Certified Information Systems Security Professional

"It's rare to find CISSP instructors that are actually CISSP certified. Hacker U's instructors are not only currently CISSP certified but also inf ormation security experts and ethical hackers. I walked away with more than being prepared for my CISSP certification, I gained invaluable insight and knowledge from these experts that I can use at my place of business for improved security."

- Lisa Walker, Security Officer, Krondell Group

Technology Alone Will Not Protect You from Hackers.

Today's hackers are getting more and more creative. Technological solutions alone cannot protect an organization's critical information assets. People are the key to your overall information security. Employers are seeking more qualified information security staff to give their organizations the leading-edge by providing the highest standard of security for their customers', employees', stakeholders' and organizational information assets. (ISC)², the only not-for-profit body charged with maintaining, administering and certifying information security professionals via the compendium of industry best practices, the (ICR)² CBK®, is the premier resource for information security professionals worldwide.

Benefits of Certification to the Professional

• Demonstrates a working knowledge of information security
• Confirms commitment to profession
• Offers a career differentiator with enhanced credibility and marketability
• Provides access to valuable resources such as peer networking and idea exchange

Benefits of Certification to the Enterprise

• Establishes a standard of best practices
• Offers a solutions-orientation, not specialization, based on the broader understanding of the (ISC)² CBK
• Allows access to a network of global industry and subject matter/domain experts
• Makes broad-based security information resources readily available
• Adds to credibility with the rigor and regimen of the certification examinations
• Provides a business and technology orientation to risk management

What Will I Learn?

• Ways to control access to data and information systems using common access control best practices
• How networks are designed for security and the components, protocols and services that allow telecommunications to occur in a secure manner
• Principles of security management and how to manage risk as part of a comprehensive information security management program
  
• Explore applications and systems development security controls
• How to perform cryptography and how to secure system architecture
• Examine operations security and the appropriate controls and best practices to use to keep operations secure
• Tools to perform business continuity planning and apply physical security to protect organizational assets and resources
  
• Explore law, investigations and ethics with respect to information systems security and computer forensics