Ronald L. Krutz, Russell Dean Vines
ISBN: 0-764-55915-X
Paper
1056 pages
May 2004

The CISSP Prep Guide, Second Edition: Mastering CISSP and ISSEP provides comprehensive coverage of the new NSA-sponsored Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) concentration to the CISSP certification credential. This concentration targets specific job requirements or career directions and is an extension of the CISSP certification. The ISSEP credential is aimed at information security professionals who want to become employees or outside contractors for NSA. This credential also promises to be widely accepted as a standard in the U.S. government and military. Individuals seeking to obtain this new certification are required to already have the CISSP credential. The new domains of the ISSEP will focus on the technical knowledge required of government information systems security engineers such as ISSE processes and government regulations. The ISSEP complements the CISSP by comprehensively addressing the systems engineering side of information security.

The principal domains addressed by the ISSEP certification are: Systems Security Engineering Certification and Accreditation (C&A) Technical Management U.S. Government Information Assurance (IA) Regulations The CISSP Prep Guide, Second Edition: Mastering CISSP and ISSEP includes new, up-to-date, focused CISSP review material that is relevant to the ISSEP Certification. This condensed CISSP-related material will make it easier for the reader to reinforce CISSP knowledge that is required for the ISSEP certification examination. All those preparing to take the CISSP test for the first time will find this revision extremely focused, based on feedback from more than 5,000 CISSP test takers as to the most common questions.