CISSP Study Guide and Practice Tests Books

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The Ninth Edition of the Official CISSP Study Guide and the Third Edition of the CISSP Official Practice Tests books are now available! (You can get them in one convenient bundle on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Information-Security-Professional-Official/dp/1119790026/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=mike+chapple&qid=1626107911&sr=8-4.)

Mike Chapple, David, James, and Darril have done an absolutely fantastic job with these; I had the honor of doing a tech review on both books before publication, and I highly, highly recommend them to anyone studying for the exam. They will help immensely. Good luck to all the CISSP candidates out there!

Privacy book now available as audiobook

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Wow— I had no idea this was even happening…but my book on privacy, “Exposed,” is now available as an audiobook:

https://www.amazon.com/Exposed-Revealing-Eliminating-Increases-Liberates/dp/B08XDQH3YJ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1615385333&sr=8-1

The reader is amazing, and I think it turned out really well. Please let me know what you think of it, if you listen to it!

New Year, New Book!

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New year, new book!

If you're studying for the CCSK, I just published over 300 practice questions covering all topic areas of that exam. It might also be a useful resource for CCSP studies, too, as many of the questions will be applicable for that test.

Many thanks to Mohamed Malki for technical review and editing, the inimitable Rachel Ribando-Gros, for being the best go-to graphics pro (with the most patience!), and Robin Cabe for layout and formatting. Y'all are wonderful, and I can't thank you enough.

Enjoy!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RR9KTZZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

The Flatline Cohesion Principle

This week’s CCSP class pointed out that one of the multiple-choice answers in my book of practice tests included the term “flatline cohesion principle.” They asked me what it meant, and I had to admit that I had no clue…maybe it meant that I was drinking too much scotch when I wrote the book?

Turns out, it was a nonsense term I invented as a distractor from the correct answer to that specific question. So we discussed the idea, and decided we had to come up with a definition for the completely blank term.

The consensus was that it should mean: “When you write a book of practice tests that may or may not have complicated, misleading questions in it, then use your class to crowdsource how worthy the material is for study purposes.”

I do like this. But I am very open to alternative uses for the term. If someone comes up with something better, put it in the Comments section, and I’ll send you a free copy of the book. I will be the sole judge of what constitutes “better.”

In the meantime: everyone should follow the flatline cohesion principle.

And many, many thanks to this week’s CCSP class participants: y’all were awesome, and I think you’re all gonna to conquer the exam.