- CISSP in 21 Days Second Edition
- CISSP in 21 Days Second Edition
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Day 1 – Security and Risk Management - Security, Compliance, and Policies
- 2. Day 2 – Security and Risk Management - Risk Management, Business Continuity, and Security Education
- 3. Day 3 – Asset Security - Information and Asset Classification
- 4. Day 4 – Asset Security - Data Security Controls and Handling
- 5. Day 5 – Exam Cram and Practice Questions
- 6. Day 6 – Security Engineering - Security Design, Practices, Models, and Vulnerability Mitigation
- 7. Day 7 – Security Engineering - Cryptography
- 8. Day 8 – Communication and Network Security - Network Security
- An overview of communication and network security
- Network architecture, protocols, and technologies
- Open System Interconnect (OSI) model
- OSI layers and security
- Application layer protocols and security
- Presentation layer protocols and security
- Summary
- Sample questions
- 9. Day 9 – Communication and Network Security - Communication Security
- An overview of communication security
- Security in communication channels
- Attacks on communication networks
- Preventing or mitigating communication network attacks
- Summary
- Sample questions
- 10. Day 10 – Exam Cram and Practice Questions
- 11. Day 11 – Identity and Access Management - Identity Management
- 12. Day 12 – Identity and Access Management - Access Management, Provisioning, and Attacks
- 13. Day 13 – Security Assessment and Testing - Designing, Performing Security Assessment, and Tests
- An overview of security assessment and testing
- Security assessment and test strategies
- Security controls
- Summary
- Sample questions
- 14. Day 14 – Security Assessment and Testing - Controlling, Analyzing, Auditing, and Reporting
- 15. Day 15 – Exam Cram and Practice Questions
- 16. Day 16 – Security Operations - Foundational Concepts
- An overview of operations security
- The physical security design
- Physical and operations security controls
- Operations/facility security
- Protecting and securing equipment
- Computer investigations
- Summary
- Sample questions
- 17. Day 17 – Security Operations - Incident Management and Disaster Recovery
- 18. Day 18 – Software Development Security - Security in Software Development Life Cycle
- 19. Day 19 – Software Development Security - Assessing effectiveness of Software Security
- 20. Day 20 – Exam Cram and Practice Questions
- 21. Day 21 – Exam Cram and Mock Test
This chapter has covered foundational concepts in security assessment and testing strategies. Designing and validating security assessment and test strategies are important parts of the security profession. Conducting security tests provides information about vulnerabilities in the systems and can also be used to test the effectiveness of security controls. Depending on the type of IT asset, a suitable test method has to be adopted. Vulnerability assessment and penetration tests are generally conducted on networks and servers. Software tests including load tests and code reviews are conducted on application programs.
Continued in the next chapter are topics in this domain pertaining to the collection analysis of security test data, which include reporting internal and third-party auditing requirements.
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