CISSP Study Guide - Chapter 1

During the fall semester 2014, I will be involved in a directed study that is focused on Security and Governance. The study is centered around eventual understanding of concepts related to information security, and my study group will use a CISSP exam guide as the backbone of the study. I have never been exposed to information security in depth, so I am excited to have the opportunity to broaden my knowledge of this topic. At the end of the semester, I want to be able to comprehend what IT professionals are saying when discussing security. As of now, the security aspect of information systems is probably my weakest point. This course will help me better understand the terms used by IS professionals, and hopefully I will get to the point in which I can have security-related discussions with others in my industry. If I find IS security interesting, this course will also assist me in beginning a security career path. After obtaining the CISSP exam guide, I quickly realized that there is much more than I thought that goes into this topic. Ten separate domains is a lot to learn, and the book is massive. At the end of the chapter 1, I wrote down my answers for the pre-quiz.....I didn't do so well. I am confident that that at the conclusion of the study I will be able to go back and take the pre-quiz again and do much better. I look forward to next week as we really get started studying the world of information security.