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Every student has been using this book in my classes, and I have used this book for many other courses, such as CISA, CISM, CSSLP, CGEIT, ITIL, ISMS-7799, CRP ([.].), PS204, eCommerce, eHR, IT, and CRM. Thank you. I highly recommend this book (since 2nd Edition) CISSP Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Fourth Edition to those who are preparing to take the CISSP exam and relevant exams. "This book boosted my confidence to sit for the CISSP exam.", one of the student of Danny's 81 hours preparation course at Hong Kong. You will find this book relevant to the CBK, easy to understand, and a friend of your professional career. It saves you lots of time preparing for the exam.
I think Dummies couple with this book will have a rookie ready to pass in a few months.The range of material of the test is huge, too big. Plenty of other review but long story short, this book will get you to pass the test. She writes well and attempts humor in a rather dry subject.I do recommend using this book but use other testing engines to reveal your soft spots. Her book cover the needed amount to get you a P. The testing CD is excellent and a must if you purchase this book.She covers an incredible range of information that is quite daunting if you are not familar. I think the shear size of the book was scary which is why I recommend the Dummies book to ease into it.
I am a computer professional; I worked in cryptography, computer security, software engineering, RF and network Comms. Do you really need the detailed procedures to encrypt a message using the 16th century Vigenere cipher. Although I have a broad background, it is not one obtained from a methodical overview which the CISSP test requires.The first disappointment is the Index. Or the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. If your background is similar to mine you may be very frustrated with this book.
Titel's book so seems much better but it has its problems. Don't waste your time on Bragg's book due to the error rate. It comes with test software that is riddled with errors. I guarantee you won't find it in the index.It also appears that Ms.
Harris' background focused on cryptographic systems. I can imagine writing such a broad survey book is difficult, but it's in its fourth addition now. You must look up computer forensics. OK, then would you expect computer forensics to be covered in a few pages or more in depth. Would you not expect the Digital Millennium Copyright Act be discussed. How about the controversial Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act.
Geeez.Overall a good editor could get this book down to half its size by removing the chattiness and rambling. Guess what.
One by Ed Tittel called "CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional Study Guide" and the other "CISSP Training Guide" by Roberta Bragg". I'll post a review after I finish his book.
I also have experience with two other CISSP books. So clearly a lot of people like it -probably because it has so many pages they think it must be good.
Oh and look up forensics in the index - not there. Vigenere cipher is not there.Another frustration is the legal section.
Once you get into taking practice tests and need to look up information quickly. Just for this review, I checked the index.
Also, there are some technical errors throughout the book. Additionally, it takes extra time to read through it instead of getting to the point in 30% less words or comments. I would encourage the readers to check out the errata for more details. This book is a very good review and test prep book. However, the author does have a bit of a chatty writing style and all the fluff can be a bit distracting.
the book arrived overseas quickly and it is very useful as a study guide for the CISSP exam.
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