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Summary: Good Book
Review: I found this book to be well written, interesting, and informative. I just sat for the CISSP exam and I certainly had a good foundation for the test. It did lack some information from the test, but so did the other "study guides". It is stated several times in the book that the questions are quite obscure on the test...believe it. Although this book did not totally prepare me for the test, I think it might be a difficult task to write a book that could fully prepare a person for the mildly irrelevant questions on the test...I definitely reccommend this book for a good overview of security.
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Summary: An Inch Deep a Mile Wide!
Review: That would be a good description of the CISSP exam. This is a good book but should also be combined with every other book you can find bearing the letters CISSP! The exam is indeed an inch deep and a mile wide.
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Summary: A very good prep book for the CISSP exam
Review: The book is definitely a good prep guide for the CISSP exam. Although hazy in some chapters, I found All-in-one particularly interesting and easy to read. Shon Harris presents the future exam taker with the perspective that he/she should adopt in order to pass the test something which is very important (the test questions are also quite good). Finally, it is a good reference as it provides a solid base over different areas of Security. However, remember that there is no All-in-one book for the CISSP exam. You should go over different reads while experience is also important. For those interested, I have managed to pass the test.
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Summary: Good book -- almost a great book
Review: Of the several CISSP books I have gone through in the past few weeks, this is definitely the most readable and enjoyable. The text is peppered with sometimes humorous, sometimes cheesy statements that at least help keep the reader away from the REM stage of reading. I found the many tables, summaries and bullet lists very helpful in remembering some of the minutia. The CD that came with the book was a great help in making sure the details pertinent to the exam would stay in memory.The only thing that prevented this from being a great book was that several important subjects for the exam were either glossed over superficially or absent. All in all, I would say the purchase price and study time with this book were well spent.
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Summary: Goofy writing, but a great study guide
Review: I just took the CISSP exam after 3 weeks of study. My main source was the Advanced CISSP Prep Guide by Krutz and Vines, with about 4 or 5 days spent on Harris's All-in-One Exam Guide. Harris's exam guide is full of [bad]jokes, [bad] clip-art, and [bad] quotes... but it's still the better study guide. Harris sticks with the information you need to know to pass, and she does a great job of explaining the concepts. She includes a lot of information that Krutz & Vines left out, information that showed up on my actual test. Krutz & Vines, on the other hand, pack their book with information I did not need to know, meaning I spent hours studying superfluous information.
The All-in-One Exam Guide does not contain everything you need to know for the test, though. I haven't seen any study guide that does. Be sure to consult a variety of study materials.
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Summary: CISSP
Review: Excellent book that really summed up the CBK's in a very efficient way. I read several books to prepare for my CISSP and I can tell you that THIS one was the only one I really needed. Shon Harris has a brilliant way to communicate sometimes boring subject matter in a very interesting way. Thanks to Shon's book I recieved my CISSP.
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Summary: Going for your CISSP? Get this book now.
Review: Well, you know what you know, you have been in the Information Security arena for at least three years and you believe that you would have a better shot at that promotion or new job if you were carrying those five little letters, CISSP. Now it is time to hit the books, or at least THE book. This is THE book. Shon Harris has done an admirable job of backfilling the top ten Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) topics from ISC^2 with historical and relevant information that makes the CBK easier to understand and relate to Information Security as a whole and THE TEST specifically. The book is divided of course on the ten disciplines of the CBK; Access Control, Network & Telecommunications, Security Management, Application Development, Cryptography, System Architecture and Models, Operations Security, Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery, Law Investigation & Ethics, and Physical Security. Each chapter gives a brief history lesson on the topic and builds into full examples, one line pointers and about 25 sample questions. The chapters are independent of one another and I did not study them in order. I recommend that you read the chapter that is most closely related to your current role in the IS structure. You can then pick up Shon's writing style and understand how her examples will relate to the real world. This is the only CISSP book I used to study with but don't ignore the great web sites that are out there, just Google for CISSP and you'll find plenty of resources but they won't replace the detail that this book provides. And, yes, I did pass the first time without taking a multi-thousand dollar seminar or class. Go Shon!
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Summary: Must have for anyone preparing for the CISSP
Review: I bought this book to prepare myself for the CISSP. I also talked my company into sending me to a SANS conference that covered the material for the CISSP. This book has everything and more that the instructor covered in the class. Book = 79.99, SANS Class = 3,145.00.
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Summary: Excellent - Simply Excellent
Review: This is, in my opinion, the best single source of study for the CISSP exam available today. Given the wide range of topics covered by the CISSP exam and it's 10 domains, writting a comprehensive book on the subject is difficult at best. Shon Harris manages the task better than anyone else has thus far been able to do. I highly recommend this book for anyone needing "full disclosure" of the 10 domains of the CISSP exam. It is detailed, it is accurate, and it is well enough written that it really does not have the feel of a reference book... though I also recommend this book for any current CISSP's who need a quick reference on the shelf to refresh their memory. It really is that good. (For the reviewer that compains about spelling, grammer, and inacuracies... I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. I've read the book from cover to cover. I saw very few errors in spelling or grammer. And the information is spot on accurate. Perhaps we read different books?) Keith Palmgren, CISSP
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Summary: Best CISSP review book
Review: I recently obtained the CISSP certification. This book does a great job of covering the material contained in the exam. I attended the ISC2 CBK review seminar and found much of the same material in this book. It easy to read and information is well-presented.
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