You're reading from Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Exam Guide Become a certified CISSP professional with practical exam-oriented knowledge of all eight domains

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800567610

Length 526 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Cryptography

Authors (3):

Ted Jordan

Ric Daza

Hinne Hettema

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Table of Contents (28) Chapters

Preface

1. Intro I: Becoming a CISSP FREE CHAPTER

2. Intro II: Pre-Assessment Test

3. Chapter 1: Ethics, Security Concepts, and Governance Principles

4. Chapter 2: Compliance, Regulation, and Investigations

5. Chapter 3: Security Policies and Business Continuity

6. Chapter 4: Risk Management, Threat Modeling, SCRM, and SETA

7. Chapter 5: Asset and Privacy Protection

8. Chapter 6: Information and Asset Handling

9. Chapter 7: Secure Design Principles and Controls

10. Chapter 8: Architecture Vulnerabilities and Cryptography

11. Chapter 9: Facilities and Physical Security

12. Chapter 10: Network Architecture Security

13. Chapter 11: Securing Communication Channels

14. Chapter 12: Identity, Access Management, and Federation

15. Chapter 13: Identity Management Implementation

16. Chapter 14: Designing and Conducting Security Assessments

17. Chapter 15: Designing and Conducting Security Testing

18. Chapter 16: Planning for Security Operations

19. Chapter 17: Security Operations

20. Chapter 18: Disaster Recovery

21. Chapter 19: Business Continuity, Personnel, and Physical Security

22. Chapter 20: Software Development Life Cycle Security

23. Chapter 21: Software Development Security Controls

24. Chapter 22: Securing Software Development

25. Chapter 23: Secure Coding Guidelines, Third-Party Software, and Databases

26. Chapter 24: Accessing the Online Practice Resources

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Selecting and Determining Cryptographic Solutions

When it comes to selecting cryptographic solutions, do not reinvent the wheel by attempting to create a custom encryption solution. Popular solutions tend to be so because they have been tried and tested; if you start from scratch, you will not be able to test your solution adequately. When selecting encryption types, use standard ones approved by NIST or other organizations that certify and accredit encryption models. They are tested and have a lot of experience behind them for data at rest and data in transit.

Depending on how data is classified determines which quality encryption to use. Top secret data may require AES encryption. Publicly available data may need no encryption at all. Data at rest systems, such as hard drives and backup tapes, must be encrypted if they contain critical data.

Make certain to protect private keys. Keep them backed up in case of data corruption. If private keys are compromised by hackers, generate...