More CISSP study resources

By M. E. Kabay
Network World Security Newsletter, 04/16/01

The series on studying for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional exam brought in some helpful e-mail. Clement Dupuis wrote:

" Bonjour Docteur Kabay,

" First let me introduce myself, I am Clément Dupuis the maintainer of the CISSP Open Study Guides Web Site located at:

www.cccure.org

" I would like to bring to your attention this site as it is dedicated to helping people in obtaining their CISSP certification. The site has been running since February 15, 2001. However, the study guides that are currently being updated have been offered on the Web for the past 3 years by myself and one of my friends from Nortel, Chris Hare.

" The study guides for each of the domains were getting a bit old and I decided to set up a portal to seek help from the security community in revising them and getting them up to date. Right now I am offering an online quiz, discussion forums, a mailing list, study guides for each of the domains, security news and a few documents related to some of the domains.

" Membership is now getting close to 300 people. I have people from over 60 different countries. Some of the study guides are coming along real well (please take a look at Domain 1 under the download section), and so far I have had close to 7,000 downloads of the study guides in less than 2 months.

" Lately I have partnered with OCSIG (The Ottawa Computer Security Interest Group) and I am giving them a platform for their technical notes, virus alerts and other findings that they come up with.

" I would like to invite you to visit the site, evaluate its content, and if you think it is worthy you could mention it in one of the next two letters on the CISSP certification and how to get ready for it.

" I thank you for your time and I am looking forward to hear your comments about the site. "

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I paid a short visit to the site and focused on the discussion forums. My initial impression is that M. Dupuis is providing a good, low-noise environment for serious students to discuss all aspects of the CISSP domains. I encourage readers to visit the site, to contribute materials, and to participate in discussion of topics of interest to them. Best wishes to M. Dupuis and his colleagues.

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Another helpful reader, Dave Chen, CISSP, wrote, " You failed to mention the CISSP Study Mailgroup that is run by Scott Sanchez through SecurityPortal. It is a good forum for people who are interested in becoming CISSP. ISC2 is aware of this mailgroup. "

Here's the description available through the menus at:

www.SecurityFocus.com

" What is CISSPStudy?

" This is a mailing list for the discussion of issues and questions about the CISSP certification exams and program. CISSPStudy was started by Scott Sanchez (mailto:scott@gungadin.com) of infosec.gungadin.com

" Due to increased membership and traffic, the list has now been moved to SecurityFocus, and is still owned and maintained by Scott.

" If you are considering taking the CISSP exam offered by ISC2, if you are currently preparing for the exam or if you have already passed, you should subscribe to cisspstudy!

" Disclaimer: CISSP is a registered trademark of the ISC2, Inc. This mailing list is not in any way endorsed or sponsored by ISC2 or the CISSP Test Development Committee. The study tips and discussions held in this mailing list are neither official nor approved or written by ISC2. "