Ronald L. Krutz, Russell Dean Vines
ISBN: 0-471-23663-2
Paper
352 pages
October 2002

According to the Forrester Group, corporations are requiring that their employees provide professional certifications to prove that that they possess the core competencies to do their technical jobs. The trend on the certification bookshelf supports the need. The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is the industry standard test for IT security professionals administered by ISC2. According to ISC2, the big five accounting firms and major financial institutions are fiercely head-hunting for CISSP certified security professionals because of the increase in computer viruses and Internet security breaches.