SSCP Study Guide
This study guide provides you with 100% coverage for the SSCP exam.
TABLE OF CONTENTS SSCP Study Guide
Chapter 1: SSCP Certification Overview
Introduction
As we begin to prepare for the Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) examination, let's first take a look at how the preparation for this exam can help you to prepare and qualify for higher-level certifications that you might want to pursue later in your career. Fortunately, much of the preparation and learning that you will do for the SSCP examination and certification will help give you the fundamental background information you can apply to the next level of certification, the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Here we briefly review the history and development of the credentials and the organization responsible for them, and then we review the requirements and areas of study that we'll be discussing throughout the book.
(ISC) 2
(ISC) 2 is the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. This organization was originally formed to collect and define a common body of knowledge (CBK) for the information security (IS) community internationally. The (ISC) 2 works to keep that information relevant to the requirements of the international IS community by regularly updating and verifying the CBK contents. The CBK consists of the general information that defines or explains the areas of concentration in a very broad sense, rather than being a repository of specific information that might be studied in preparation for an examination. Instead of specific technical information that would be found in a vendor-specific or task-specific exam, this information forms the guidelines for study. The CBK has been defined and grouped...
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