ISC2 CISSP Exam Prep Training in New Zealand

The official ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) training provides a comprehensive review of the knowledge required to effectively design, engineer and manage the overall security posture of an organisation. This training course will help students review and refresh their knowledge and identify areas they need to study for the CISSP exam. Content aligns with and comprehensively covers the eight domains of the ISC2 CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK®), ensuring relevancy across all disciplines in the field of cybersecurity.

Learners will receive, within 48hrs of booking, their 180 day digital courseware subscription, study resources, and an official ISC2 CISSP exam voucher. Learners must book onto the QA official ISC2 CISSP Exam Prep event (they run monthly), although it is not mandatory to attend. However, we encourage this, as it will help best understand how to navigate the ISC2 study platform, we provide tricks and tips for the using the various ISC2 study materials, and most important - guidance on the best approach to prepare for the CISSP certification exam. The event is hosted by an experienced ISC2 authorised CISSP instructor – a bonus for the learner.

As an ISC2 Official Training Provider, we only use official courseware developed by ISC2 –creator of the CISSP CBK– to ensure your training is relevant and up to date. Our instructors are verified security experts who hold the CISSP and have completed intensive training to teach ISC2 content.

This training course is intended for professionals who have at least five years of cumulative, paid work experience in two or more of the eight domains of the ISC2 CISSP CBK and are pursuing CISSP training and certification to acquire the credibility and mobility to advance within their current information security careers. Individuals may be currently in roles such as: Security Consultant; Security Manager; IT Director/Manager Security Auditor; Security Architect; Security Analyst; Security Systems Engineer; Chief Information Security Officer; Security Director; Network Architect.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Understand and apply fundamental concepts and methods related to the fields of information technology and security
• Align overall organizational operational goals with security functions and implementations.
• Understand how to protect assets of the organization as they go through their lifecycle.
• Understand the concepts, principles, structures and standards used to design, implement, monitor and secure operating systems, equipment, networks, applications and those controls used to enforce various levels of confidentiality, integrity and availability.
• Implement system security through the application of security design principles and application of appropriate security control mitigations for vulnerabilities present in common information system types and architectures.
• Understand the importance of cryptography and the security services it can provide in today’s digital and information age.
• Understand the impact of physical security elements on information system security and apply secure design principles to evaluate or recommend appropriate physical security protections.
• Understand the elements that comprise communication and network security coupled with a thorough description of how the communication and network systems function.
• List the concepts and architecture that define the associated technology and implementation systems and protocols at Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model layers 1-7.
• Identify standard terms for applying physical and logical access controls to environments related to their security practice.
• Appraise various access control models to meet business security requirements.
• Name primary methods for designing and validating test and audit strategies that support business requirements.
• Enhance and optimize an organization’s operational function and capacity by applying and utilizing appropriate security controls and countermeasures.
• Recognize risks to an organization’s operational endeavours and assess specific threats, vulnerabilities and controls.
• Understand the System Lifecycle (SLC) and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and how to apply security to it; identify which security control(s) are appropriate for the development environment; and assess the effectiveness of software security.

• Domain 1: Security and Risk Management
• Domain 2: Asset Security
• Domain 3: Security Architecture and Engineering
• Domain 4: Communication and Network Security
• Domain 5: Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Domain 6: Security Assessment and Testing
• Domain 7: Security Operations
• Domain 8: Software Development Security

Official training provides:

• 180-day access
• Self-Paced Online Adaptive Learning Journey
• 1-day official ISC2 CISSP instructor led CISSP exam-prep day
• Data-driven analytics dashboard providing real-time feedback on learner progress
• Robust search functionality to home in on topics
• Digital Textbook
• Knowledge checks
• Sliders to gauge confidence with question answers
• Key Takeaways
• Interactive content
• Online interactive flash cards
• Practical Assessment
• 24x7x365 chat technical support

Certification

Recommended as preparation for the following exam:

ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Gaining this accreditation is not just about passing the exam, there are a number of other criteria that need to be met including 5 years of cumulative, paid work experience in two or more of the eight domains of the ISC2 CISSP CBK. Full details can be found at https://www.isc2.org/cissp/default.aspx

Those without the required experience can take the exam to become an Associate of ISC2 while working towards the experience needed for full certification.