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CISSP in 21 Days - Second Edition

By : M. L. Srinivasan, None M.L.Srinivasan
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CISSP in 21 Days - Second Edition

By: M. L. Srinivasan, None M.L.Srinivasan

Overview of this book

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is an internationally recognized and coveted qualification. Success in this respected exam opens the door to your dream job as a security expert with an eye-catching salary. But passing the final exam is challenging. Every year a lot of candidates do not prepare sufficiently for the examination, and fail at the final stage. This happens when they cover everything but do not revise properly and hence lack confidence. This simple yet informative book will take you through the final weeks before the exam with a day-by-day plan covering all of the exam topics. It will build your confidence and enable you to crack the Gold Standard exam, knowing that you have done all you can to prepare for the big day. This book provides concise explanations of important concepts in all 10 domains of the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). Starting with Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability, you will focus on classifying information and supporting assets. You will understand data handling requirements for sensitive information before gradually moving on to using secure design principles while implementing and managing engineering processes. You will understand the application of cryptography in communication security and prevent or mitigate strategies for network attacks. You will also learn security control requirements and how to assess their effectiveness. Finally, you will explore advanced topics such as automated and manual test result analysis and reporting methods. A complete mock test is included at the end to evaluate whether you're ready for the exam. This book is not a replacement for full study guides; instead, it builds on and reemphasizes concepts learned from them.
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
CISSP in 21 Days Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface

Data handling requirements


Ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of requirements during various states that any data will pass through requires the secure handling of such data. Appropriate policies and procedures should be established for handling sensitive data.

Handling sensitive information

Sensitive data such as confidential files need special care. Some of the best practices to handle sensitive information include the following:

  • Secure disposal of media: Media containing sensitive data has to be disposed off in a secure manner. Shredding in case of paper documents and pulverizing in case of digital media are some of the methods used in media disposal.

  • Labelling: Appropriate labelling is important for sensitive data without disclosing the type of content.

  • Access restrictions: The need to know principle is to be adopted while designing and implementing access restrictions to sensitive data.

  • Formal records of authorized recipients of data: Recipients who are authorized...