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CISSP 2021: (ISC)2 & the CISSP Exam

In this introductory course of this CISSP training series, you will learn about the (ISC)2 code of
professional ethics and organizational code of ethics that all CISSP candidates must attest to in order to be
certified. These codes transcend the certification and should permeate every aspect of the life of a security
practitioner, engineer, or architect. This course will also introduce the various characteristics of the 3-hour
CAT and 6-hour linear CISSP examinations, including domain weightings. After completing this course,
you'll have a foundational understanding of codes of ethics and aspects of the CISSP exam.

Table of Contents
1. Course Overview
2. (ISC)2 Code of Professional Ethics
3. CAT and Linear Exam Information
4. CISSP Examination Weights
5. Course Summary

Course Overview
[Video description begins] Topic title: Course Overview. [Video description ends]

Hi, I'm Michael J. Shannon. [Video description begins] Your host for this session is Michael J. Shannon.
He is an IT Trainer and Consultant. [Video description ends] I began my IT career when I transitioned
from recording studio engineer to network technician for a major Telecommunications company in the
early 1990's.

I soon began to focus on security and was one of the first ten people to attain the HIPAA Certified
Security Specialist. Throughout my 30 years in IT, I've worked as an employee, contractor, and consultant
for several companies, including Platinum Technologies, Fujitsu, IBM, State Farm, Thompson, Pearson,
and Skillsoft, among others.

I have the ITIL 4 Managing Professional certification along with the CISSP, CCNP Security, MCSE, Palo
Alto Networks PCNSE7, OpenFAIR certifications, and various Cloud-based certifications.

In the introductory course of this CISSP training series, you will learn about the ISC squared code of
professional ethics and organizational code of ethics that all CISSP candidates must attest to in order to be
certified. These codes transcend the certification and should permeate every aspect of the life of a security
practitioner or engineer or architect.

This course will also introduce the various characteristics of the three-hour cat and six hour linear CISSP
examinations, including the domain weightings.

(ISC)2 Code of Professional Ethics

[Video description begins] Topic title: (ISC)2 Code of Professional Ethics. Your host for this session is
Michael J. Shannon. [Video description ends]

As we begin the CISSP training, one of the first things we have to realize from a practical standpoint and
from an exam standpoint is that is ISC squared will expect us to know and adhere to a code of
professional ethics. As we can see here, all information security professionals who are certified by ISC
squared recognize that such certification is a privilege that must be both earned and maintained.

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In support of this principle, All ISC squared members are required to commit to fully support the Code of
Ethics, otherwise known as the "Code". ISC squared members who intentionally or knowingly violate any
provision of the Code will be subject to action by a peer review panel, which may result in the revocation
of certification.

ISC squared members are obligated to follow the ethics complaint procedure upon observing any action
by an ISC squared member that breaches the Code. Failure to do so may be considered a breach of the
Code pursuant to Canon IV. It would be helpful on the exam to memorize the Code of Ethics Preamble.
The safety and welfare of society and the common good, duty to our principals and to each other, requires
that we adhere, and be seen to adhere, to the highest ethical standards of behavior.

Therefore, strict adherence to this Code is a condition of certification. [Video description begins] The
source of the Code of Ethics is "Code of Ethics: Complaint Procedures: Committee Members," Code of
Ethics | Complaint Procedures | Committee Members ( (ISC)2, Inc, 1996), https://www.isc2.org/Ethics.
[Video description ends] Also on the exam, be able to answer questions that regard the Code of Ethics
Canons.

There are four of them. Canon 1, protect society, the common good, necessary public trust and
confidence, and the infrastructure. Canon 2, act honorably, honestly, justly, responsibly, and legally.
Canon 3, provide diligent and competent service to principals. 4, advance and protect the profession.

CAT and Linear Exam Information

[Video description begins] Topic title: CAT and Linear Exam Information. Your host for this session is
Michael J. Shannon. [Video description ends]

In this lesson, we'll explore the distinctives of the two different CISSP exams. First, we have the CAT
exam. CAT is computerized adaptive testing, and CISSP uses CAT for all English exams. The length of
the English exam or the CAT is 3 hours. The computerized adaptive testing exam is made up of multiple
choice and advanced innovative item question types, for example, drag and drop.

The passing grade is 700 out of 1,000 points. The exam language availability for the CAT is English. And
you can take the exam at authorized PPC, Pearson Professional Center, and PVTC, Pearson VUE
Authorized Test Centers, and select Pearson VUE testing centers. The CISSP Linear Exam is administered
as a linear, fixed-form exam. The exam language availability for the Linear is French, German, Brazilian
Portuguese, Spanish-Modern, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.

It's made up of multiple choice and advanced innovative item-type questions, such as drag and drop. The
length of the Linear Exam is 6 hours as opposed to 3 hours for the computerized exam. The passing grade
is the same, 700 out of 1,000 points. And you can take the CISSP Linear Exam at authorized PPC and
PVTC select Pearson VUE testing centers.

CISSP Examination Weights

[Video description begins] Topic title: CISSP Examination Weights. Your host for this session is Michael
J. Shannon. [Video description ends]

Let's look at the domains and the examination weightings of the CISSP 2021 Exam. They're actually very
similar to the CISSP 2018 Exam. The domains are the same and the weightings have only been slightly
changed. Domain 1 is security and risk management making up the largest amount of the Exam, 15%.
Domain 2 is asset security, making up 10% of the Exam.

Domain 2 and domain 8, software development security, are the two smallest domains of the Exam.
Domain 3 is security architecture and network security, 13%. Domain 4 is communication and network

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security, 14%. Identity and Access Management, IAM, 13%. The security assessment and testing domain
is 12%. And domain 7, security operations, is 13%. On CISSP 2018, software development security was
9%. In the new version 2021, it's been raised to 10%.

Course Summary
[Video description begins] Topic title: Course Summary. [Video description ends]

In course one, ISC squared and the CISSP Exam, you learned about the ISC squared Code of Professional
Ethics, the four Code of Ethics Canons, the computerized and linear exam information, and the CISSP
examination weightings of the CISSP Common Body of knowledge eight domains.

In the next course, you'll look at key core security goals and principles, the OSI Reference Model, and the
TCP/IP Reference Model.

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