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3 February 2025

CISSP - Domain 1 and 2

by ogmini

I’ve started studying for the CISSP exam and what follows are a recap and notes on Domains 1 and 2. So far, I’m finding the material pretty straightforward and things that I’m already doing in my professional life. As everyone says, you need to think like a management for this certification and I already do.

Domain 1 - Security and Risk Management

  • Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authenticity, Nonrepudiation
  • Governance Alignment
  • Accountablity (NOT Delegated) vs Responsibility (Delegeated)
  • Due Care vs Due Diligence (Proves due care)
  • IP Laws, international data laws, privacy
    • Different types of data (3P, IP, SD)
    • Different authorities
  • Risk Management
    • Value/Valuation of assets
    • Risk Analysis
    • Treament (Avoid, Transfer, Mitigate, Accept)
  • Threat Modelling
    • PASTA
    • STRIDE
    • DREAD
  • Supply Chain Risks
    • SLA, SLR
  • Training and Education

Domain 2 - Asset Security

  • Identification and Classification
  • Data Owners and other roles
  • Policies for Data Classification
  • Data Lifecycle all the wya to destruction and archiving
  • Data security at rest, in transit, and in use
    • Obfuscation
  • DRM
  • DLP
tags: certification