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Shon Harris (Author)
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October 17, 2002 0072225785 978-0072225785 1
Mike Meyers, the industry expert on professional certification, and Shon Harris, author of the leading CISSP Certification Exam Guide, bring you this concise, affordable, and portable study tool for the CISSP certification exam. With an intensive focus on only what you need to know to pass this challenging exam plus access to an online practice test with 100 questions and explanations at www.examweb.com, this up to date CISSP Passport is your ticket to success on exam day. Topics covered include: Security Management Practices; Access Control; Security Models and Architecture; Physical Security; Telecommunications and Networking Security; Cryptography; Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity; Law, Investigation, and Ethics; Applications and Systems Development; Operations Security. The book also includes an appendix that provides information security career advice. This book offers the best, most concise review of the CISSP topics available.

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From the #1 Name in Professional Certification

Get on the road to becoming a Certified Information Systems Security Professional with this concise, affordable, and portable study tool. Certification training guru Mike Meyers and author Shon Harris will guide you on your career path, providing expert tips and sound advice along the way. With an intensive focus on only what you need to know to pass the test, this Certification Passport is your ticket to success on exam day.

Inside:

  • Itinerary--List of exam objectives covered
  • ETA--Amount of time needed to complete each lesson
  • Travel Advisories--Expert advice on critical topics
  • Local Lingo--Concise definitions of key terms and concepts
  • Travel Assistance--Recommended resources for more information
  • Exam Tips--Common exam pitfalls and solutions
  • Checkpoints--End-of-chapter questions, answers, and explanations
  • Career Flight Path--Career options mapped out to maximize the return from your IT journey

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About the Author

Shon Harris, CISSP, MCSE, is the president of Logical Security, a security consultant, a former engineer in the Air Force’s Information Warfare unit, an instructor and an author. She has authored two best selling CISSP books, was a contributing author to the book, Hacker’s Challenge, and a contributing author to the book Gray Hat Hacking. Shon has consulted for a variety of companies in many different industries. Shon has taught computer and information security to a wide range of clients, some of which have included RSA, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, West Point, National Security Agency (NSA), Bank of America, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), BMC, Intel, and many more. Shon was recognized as one of the top 25 women in the Information Security field by Information Security Magazine. She has been asked by McGraw-Hill to develop McGraw-Hill’s new security textbook series that will be sold to universities, colleges, and technical schools throughout the world. Shon is currently writing a CISA book to be published by McGraw-Hill in 2008. Additionally, Shon writes security articles for Information Security Magazine and Windows 2000 Magazine and other leading industry journals.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 422 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (October 17, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0072225785
  • ISBN-13: 978-0072225785
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #613,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Shon Harris, CISSP is the founder and CEO of Logical Security, a computer security consultant, a former engineer in the Air Force's Information Warfare unit, an instructor and an author. She has authored three best selling CISSP books, was a contributing author to the book Hacker's Challenge, a contributing author to the book Gray Hat Hacking, a contributing author to the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Implementation book and a technical editor for Information Security Magazine. Ms. Harris has developed a full digital information security product series for Pearson publishing.

Ms. Harris has consulted for several Fortune 500 companies in the U.S., including American Express, Warner Brothers, Bridgestone\Firestone, CitiBank, CitiFinancial, AOL, Cisco and many more. Her competencies range from setting up risk management programs and developing enterprise network security architectures to constructing enterprise-wide security programs that connects computer security and business needs in a synergistic manner.

Ms. Harris has extensive knowledge and practical experience pertaining to legal and regulatory compliance. She has worked with the largest corporations within the U.S. to become compliant with OCC, SOX, GLBA, HIPAA, PCI and SAS70. Ms. Harris specializes in risk management, governance and the development of and implementation of security metrics.

Ms. Harris has taught information security to a wide range of clients, some of which have included Microsoft, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Security Agency, Bank of America, Defense Information Systems Agency, RSA, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and many financial institutions.

Ms. Harris was recognized as one of the top 25 women in the Information Security field by Information Security Magazine.


 

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Readable, Disgestible, January 11, 2003
This review is from: Mike Meyers' CISSP(R) Certification Passport (Paperback)
The CISSP strikes terror for some, since it is not an easy exam to prepare for. I picked up this book because of its portability (I travel so I need something light to carry around), not expecting anything substantial to be inside, only pointers to help me remember some of the material I have already covered. Instead, I found this book to be a gem, a book full of concise material written in style that is uncluttered, presented in a format that is structured. Plus, the book offers online questions for practice. Besides the occasional typo or two, the only fault I can criticize about the book is its Q&A section--it seemed a little too simple for a professional exam.

Overall, I would recommend this book as a good first book to use, to quickly gain as much grasp of the security concepts in as little time as possible, and then slowly graduate to the more substantial offerings from QUE or Wiley.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty solid review material, September 22, 2003
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Keith Tokash "twigles" (Laguna Niguel, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mike Meyers' CISSP(R) Certification Passport (Paperback)
/* Disclaimer
The CISSP is a *very* tough exam to write a review book for. It is quite correctly described as "a mile wide and an inch deep". Therefore do NOT expect this book to cover everything that you will encounter on the exam, and certainly don't get angry when you take the test and there are things not covered in this book.
*/

So the material .... I found the chapters to be well laid out and direct. There was a lot of information crammed into a very small book, which made it ideal for me as a "last week" review. I took notes on every chapter and picked up quite a few little nuggets of information that I hadn't seen anywhere else. Of course this was my only "exam" book. Everything else I used to prepare was actually a book on a given subject (ie Incident Response, Network Intrusion Detection, etc.) so I can't really say how it stacks up against other prep books.

So overall it's definitely worth the money since it's cheaper than most tomes, but I regret not using a second "exam" review. That is not a reflection of this book, but of the massive amount of material on the exam.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book to accompany the Official Guide, March 9, 2006
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This review is from: Mike Meyers' CISSP(R) Certification Passport (Paperback)
I've read several reviews on this book that say it lacks the necessary depth; and I think they are a bit unfair. The objective of this book is simply to provide the least amount of information necessary to pass the exam. Conversely, many of the "larger" books contain information to teach the reader the subject, which may seem unnecessary to many who already know their subject matter. If you were to condense many of these books, you would end up with something resembling this one.

Many other books encourage the reader to memorize unnecessary information, such as vendor specific data, history or countless examples that aren't really relevant to the exam. In memorizing this unnecessary matter, it is possible to overlook more important items. Basically, more information is not necessarily better information. This is the objective of this book.

That being said, it would be extremely risky to rely solely on this book. This is because it contains the "least" information required, written some time ago, in an ever changing industry and exam.

I passed the exam recently using this book and the Official Guide. At first I started using the Shon Harris All-In-One, but found her very irritating and long-winded, so I dropped it (literally and physically). Interestingly she is the co-author for this book, and some would consider this a very condensed version of the All-In-One Book.

A lesser advantage of this book is that you can carry it and read it on trains, work etc. which I found very difficult to do with the bigger 1000 pager hardcover books.
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There are several of threats that can affect the security of an organization and the assets it aims to protect. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
functional design analysis, practicing due care, message digest value, security management practices, token device, security kernel, access control matrix, business impact analysis, access control models, birthday attack, loss expectancy, credential set, untrusted network, detective controls, security labels, security evaluation criteria, asymmetric algorithms
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Exam Tip, Travel Advisory, Common Criteria, Clipper Chip, Local Lingo, Orange Book, Token Ring, Data Encryption Algorithm, Internet Protocol, Code of Ethics, Chinese Wall, Data Encryption Standard, Fourth Amendment, Advanced Encryption Standard, Cipher Block Chaining, Planning Objectives
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