Course Overview 

CISSP® is the most renowned certification in the information security domain. Our CISSP® certification training program aims to equip participants with in-demand technical and administrative competence to design, architect, and manage an organization’s security posture by applying internationally accepted information security standards. 

(ISC)² is a globally recognized, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the information security field. The CISSP® was the first credential in information security to meet the stringent requirements of ISO/IEC Standard 17024. It is looked upon as an objective measure of excellence and a highly reputed standard of achievement. 

Target Audience 

• Chief Information Security Officer 
• Chief Information Officer 
• Director of Security 
• IT Director/Manager 

• Security Systems Engineer 
• Security Analyst 
• Security Manager 
• Security Auditor 
• Security Architect 

• Security Consultant 
• Network Architect 

Pre-Requisites 

To apply for the CISSP® course certification, you need to: 

• Have a minimum 5 years of cumulative paid full-time work experience in two or more of the 8 domains of the (ISC)² CISSP® Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) 

• One-year experience waiver can be earned with a 4-year college degree, or regional equivalent or additional credential from the (ISC)² approved list 

Course Duration : 5 Days 

Exam Information 

• Duration : 4 Hours 
• Number of questions: 175 

• Question format: Multiple Choice 
• Passing marks: 700 out of 1000 
• Exam language: English, French, German, Brazilian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Visually Impaired 
• Delivery Method: CAT 

CISSP Course Content 

The CISSP® Training consists of the following eight domains:
The weight given to each of the domains have changed. As per new version, they are represented as follows. 

Course Objectives 

The broad spectrum of topics included in the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) ensure its relevancy across all disciplines in the field of information security. Successful candidates are competent in the following 8 domains: 

• Security and Risk Management 
• Asset Security 
• Security Architecture and Engineering 

• Communication and Network Security 
• Identity and Access Management (IAM) 
• Security Assessment and Testing 
• Security Operations 
• Software Development Security 

Course Syllabus 

Domain 1: Security and Risk Management 

• Understand and apply concepts of confidentiality, integrity and availability 
• Evaluate and apply security governance principles 
• Determine compliance requirements 

• Understand legal and regulatory issues that pertain to information security in a global context 
• Understand, adhere to, and promote professional ethics 
• Develop, document, and implement security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines 
• Identify, analyze, and prioritize Business Continuity (BC) requirements 
• Contribute to and enforce personnel security policies and procedures 

• Understand and apply risk management concepts 
• Understand and apply threat modeling concepts and methodologies 
• Apply risk-based management concepts to the supply chain 
• Establish and maintain a security awareness, education, and training program 

Domain 2: Asset Security 

• Identify and classify information and assets 
• Determine and maintain information and asset ownership 
• Protect privacy 
• Ensure appropriate asset retention 
• Determine data security controls 

• Establish information and asset handling requirements 

Domain 3: Security Architecture and Engineering 

• Implement and manage engineering processes using secure design principles 
• Understand the fundamental concepts of security models 
• Select controls based upon systems security requirements 

• Understand security capabilities of information systems (e.g., memory protection, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), encryption/decryption) 
• Assess and mitigate the vulnerabilities of security architectures, designs, and solution elements 
• Assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in web-based systems 
• Assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in mobile systems 
• Assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in embedded devices 

• Apply cryptography 
• Apply security principles to site and facility design 
• Implement site and facility security controls 

Domain 4:Communication and Network Security 

• Implement secure design principles in network architectures 

• Secure network components 
• Implement secure communication channels according to design 

Domain 5: Identity and Access Management (IAM) 

• Control physical and logical access to assets 
• Manage identification and authentication of people, devices, and services 

• Integrate identity as a third-party service 
• Implement and manage authorization mechanisms 
• Manage the identity and access provisioning lifecycle 

Domain 6: Security Assessment and Testing 

• Design and validate assessment, test, and audit strategies 

• Conduct security control testing 
• Collect security process data (e.g., technical and administrative) 
• Analyze test output and generate report 
• Conduct or facilitate security audits 

Domain 7:Security Operations 

• Understand and support investigations 
• Understand requirements for investigation types 
• Conduct logging and monitoring activities 
• Securely provisioning resources 
• Understand and apply foundational security operations concepts 

• Apply resource protection techniques 
• Conduct incident management 
• Operate and maintain detective and preventative measures 
• Implement and support patch and vulnerability management 
• Understand and participate in change management processes 

• Implement recovery strategies 
• Implement Disaster Recovery (DR) processes 
• Test Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) 
• Participate in Business Continuity (BC) planning and exercises 
• Implement and manage physical security 

• Address personnel safety and security concerns 

Domain 8: Software Development Security 

• Understand and integrate security in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) 
• Identify and apply security controls in development environments 
• Assess the effectiveness of software security 

• Assess security impact of acquired software 
• Define and apply secure coding guidelines and standards