NICF – Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) (SF)

Course Overview

The CISSP certification is the ideal credential for you if you have proven deep technical and managerial skills, experience, and credibility to design, engineer, implement, and manage their overall information security program to protect organizations from growing sophisticated attacks. Backed by (ISC), the globally recognized, not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the information security field, the CISSP was the first credential in the field of information security to meet the stringent requirements of ISO/IEC Standard 17024.

CISSP is registered certification marks of (ISC), Inc.

Who Should Attend

The CISSP is ideal for you if you work in positions such as, but not limited to:

  • Security Consultant
  • Security Analyst
  • Security Auditor
  • Security Systems Engineer
  • Security Manager
  • Security Architect
  • Network Architect
  • IT Director / Manager
  • Director of Security
  • Chief Information Security Officer

Course Duration

5 Days / 39.75 Hours

Course Outline

Security and Risk Management

  • Confidentiality, integrity, and availability concepts 
  • Security governance principles/ Compliance
  • Legal and regulatory issues/ Professional ethic
  • Security policies, standards, procedures and guidelines 

Asset Security

  • Information and asset classification/ Ownership
  • Protect privacy/ Appropriate retention
  • Data security controls/ Handling requirements
  • Security Engineering (Engineering and Management of Security)
  • Engineering processes using secure design principles
  • Security models fundamental concepts/ Security evaluation models
  • Security capabilities of information systems
  • Security architectures, designs, and solution elements vulnerabilities
  • Web-based systems vulnerabilities/ Mobile systems vulnerabilities

Security Engineering

  • Engineering processes using secure design principles
  • Security models fundamental concepts
  • Security evaluation models/ Security capabilities of information systems
  • Security architectures, designs, and solution elements vulnerabilities
  • Web-based systems vulnerabilities/ Mobile systems vulnerabilities
  • Embedded devices and cyber-physical systems vulnerabilities
  • Cryptography/ Site and facility design secure principles 

Communication and Network Security

  • Secure network architecture design/ Secure network components
  • Secure communication channels/ Network attacks 

Identity and Access Management

  • Physical and logical assets control
  • Identification and authentication of people and devices
  • Identity as a service/ Third-party identity services
  • Access control attacks/ Identity and access provisioning lifecycle 

Security Assessment and Testing

  • Assessment and test strategies/ Security process data
  • Security control testing/ Test outputs
  • Security architectures vulnerabilities 

Security Operations

  • Investigations support and requirements/ Logging and monitoring activities
  • Provisioning of resources/ Foundational security operations concepts
  • Resource protection techniques/ Incident management
  • Preventative measures/ Patch and vulnerability management
  • Change management processes/ Recovery strategies
  • Disaster recovery processes and plans
  • Business continuity planning and exercises/ Physical security
  • Personnel safety concerns 

Software Development Security

  • Security in the software development lifecycle
  • Development environment security controls
  • Software security effectiveness
  • Acquired software security impact

Mode of Assessment

You will be required to complete a paper-based NICF assessment during class.

Certification Obtained and Conferred by

Statement of Attainment (SOA) from SSG

Participants will receive the following SOA upon completion of training and assessment

  • ICT-SNA-4007-1.1 Cyber Risk Management

CISSP Certification Exam

This course will prepare you to sit for CISSP certification examination.

You need to pass CISSP examination to attain the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification from (ISC)2

CISSP Certification Exam Information

  • Effective Date: 18th December 2017
  • Length of Exam: 3 Hours
  • No. of questions: 100 to 150
  • Question Format: Multiple choice and advanced innovative questions
  • Passing Grade: 700 out of 1000 points

For more details click here or for announcement click here.

On 14th December 2017, (ICS)2 has released an upgraded version of the exam outline to replace that of 2015. This will take effect from 1 April 2018.

Download this April 2018 Exam Outline from here.

Price

Course Fee with SSG Cat-B funding (w.e.f. 10th Apr 2017) 
 Individual SponsoredCompany Sponsored
w/o GSTw GSTNon-SMESME
w/o GSTw GSTw/o GSTw GST
Original Course Fee$1,750.00$1,872.50$1,750.00$1,872.50$1,750.00$1,872.50
Singapore Citizens & PRs aged 21 years and above$1,153.75$1,276.25$1,153.75$1,276.25$175.00$297.50
Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above$175.00$297.50$175.00$297.50$175.00$297.50
Singapore Citizens aged 35 years and above who are not earning more than $2,000 per month (WTS Scheme)$87.50$210.00$87.50$210.00$87.50$210.00

NTUC LearningHub Course Code: NICF020

SkillsConnect Code: CRS-Q-0032018-ICT

SSG Funding

  • This course is aligned to the National Infocomm Competency Framework (NICF) and accredited by SSG with Cat-B Funding (PME Level)
  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture credit to offset the course fee 

Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP)

NTUC members enjoy UTAP* benefit of up to $250 each year when you sign up for courses with NTUC LearningHub.

* UTAP supports 50% of the course fees paid cap at $250 per year. You must be a union member throughout the course duration and at the time of claim. You must achieve a minimum of 75% attendance for each application and have sat for all prescribed examinations. Other terms and conditions apply.Individual Sponsored

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding

Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their PSEA funds to offset course fee payable after fundingCompany Sponsored

  • Absentee Payroll claimable by SMEs: Up to 80%of hourly basic salary capped at $7.50/hr
  • Absentee Payroll claimable by Non-SMEs: Up to 80% of hourly basic salary capped at $4.50/hr
  • Absentee payroll claimable by companies (SMEs and Non-SMEs) sponsoring candidates under WTS Scheme: Up to 95% of hourly basic salary (no dollar cap)
Certification Exam Fee:
 w/o GSTw GST
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification Exam Fee$957.63$1,024.66

Terms and conditions apply. NTUC LearningHub reserve the right to make changes or improvements to any of the products described in this document without prior notice.

Prices are subject to other LHUB miscellaneous fees.