"Official (ISC)^2 Guide to the CISSP
Exam", Susan Hansche/John Berti/Chris Hare
This is the latest and greatest. Not perfect: a lot of the writing is
pretty ragged. However, this has the greatest breadth of any CISSP
guide so far, and a decent depth on most of the info. The sample
questions are the closest, in style and difficulty, to those you'll
see on the exam.
"CISSP All-in-One Certification Exam
Guide", Shon Harris
a copy of the CBK course outline, and explanatory materials from a
number of other sources. Until the "Official" guide, it is the one
most likely to be able to get you through the exam, albeit not with a
great mark.
"The CISSP Study Guide", Ronald L.
Krutz/Russell Dean Vines
the most complete copy of the CBK course outline, but little tutorial
material. ( "The CISSP Prep Guide Gold
Edition", Ronald L. Krutz/Russell Dean Vines, is a marginal update
of "The CISSP Study Guide" together with the additional questions in
"Advanced CISSP Prep Guide: Exam Q & A" [see below].)
"CISSP Exam Notes", K. Wan
a cheap and fairly quick guide, also more recent than some of the
others.
"CISSP Training Guide", Roberta Bragg
surprisingly little relevant information, in relation to the size of
the book, and quite disorganized.
"Mike Meyers' Certification Passport
CISSP", Shon Harris
had another go, but this one is definitely not as good as the first.
"CISSP: Certified Information Systems
Security Professional Study Guide", Tittel
et al
has a surprising number of errors.
"Secured Computing", Carl F. Endorf
fairly complete outline, some explanatory content, little extra
material. This book also seems to have a relationship to the
simplistic Boson practice exams.
"CISSP for Dummies", Lawrence
Miller/Peter Gregory
the outline isn't as complete, although some tutorial areas are good.
A lot of errors, though.
"The Total CISSP Exam Prep Book",
Thomas R. Peltier/Patrick D. Howard
kinda odd man out: no explanatory text, just a set of questions that
are supposed to be like the CISSP exam, but aren't.
"Advanced CISSP Prep Guide: Exam Q &
A", Ronald L. Krutz/Russell Dean Vines
another of the same ilk.
"CISSP (Exam Cram)", Mandy Andress
another oddball: basically a kind of lexicon of terms in the CBK, not
very complete.
"Eleventh Hour CISSP Study Guide",
Eric Conrad
lots of errors, practice questions relying on trivia
"CISSP Practice Questions Exam Cram
2", Michael C. Gregg
another list of questions, too simplistic and too careless.
"Get Ready for CISSP Exam", Rafeeq Ur
Rehman
shoddy work-in-progress.
"CISSP Examination Textbooks", S. Rao
Vallabhaneni
possibly one of the worst books I have ever reviewed. I have been
told that there is a second edition, but I have also been told that my
original review still applies.
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