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ISC2 CISSP Study Guide 8th edition

(CISSP-CMGT431v7)
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1

Protecting Security of Assets

  • Identify and Classify Assets
  • Determining Ownership
  • Using Security Baselines
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
  • Written Lab
2

Cryptography and Symmetric Key Algorithms

  • Historical Milestones in Cryptography
  • Cryptographic Basics
  • Modern Cryptography
  • Symmetric Cryptography
  • Cryptographic Lifecycle
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
  • Written Lab
3

PKI and Cryptographic Applications

  • Asymmetric Cryptography
  • Hash Functions
  • Digital Signatures
  • Public Key Infrastructure
  • Asymmetric Key Management
  • Applied Cryptography
  • Cryptographic Attacks
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
  • Written Lab
4

Secure Network Architecture and Securing Network Components

  • OSI Model
  • TCP/IP Model
  • Converged Protocols
  • Wireless Networks
  • Secure Network Components
  • Cabling, Wireless, Topology, Communications, and Transmission Media Technology
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
  • Written Lab
5

Secure Communications and Network Attacks

  • Network and Protocol Security Mechanisms
  • Secure Voice Communications
  • Multimedia Collaboration
  • Manage Email Security
  • Remote Access Security Management
  • Virtual Private Network
  • Virtualization
  • Network Address Translation
  • Switching Technologies
  • WAN Technologies
  • Miscellaneous Security Control Characteristics
  • Security Boundaries
  • Prevent or Mitigate Network Attacks
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
  • Written Lab
6

Managing Identity and Authentication

  • Controlling Access to Assets
  • Comparing Identification and Authentication
  • Implementing Identity Management
  • Managing the Identity and Access Provisioning Lifecycle
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
  • Written Lab
7

Controlling and Monitoring Access

  • Comparing Access Control Models
  • Understanding Access Control Attacks
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
  • Written Lab
8

Security Assessment and Testing

  • Building a Security Assessment and Testing Program
  • Performing Vulnerability Assessments
  • Testing Your Software
  • Implementing Security Management Processes
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
  • Written Lab
9

Preventing and Responding to Incidents

  • Managing Incident Response
  • Implementing Detective and Preventive Measures
  • Logging, Monitoring, and Auditing
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
  • Written Lab
10

Managing Security Operations

  • Applying Security Operations Concepts
  • Securely Provisioning Resources
  • Managing Configuration
  • Managing Change
  • Managing Patches and Reducing Vulnerabilities
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
  • Written Lab

1

Cryptography and Symmetric Key Algorithms

  • Checking the integrity of messages through MAC values
  • Identifying asymmetric algorithms
  • Identifying cryptographic attacks
2

PKI and Cryptographic Applications

  • Using OpenSSL to Create a Public/Private Key Pair
  • Observing an SHA-Generated Hash Value
  • Observing an MD5-Generated Hash Value
  • Identifying sequence of sender's process in digital signature system
  • Understanding PKCS standards
3

Secure Network Architecture and Securing Network Components

  • Identifying OSI layer functions
  • Identifying OSI layers
  • Identifying steps in the encapsulation/decapsulation process
  • Identifying connectionless communication
  • Identifying abbreviations for various Internet layer protocols
  • Identifying TCP/IP protocol layers
  • Identifying TCP/IP layers
  • Identifying flag bit designator
  • Using Windows Firewall
  • Configuring Linux Firewall Using Iptable
  • Identifying gateway firewalls
  • Identifying hardware devices
  • Connecting systems to the Internet through a router
  • Identifying firewall techniques
  • Identifying types of cable
  • Identifying components of a coaxial cable
  • Identifying network topologies
  • Identifying UTP categories
  • Identifying steps in CSMA technology
  • Identifying LAN sub technologies
  • Configuring IPSec
  • Configuring VLAN
4

Secure Communications and Network Attacks

  • Identifying secure communication protocols
  • Identifying authentication protocols
  • Identifying phreaker tools
  • Identifying security solutions
  • Configuring a VPN
  • Identifying VPN protocols
  • Configuring Static NAT
  • Configuring Dynamic NAT
  • Understanding NAT
  • Identifying switching technology properties
  • Identifying specialized protocols
  • Understanding transparency
  • Understanding security boundaries
  • Performing ARP Spoofing
  • Identifying types of Denial of Service attacks
5

Managing Identity and Authentication

  • Identifying access control types
  • Identifying authorization mechanisms
  • Restricting Local Accounts
  • Identifying drawbacks of Kerberos authentication
  • Identifying components of the Kerberos authentication protocol
  • Identifying authentication services
  • Identifying responsibilities
  • Reviewing an Authorization Letter for Penetration Testing
6

Controlling and Monitoring Access

  • Identifying attacks
  • Identifying social engineering attacks
7

Security Assessment and Testing

  • Configuring User Access Control Setting
  • Scanning Ports Using Metasploit
  • Exploiting Windows 7 Using Metasploit
  • Enabling a Keylogger in a Target Machine
  • Conducting Vulnerability Scanning Using Nessus
  • Using nmap for Scanning
8

Preventing and Responding to Incidents

  • Identifying steps in incident response management
  • Enabling Intrusion Prevention and Detection
  • Configuring Snort
  • Identifying malicious attacks
  • Working with a host-based IDS
  • Identifying sequence in which the IDS instructs the TCP to reset connections
  • Performing DoS Attack with SYN Flood
9

Managing Security Operations

  • Identifying terms associated with data destruction
  • Identifying steps within an effective patch management program