Keeping information safe

I’m dedicating myself to beefing up my Information Technology Security Training this year. A friend of mine recently completed Ethical Hacker training and also took the CISSP exam to get certified as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and he’s told me all about the knowledge he’s acquired. I’m pretty jealous and want to know all the things he’s learned too.

I didn’t know too much about the CISSP exam, so he filled me in on what it is all about and the different things that it covers. He said there are ten different domains of information that are covered and each is very important to the security of systems information. It is knowledge that is important for any informational technology user whether they are a consumer or business person, and through the preparation you acquire a base of skills in all these areas that are always useful and in demand from employers.

The ten domains include: Access Control; Applications and Systems Development; Business Continuity Planning; Cryptography; Law, Investigation, & Ethics; Operations Security; Physical Security; Security Architecture; Security Management; Telecommunications and Networks Security. That definitely looks like a lot of information to learn and I’m really excited to get started on it and know that I will be keeping my information as secure as possible from now on.