Summary: The Domains of the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) for CISSP and SSCP certs

Part A, CISSP knowledge areas

These are the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) "Ten Domains" WRT the CISSP certification:

1. Access Control

2. Application Security

3. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning

4. Cryptography

5. Information Security and Risk Management

6. Legal, Regulations, Compliance, and Investigations

7. Operations Security

8. Physical (Environmental) Security

9. Security Architecture and Design

10. Telecommunications and Network Security

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Part B, SSCP knowledge areas

Here are the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) "Seven Domains" WRT the SSCP certification:

1. Access Control

2. Analysis and Monitoring

3. Cryptography

4. Malicious Code and Other Attacks

5. Networks and Telecommunications

6. Risk, Response, and Recovery

7. Security Operations and Administration

I hope this helps you, as a brief introduction. For details, go directly to the source, (ISC)2. ;-)

NOTE: WRT training options, I personally found the "Yellow Book" and the CISSP Prep Guide by Shon Harris to be the most helpful, along with a 10-week study group via the Information Systems Security Association, (ISSA), http://www.issa-nova.org/ and http://www.issa-hr.org/

Regards,
Cheri Sigmon, CISSP