The CISSP Prep Guide: Gold Edition

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 976 pages
• Published by: Wiley October 31, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 047126802X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471268024
• Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.5 x 2.3 inches
• Weighs: 3.6 pounds

Product Description

• The Gold Edition has been updated to include CISSP bonus questions never before published and advanced question and answer tutorial.
• The CD-ROM contains 660 questions of which 360 have never before been available electronically.
• All questions have been designed with Boson, the premier interactive test engine for technical books in the industry.
• Authors are experts in the security certification field and have particular expertise in the CISSP Exam.

Back Cover Copy
An arsenal of inside information on CISSP and how to master the certification test!

More and more frequently, corporations are requiring that their employees provide professional certifications to prove that they possess the core competencies to do their technical jobs. The Certified Information Systems Security Professional examination (CISSP) is the industry standard test for IT security professionals administered by ISC2. CISSP-exam experts, Ronald Krutz and Russell Dean Vines, have updated and improved their bestselling The CISSP Prep Guide, complete with inside tips and information on how to master the CISSP certification test.

Packed with nearly 700 questions and answers, this all-in-one resource includes:
* 260 questions and answers from The CISSP Prep Guide, updated for each of the ten domains covered in the certification exam
* 100 new bonus questions and answers created for the Gold Edition
* More than 325 advanced questions and answers from the authors' book, Advanced CISSP Prep Guide Q&A
* Coverage of the fundamental content of the CBK, focused to present only the information you'll need to know for the CISSP examination

Test yourself using the interactive CD-ROM! This CD-ROM includes the Wiley test engine powered by Boson Software, which allows you to choose between randomly generated practice exams on the standard topics or advanced topics covered in the book.

Reader Reviews
I sat for and passed the CISSP test in January 2006. I used the following resources to help in passing the CISSP: Shon Harris - All-in-One - 3rd Edition - 30% Official ISC Guide to the CISSP Exam - 15% Kurtz - CISSP Prep Guide - Gold Edition - 10% CISSP for Dummies - 5% Cccure.org - 25% Other resources - 15% "The CISSP Prep Guide" by Krutz and Vines was a great tool at helping me pass the CISSP. While the book itself is somewhat dated (and eclipsed by a newer edition), I feel this book still covers over 85% of the topics on the CISSP. I believe of all the books I used to prepare, this book was the best organized. The reading had an easy flow yet was still presented at a decent technical level (not too easy and not too deep). My weakest CBK is, by far, crypto (even though I've built a 1,000 IPSec tunnels!). This book did the best at making me understand the different components of PKI and the different encryption methods. You may need to supplant the documentation presented for Security Architecture. Overall, I feel the questions were a waste of space (with many errors), and I did not use them to help prepare for the exam. Overall, if one has a decent comfort level with the ten domains, this book may be all that is necessary. The book is still relevant and useful. I give this book 4 pings out of 5: !!!.!