CISSP For Dummies, 8th Edition

Introduction

Since 1994, security practitioners around the world have been pursuing a well-known and highly regarded professional credential: the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification. At 30 years of age, CISSP is one of the oldest and most respected cybersecurity certifications in existence. And since 2001, CISSP For Dummies has been helping security practitioners enhance their security knowledge and earn the coveted CISSP certification.

Today, there are approximately 156,000 CISSPs worldwide. Ironically, some skeptics might argue that the CISSP certification is becoming less relevant because so many people have earned it. But the CISSP certification isn’t less relevant because more people are attaining it; more people are attaining it because it’s more relevant now than ever. Information security is far more important than ever, with extremely large-scale data security breaches and highly sophisticated cyberattacks becoming all too frequent in our modern era. And many countries are passing more laws and regulations concerning information security and security breaches.

Many excellent and reputable information security training and education programs are available. In addition to technical and industry certifications, many fully accredited postsecondary degrees, certificates, and apprenticeship programs are available for information security practitioners. And certainly, plenty of self-taught, highly skilled people are working in the information ...