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Summary: Highly recommended
Review: I followed only this book from A-Z, very informative and to the point. The questions after each section are pretty simple. I would recommend this book for people with deep security knowledge and not for the beginners. Beginners definitely need another reference book.
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Summary: Used it, passed test on first try
Review: I read this book word for word once and reread it quickly 2x... i took some practice test too but i think this book does a decent job to prep someone for the exam. I am not a total security person yet I do have some networking background. READ IT TWICE or 3x and do practice test... only reason for getting a 4 instead of a 5 is dry presentation and some small errors
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Summary: A VERY VERY dry read. However, I passed.
Review: I used three books to help me prepare for the exam. The authors know their subject and reading it should help you. I also read "All in one CISSP Study Guide" by Shon Harris. Although studying with any material you can get you hands on is always a good idea, I likely could have simply used Shon Harris's masterpiece, one of the other books that I purchased and not any other books. I found "The CISSP Prep Guide" lacking friendly examples and humor which made the book a dry, technical read. It kind of reminded me of the college text books about 16th Century music history. Sleepy and boring. And we all know computer security is more fun then that! Read Harris's book first, Carl Endorf's book second and only this one if you have the time!
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Summary: Well presented, but not deep
Review: This book gives a good introduction to one interested in security related works. It covers most aspects in information security, and cover all area of CISSP exam. This book gives you good knowledge but seems cannot help you practice securing your system as this book does not give you good technical knowledge implementing security on systems. You must have many other reference books for specific topics if you want to have in-deep knowledge on security. In short, it's a good book for one seeking basic and general knowledge on information security, but don't expect you can find in-deep information inside.
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Summary: For CISSP, start with this book
Review: Very well laid out. Should be the first book to read if you plan on becoming CISSP
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Summary: The CISSP Prep Guide-- Did it make the Grade?
Review: I felt the information in this book was extremely well written. It didn't go in depth into all 10 domains but it was enough to familiarize anyone with a little information that they would find extremely helpful. Is it enough by itself to pass the CISSP exam, I'd say "NOT" and I've been in the business for over 10 years. I haven't been working with all 10 domains so I'd expected this book to help me where I was lacking. It did help but was it enough to pass my exam.....I'll let you know in 14 days.
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Summary: It worked for me
Review: I Passed the CISSP exam using this book and Carl Endorf's CISSP Study Guide. If I can do it, anyone with a little experience (mine is in IPSec and firewalls) can pass the exam using these two books.
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Summary: Worth reading but watch the errors
Review: I recently took and passed the CISSP exam. My two main study guides were this book and the Information Security Management Handbook. I also used the CISSP Exam Cram. The main benifit to this book is that it gave some background on topics that are useful to know for the exam and exposed me to areas I was unfamiliar with. Note, the above info is all I can say in relation to the exam, the rest of the review just contains general opinions about the book. One good thing about this book is that it has lots of definitions. The glossary is good and the index is great. I particularly enjoyed chapter 10. Chapters 4 and 8 were pretty good too. The reason I'm giving this book 3 stars is that it has some glaring failures. It's not a good place to learn about forensics, risk management, computer crime law or technical aspects of computer network security. Chapter 3 in particular is littered with errors. Perhaps the most offensive is the description of a buffer overflow on page 76. It's listed under denial of service attacks and a "Ping of Death" is described as typical. Check out Aleph One's "Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit" (Phrack 49...) or the definition in Hacking Exposed for the real scoop.
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Summary: THE book for your CISSP
Review: This is the only book I read to review for my exam. I started reading it two weeks before the exam and passed (I did have extensive experience in the InfoSec field however). It covers each area of the test and introduces you to to ISC2's unique vocabulary (Which is perhaps the most important aspect of the test). Read it twice and you will pass the test. Save yourself some money and buy this book instead of all the recommended materials. The book is well organized and the bullleted lists corrospond to the material that you will encounter on the test. Read it and highlight it like a college text book and your highlights would be a perfect review sheet for last minute cramming
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Summary: Not too bad - I passed
Review: I have been doing computer security work for about 5 years now. I used this book, the Exam Cram (which I did not like) and on-line tests to help me prepare. The book could have been better if it had more questions and perhaps a CD to go with it. All in all it was not too bad but I spent an entire day, the day before the exam, going over this book cover to cover. I believe that it put me in the right frame of mind. If you find yourself shakey on any of the 10 Domains, spend extra time on them. I decided that if I could not get 80% or better on an exam for a domain it was time to re-read the chapter. By the way, I did pass the exam in about 3 hours.
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