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Summary: One of the Best
Review: If you are looking for your CISSP, this is one of the top two books you should own. It is a very coherent presentation of the ten domains. Very complete.
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Summary: Very concise and covers almost everything for the CISSP.
Review: This is overall a very decent book, but it's dry as the Sahara desert. However, it does present the material in a concise, informative way. Unfortunately, the sample questions are too easy, so don't let this fool you into thinking that the exam is a cake-walk. There are quite a few errors in the book as others have pointed out, which indicates that there was inadequate proof reading or that the book was published in a hurry. Update : Krutz has released the Advanced CISSP prep guide which is a large question bank. The questions in this later book are of a fairly high standard, something like what you would expect in the real exam. The advanced prep guide helped me immensely and I would recommend it to anyone studying this book.
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Summary: Great all around CISSP Prep Guide
Review: I purchased two books - this book and the Shon Harris book - and I thought this book was very detailed, more organized, and overall a better preparation for the exam than the Shon Harris book. There were a lot of things in the Shon Harris book that were not explained, that I only understood after reading the Ten Domains of Computer Security. The examples in The CISSP Prep Guide were relevant and supportive of all the information that was tested on the CISSP. Overall - between the two books - I highly recommend the CISSP prep guide. It is an all inclusive guide to the information that you need to know when taking the CISSP. It wasn't confusing, it more organized and well thought out comparatively to the Shon Harris book.
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Summary: The right information in the right size package
Review: While "All-In-One" has a very comprehensive outline of security concepts, I feel the "Prep Guide" is a better tool for focusing on the test for someone experienced in the field. The cryptography chapter is the clearest and readable overview of crypto concepts I've seen. For example, while "All-In-One" states that for 10 people, a person will have to have 45 different keys to support the symmetric encryption method - and for 100 - you'd need 4,950 symmetric keys (page 516), but doesn't explain the calculation. The "Prep Guide" shows the formula, n(n-1)/2 (page 162). There are other examples of this, which make the Prep Guide a more useful tool for the security practitioner in studying for the exam.
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Summary: Excellent Roadmap to CISSP Success
Review: This book provided me with two essential elements I needed for a first time successful CISSP exam. Krutz and Vines have put together a nice package of information which can serve as both a roadmap and the motivation to get the CISSP done and focus on information which is certain to appear on the actual exam. It should be noted that this book was the sole preparation I used for the February 2002 exam and I read the book through twice. What I particularly liked was the organization of the data - especially the section on Cryptography - which forced me to reflect on past experience and technical areas I have not touched in many years. I strongly recommend this book for all CISSP candidates and those interested in a broad review of key network security subjects.
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Summary: Good Overview - Poor and Wrong details
Review: The book presents a short and compact overview of the ten domains for the CISSP exam.
What really stroke me is Chapter 3 which talks about "Telecommunications and Network Security". It has quite some unprecise and at some points even wrong statements which confuse the reader unnecessarily. There is better material out there which covers these things much nicer (e.g. Building Internet Firewalls, Zwicky).
Good to get an overview, but don't solely rely on this book to back you for the exam!
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Summary: Lots of information presented as confusingly as possible
Review: I fail to see how anyone could give this book a positive review. Chapter 3 was written with numerous glaring errors, and with many grammatical errors. The wording is confusing. If you don't want to get bogged down in having to proofread the book to figure out what in the world the author is trying to communicate, and if you want a book with more accurate, thorough information. Buy the All-In-One Exam Guide by Shon Harris. I wish I would have never bought this book. Although, it could prove to be a useful doorstop or fire kindling.
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Summary: Poorly written outline of facts- don't waste money or time
Review: Absolutely dreadful presentation of material. Glaring mistakes, examples are generally short, confusing, and consequentially meaningless. Too many typos cause frustration while reading... My advice can be easily summed up in only two words: DON'T BUY!!!!!
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Summary: Just the facts, ma'am.
Review: Im about 3 weeks away from sitting for the CISSP test, and the CISSP Prep Guide has become my "security blanket" (no pun inteded). Ive read other, larger "All-inclusive" books, Carl Endorff's book, as well as some of the suggested readings and I have to say this is the book that got things across the best. They didnt try to sell me a larger book with pretty pictures of tornadoes or other things that were just taking up space. The authors got right to the point, which when studying for this test can save you hours upon hours. The one chapter I would suggest looking elsewhere for support on is the cryptography section. I found myself getting lost in the wording. Otherwise, THIS IS YOUR BOOK! Buy it, learn it -- be the book.
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Summary: Good book, easy to read
Review: Some of the material in the CBK can get pretty dry at times. Although no book can make some things exciting, this one at least made them easy to read about. The text was written in a very clear style that flowed well. It was as complete a reference as a single book is likely to be. It was easy to follow and didn't put you to sleep like some do. I highly recommend it.
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