CISSP 2018: Security Assessment and Testing


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Overview/Description
Find out what is involved with security assessment and testing. In this course, you will walk through steps you can take to support investigations. Examine resource provisioning and protection requirements, such as maintaining a chain of custody (CoC) to handle evidence. Learn key points about how to log and monitor operations, implement tests of security controls and processes, design and validate audit strategies, conduct security audits, and analyze test output. As a review exercise, you will describe how to effectively assess and test security.

Expected Duration (hours)
0.9

Lesson Objectives

CISSP 2018: Security Assessment and Testing

  • specify steps that can be taken to support investigations
  • describe resource provisioning and protection
  • conduct logging and monitoring operations
  • implement various tests of security controls and processes
  • design and validate audit strategies
  • conduct security audits
  • analyze test output and generate reports
  • describe how to effectively assess and test security
  • Course Number:
    it_spciss_10_enus

    Expertise Level
    Expert