Get certified for the (ISC)² SSCP certification exam with the Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) course and lab. The lab can be mapped to any course, textbook, or training, therefore, adding value and a hands-on component to training. The SSCP course covers the common needs for privacy, confidentiality, integrity, and availability; SSCPs and professional ethics; ongoing, continuous monitoring, and more. The SSCP training will help you understand exam objectives completely with its various interactive learning resources.

This course prepares a student to take the ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) national certification exam.

Course Outline:

Chapter 1: Introduction

About This Course
What Is an SSCP?
Using This Course
Objective Map
Earning Your Certification

Chapter 2: The Business Case for Decision Assurance and Information Security

Information: The Lifeblood of Business
Policy, Procedure, and Process: How Business Gets Business Done
Who Runs the Business?
Summary

Chapter 3: Information Security Fundamentals

The Common Needs for Privacy, Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
Training and Educating Everybody
SSCPs and Professional Ethics
Summary
Exam Essentials

Chapter 4: Integrated Risk Management and Mitigation

It’s a Dangerous World
The Four Faces of Risk
Getting Integrated and Proactive with Information Defense
Risk Management: Concepts and Frameworks
Risk Assessment
Four Choices for Limiting or Containing Damage
Summary
Exam Essentials

Chapter 5: Operationalizing Risk Mitigation

From Tactical Planning to Information Security Operations
Operationalizing Risk Mitigation: Step by Step
The Ongoing Job of Keeping Your Baseline Secure
Ongoing, Continuous Monitoring
Reporting to and Engaging with Management
Summary
Exam Essentials

Chapter 7: Identity and Access Control

Identity and Access: Two Sides of the Same CIANA Coin
Identity Management Concepts
Access Control Concepts
Network Access Control
Implementing and Scaling IAM
Zero Trust Architectures
Summary
Exam Essentials

Chapter 8: Cryptography

Cryptography: What and Why
Building Blocks of Digital Cryptographic Systems
Keys and Key Management
Modern Cryptography: Beyond the “Secret Decoder Ring”
“Why Isn’t All of This Stuff Secret?”
Cryptography and CIANA
Public Key Infrastructures
Other Protocols: Applying Cryptography to Meet Different Needs
Measures of Merit for Cryptographic Solutions
Attacks and Countermeasures
On the Near Horizon
Summary
Exam Essentials

Chapter 9: Hardware and Systems Security

Infrastructure Security Is Baseline Management
Infrastructures 101 and Threat Modeling
Malware: Exploiting the Infrastructure’s Vulnerabilities
Privacy and Secure Browsing
“The Sin of Aggregation”
Updating the Threat Model
Managing Your Systems’ Security
Summary
Exam Essentials

Chapter 10: Applications, Data, and Cloud Security

It’s a Data-Driven World…At the Endpoint
Software as Appliances
Applications Lifecycles and Security
CIANA and Applications Software Requirements
Application Vulnerabilities
“Shadow IT:” The Dilemma of the User as Builder
Information Quality and Information Assurance
Protecting Data in Motion, in Use, and at Rest
Into the Clouds: Endpoint App and Data Security Considerations
Legal and Regulatory Issues
Countermeasures: Keeping Your Apps and Data Safe and Secure
Summary
Exam Essentials

Chapter 11: Incident Response and Recovery

Defeating the Kill Chain One Skirmish at a Time
Incident Response Framework
Preparation
Detection and Analysis
Containment and Eradication
Recovery: Getting Back to Business
Post-Incident Activities
Summary
Exam Essentials

Chapter 12: Business Continuity via Information Security and People Power

A Spectrum of Disruption
Surviving to Operate: Plan for It!
Cloud-Based “Do-Over” Buttons for Continuity, Security, and Resilience
CIANA at Layer 8 and Above
Summary
Exam Essentials

Chapter 13: Risks, Issues, and Opportunities, Starting Tomorrow

On Our Way to the Future
CIA, CIANA, or CIANAPS?
Enduring Lessons
Your Next Steps
At the Close

All necessary course materials are included.

Certification(s):