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| Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP Exam | 
| Authors: Cissp, Susan Hansche, Cissp, John Berti, Chris Hare
Publisher: AUERBACH
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (52 reviews)
Sales Rank: 305893
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 902
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 2.2
ISBN: 084931707X
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.8
EAN: 9780849317071
ASIN: 084931707X
Publication Date: December 15, 2003
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One of two "must own" resources if you plan to take the CISSP exam January 6, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book, and Shon Harris 3rd Edition (I also read Krutz) are must-have resources for CISSP exam preparation. If you can digest the whole thing, they may be the only books you need, though real life experience is a prerequisite as well. This ISC2 "Official Guide is pretty dry, I'm not going to lie, but it's critical that you work your way through it if you want that coveted "Congratulations" e-Mail from ISC2. I recently climbed the mountain successfully (first try even!) and this book was a key in my success. Spend the money, bite the bullet and dive in. Good luck!
 On topic, but needs much better editing August 21, 2006
I read and studied this book," Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP Exam", for my one study aid in quick preparation for the CISSP exam. I found the book's coverage of topics and the common body of knowledge to be fine; indeed the book is tuned to the CISSP exam's intended scope rather well. The problem with this book is quality control and the details. Just to get it out of the way, what annoyed me the most is that many of the sample "exam questions" are flawed lacking quality control. Not flawed like the CISSP exam questions themselves are known to be, but simply poorly written. The answer section for the sample questions has many flaws and mistakes: such as mixing up answers for other chapters' questions, unfinished text, etc. A frustrating way to end each chapter.
The main body of the book suffers from major reuse of subject matter, and at times contradictions on subjects. A whole-book editorial review is needed to tighten the thing up -- it suffers from a high-level sloppiness that makes reading and studying more tiring than necessary. Lastly, in some subject areas the book is inaccurate and/or out of date. As it stands, do not use this book as a security-subject expert-reference. Too many little mistakes of omission and half-correct contexts, and at times too little detail to give a subject "enough" coverage to put the important issues in the right light.
 Cosider a must-have August 13, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I rate this book very high because it is a serious content / concept based book for not only the exam but to really make things clear that it covers.
One drawback is that it does not cover it all and you might need the Krutz & Vines or Shon Haris book and interaction with the [...]. Still this would be a great buy because the questions at the end of the chapters are better quality than most of the books.
I have now known a lot of people passing exam by only using this one book (disclaimer: some of them have had good experiance in InfoSec, which is expected).
Importantly, email the author and get the errata of the book so that you don't run around trying to verify some of the errors the book has, though it could help doing all the additional research.
Good Luck for the exam !
Good book, but not end-all be-all July 21, 2006
A very useful resource for anybody interested in the field of Information Security. It provides an overview of the 10 bodies of knowledge that candidates for the CISSP exam are required to master. However, while this book is excellent as reference material, it is not as suitable as a study guide. Due to the nature of the book (it is authored by many different writers), there is quite a bit of repetition of material, and slightly different viewpoints on what often appears to be the same issue. Sometimes, the differences between the viewpoints are not clearly articulated, which may lead to confusion.
All in all, a good book and well worth the price.
Must have for the exam July 17, 2006
This book is a must because it covers all materials for the exam. If it isn't on here it's not on the exam. It presents the official view for the purpose of the exam. However it's not a good book to *learn* the materials because in general it's not written as well as it could be. I also uncovered at least one error.
Anyway use other book(s) to learn the materials. I used Sybex. You want to find a way to ensure that when reading other books you don't waste time reading materials *not* in this book.
Read this book at least twice, the second time the few days before the exam.
I passed the exam on the first try in July 2006.
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