evidence prevents denial of actions. Learn how digital signatures, access controls, and accountability build systems where participants cannot repudiate their events.
Align security with business goals to enable, not block, innovation. Reduce risk to acceptable levels by partnering with executives and applying practical controls like encryption, TLS, VPNs, and data minimization.
Learn how security governance aligns information security with business goals, enabling risk-based decisions, governance oversight, and user training to protect assets and enable growth.
Explore ISO 27,001, PCI DSS, and FedRAMP frameworks to shape an information security management system and cloud data protection.
Master essential laws and standards for security and privacy, including Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI, GDPR, and HIPAA, with a focus on memorization for exam readiness.
Learn how intellectual property protections guard creators with copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. Understand enforcement, registration basics, and NDAs to prevent IP theft and economic loss.
Explore foundational computer crime laws from the 1984 Comprehensive Crime Act to the 1996 National Information Infrastructure Protection Act, including CFAA, FISMA, and related privacy provisions.
Explore a global view of privacy laws, including GDPR, HIPAA, COPPA, GLBA, and CCPA, and learn how data subjects’ rights, data controllers, and cross-border transfers shape privacy practice.
Learn how security governance uses policy, standard, procedure, and guidelines to define responsibilities and implement controls through a top-down, exam-focused approach.
Focus on a policy driven security mindset by understanding the policy standard procedure hierarchy and that management drives security through policy before technical fixes.
Identify external dependencies such as SaaS, cloud providers, and vendors, and build BCP contingencies with SLA guarantees, backup options, and failover plans to protect operations.
Learn to value information assets by weighing tangible costs, intangible worth, regulatory impacts, and the cost of not being in compliance, and translate risk into business terms for senior management.
Assess risk with quantitative and qualitative methods, compute single loss expectancy and annualized loss expectancy from asset value and exposure factor, and evaluate safeguards like antivirus and firewall.
Apply the risk management framework from NIST SP 800-37 to integrate information security into the system development lifecycle, guiding categorization, control selection, implementation, assessment, authorization, and ongoing monitoring.
Passing the CISSP exam is not just about studying thousands of pages of information, it’s about having the right mindset. The exam is designed to test how you think as a security leader, not just what you’ve memorized. That’s why this course goes beyond the content and gives you the CISSP Mindset Framework, proven to help thousands of students pass on their first attempt.
This Full CISSP Course and Mindset provides complete coverage of all exam topics explained in simple, easy-to-understand language, with real-world examples that make the material stick. But what makes it different is the focus on the mindset strategies you need: how to break down complex scenario-based questions, eliminate wrong answers, and choose the best option under exam pressure.
Inside this course, you will:
Learn all CISSP concepts in a clear and structured way
Apply the CISSP Mindset to approach every question with confidence
Discover test-taking strategies to avoid traps and manage your time effectively
Gain the knowledge and mental preparation to think like a CISSP-certified professional
Follow-along router, switch, and firewall configuration exercises
Whether you’re an IT professional, manager, or aspiring security leader, this course will give you both the knowledge and mindset required to succeed.
By the end, you won’t just be ready to take the CISSP exam and you’ll be ready to pass it with confidence.