Curriculum
8 Sections
62 Lessons
10 Weeks
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Domain 1: Security and Risk Management
12
1.1
1.1 – Understand, adhere to, and promote professional ethics
1.2
1.2 – Understand and apply security concepts
1.3
1.3 – Evaluate and apply security governance principles
1.4
1.4 – Understand legal, regulatory, and compliance issues that pertain to information security in a holistic context
1.5
1.5 – Understand requirements for investigation types (i.e., administrative, criminal, civil, regulatory, industry standards)
1.6
1.6 – Develop, document, and implement security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines
1.7
1.7 – Identify, analyze, assess, prioritize, and implement Business Continuity (BC) requirements
1.8
1.8 – Contribute to and enforce personnel security policies and procedures
1.9
1.9 – Understand and apply risk management concepts
1.10
1.10 – Understand and apply threat modeling concepts and methodologies
1.11
1.11 – Apply Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) concepts
1.12
1.12 – Establish and maintain a security awareness, education, and training program
Domain 2: Asset Security
6
2.1
2.1 – Identify and classify information and assets
2.2
2.2 – Establish information and asset handling requirements
2.3
2.3 – Provision information and assets securely
2.4
2.4 – Manage data lifecycle
2.5
2.5 – Ensure appropriate asset retention (e.g., End of Life (EOL), End of Support)
2.6
2.6 – Determine data security controls and compliance requirements
Domain 3: Security Architecture and Engineering
10
3.1
3.1 – Research, implement and manage engineering processes using secure design principles
3.2
3.2 – Understand the fundamental concepts of security models (e.g., Biba, Star Model, Bell-LaPadula)
3.3
3.3 – Select controls based upon systems security requirements
3.4
3.4 – Understand security capabilities of Information Systems (IS) (e.g., memory protection, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), encryption/decryption)
3.5
3.5 – Assess and mitigate the vulnerabilities of security architectures, designs, and solution elements
3.6
3.6 – Select and determine cryptographic solutions
3.7
3.7 – Understand methods of cryptanalytic attacks
3.8
3.8 – Apply security principles to site and facility design
3.9
3.9 – Design site and facility security controls
3.10
3.10 – Manage the information system lifecycle
Domain 4: Communication and Network Security
3
4.1
4.1 – Apply secure design principles in network architectures
4.2
4.2 – Secure network components
4.3
4.3 – Implement secure communication channels according to design
Domain 5: Identity and Access Management (IAM)
6
5.1
5.1 – Control physical and logical access to assets
5.2
5.2 – Design identification and authentication strategy (e.g., people, devices, and services)
5.3
5.3 – Federated identity with a third-party service
5.4
5.4 – Implement and manage authorization mechanisms
5.5
5.5 – Manage the identity and access provisioning lifecycle
5.6
5.6 – Implement authentication systems
Domain 6: Security Assessment and Testing
5
6.1
6.1 – Design and validate assessment, test, and audit strategies
6.2
6.2 – Conduct security control testing
6.3
6.3 – Collect security process data (e.g., technical and administrative)
6.4
6.4 – Analyze test output and generate report
6.5
6.5 – Conduct or facilitate security audits
Domain 7: Security Operations
15
7.1
7.1 – Understand and comply with investigations
7.2
7.2 – Conduct logging and monitoring activities
7.3
7.3 – Perform Configuration Management (CM) (e.g., provisioning, baselining, automation)
7.4
7.4 – Apply foundational security operations concepts
7.5
7.5 – Apply resource protection
7.6
7.6 – Conduct incident management
7.7
7.7 – Operate and maintain detection and preventative measures
7.8
7.8 – Implement and support patch and vulnerability management
7.9
7.9 – Understand and participate in change management processes
7.10
7.10 – Implement recovery strategies
7.11
7.11 – Implement Disaster Recovery (DR) processes
7.12
7.12 – Test Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP)
7.13
7.13 – Participate in Business Continuity (BC) planning and exercises
7.14
7.14 – Implement and manage physical security
7.15
7.15 – Address personnel safety and security concerns
Domain 8: Software Development Security
5
8.1
8.1 – Understand and integrate security in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
8.2
8.2 – Identify and apply security controls in software development ecosystems
8.3
8.3 – Assess the effectiveness of software security
8.4
8.4 – Assess security impact of acquired software
8.5
8.5 – Define and apply secure coding guidelines and standards
CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional
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