Security and Risk Management(Security, Risk, Compliance, Law, Regulations, and Business Continuity)Confidentiality, integrity, and availability conceptsSecurity governance principlesComplianceLegal and regulatory issuesProfessional ethicSecurity policies, standards, procedures and guidelines
Confidentiality, integrity, and availability concepts
Security governance principles
Compliance
Legal and regulatory issues
Professional ethic
Security policies, standards, procedures and guidelines
Asset Security(Protecting Security of Assets)Information and asset classificationOwnership (e.g. data owners, system owners)Protect privacyAppropriate retentionData security controlsHandling requirements (e.g. markings, labels, storage)
Information and asset classification
Ownership (e.g. data owners, system owners)
Protect privacy
Appropriate retention
Data security controls
Handling requirements (e.g. markings, labels, storage)
Security Engineering(Engineering and Management of Security)Engineering processes using secure design principlesSecurity models fundamental conceptsSecurity evaluation modelsSecurity capabilities of information systemsSecurity architectures, designs, and solution elements vulnerabilitiesWeb-based systems vulnerabilitiesMobile systems vulnerabilitiesEmbedded devices and cyber-physical systems vulnerabilitiesCryptographySite and facility design secure principlesPhysical security
Engineering processes using secure design principles
Security models fundamental concepts
Security evaluation models
Security capabilities of information systems
Security architectures, designs, and solution elements vulnerabilities
Web-based systems vulnerabilities
Mobile systems vulnerabilities
Embedded devices and cyber-physical systems vulnerabilities
Cryptography
Site and facility design secure principles
Physical security
Communication and Network Security(Designing and Protecting Network Security)Secure network architecture design (e.g. IP & non-IP protocols, segmentation)Secure network componentsSecure communication channelsNetwork attacks
Secure network architecture design (e.g. IP & non-IP protocols, segmentation)
Secure network components
Secure communication channels
Network attacks
Identity and Access Management(Controlling Access and Managing Identity)Physical and logical assets controlIdentification and authentication of people and devicesIdentity as a service (e.g. cloud identity)Third-party identity services (e.g. on-premise)Access control attacksIdentity and access provisioning lifecycle (e.g. provisioning review)
Physical and logical assets control
Identification and authentication of people and devices
Identity as a service (e.g. cloud identity)
Third-party identity services (e.g. on-premise)
Access control attacks
Identity and access provisioning lifecycle (e.g. provisioning review)
Security Assessment and Testing(Designing, Performing, and Analyzing Security Testing)Assessment and test strategiesSecurity process data (e.g. management and operational controls)Security control testingTest outputs (e.g. automated, manual)Security architectures vulnerabilities
Assessment and test strategies
Security process data (e.g. management and operational controls)
Security control testing
Test outputs (e.g. automated, manual)
Security architectures vulnerabilities
Security Operations(Foundational Concepts, Investigations, Incident Management, and Disaster Recovery)Investigations support and requirementsLogging and monitoring activitiesProvisioning of resourcesFoundational security operations conceptsResource protection techniquesIncident managementPreventative measuresPatch and vulnerability managementChange management processesRecovery strategiesDisaster recovery processes and plansBusiness continuity planning and exercisesPhysical securityPersonnel safety concerns
Investigations support and requirements
Logging and monitoring activities
Provisioning of resources
Foundational security operations concepts
Resource protection techniques
Incident management
Preventative measures
Patch and vulnerability management
Change management processes
Recovery strategies
Disaster recovery processes and plans
Business continuity planning and exercises
Physical security
Personnel safety concerns
Software Development Security(Understanding, Applying, and Enforcing Software Security)Security in the software development lifecycleDevelopment environment security controlsSoftware security effectivenessAcquired software security impact
Security in the software development lifecycle
Development environment security controls
Software security effectiveness
Acquired software security impact

Learner Outcomes
The vendor-neutral CISSP certification is the ideal credential for those with proven deep technical and managerial competence, skills, experience, and credibility to design, engineer, implement, and manage their overall information security program to protect organizations from growing sophisticated attacks.

SEC100
SEC200
SEC300
SEC400
Or equivalent experience