- [Mike] Hi, I'm Mike Chapple, and I'd like to welcome you
to our CISSP Identity and Access Management Course.
The Certified Information System Security Professional,
or CISSP certification, is the gold standard
for information security certification.
You'll find that it's a core requirement for many mid
and senior level information security positions.
Earning the CISSP requires demonstrating
that you have sufficient work experience
and passing an exam covering the eight domains
of information security.
This course covers the fifth of those eight domains,
Identity and Access Management.
13% of the questions on the CISSP exam
come from this domain.
I have two decades of experience
as an information security professional,
and I've been involved in CISSP training
and certification for most of those.
As you work your way through this course,
you might find it helpful to have two books
that I have written by your side.
The first, is the Official CISSP Study Guide
available from Sybex.
This book is approved by (ISC)²
as the official study guide for the exam
and it contains context that supplements this course
and will help you be prepared when you take the exam.
The second book that you'll want
is the Official CISSP Practice Tests,
also available from Sybex.
This book contains over 1300 practice exam questions,
designed to mimic those on the actual test.
The book has an entire chapter dedicated
to questions from each domain, along with two
full-length practice tests to help you assess your progress.
As we work our way through this course,
we'll focus on each topic covered by domain five.
We'll review how to control physical and logical access
to information and information systems.
We'll also cover managing secure identification,
authentication, and authorization processes.
You'll also learn how you can prevent
or mitigate access control attacks.
And that's just a small sampling
of the many topics covered in this course.
These topics, combined with the information
you learn in our other CISSP courses,
will help you pass the CISSP exam
and also provide a critical foundation
for your career in information security.
In addition to using this course
and the companion books for the exam,
I encourage you to visit my website at certmike.com
and sign up for my free CISSP study group.
I'll send you weekly emails guiding you
through the exam preparation process
and offer you test taking tips
to help you get ready for the exam.
Alright, let's get rolling.