Deciding where to start your studies is an important first step along with determining your goals.
Before you plan to hack the stack or
write your first buffer overflow you
should review the basics. Many security certifications are vendor neutral and range from entry level to advanced. The major vendors are also beginning to develop programs to meet increased demand for security certified professionals. Always check with the IT security vendor first. Their website is the best place to learn more about each certification's requirements. Most of these websites list very specific and detailed requirements. Use this information! It can help you chart a path to success. Take a look at the books below. You may want to consider these to help you prep for a IT security certification.
CISSP Exam Cram
Considering the CISSP exam? Learn what you need to know to master the CISSP security technology and the certification exam with the CISSP Exam Cram 2. A perfect compliment to larger study guides, the CISSP Exam Cram 2 is a great way to find out exactly what will be expected of you during the real exam. The book includes:
Exam topic-focused chapters.
Practice questions at the end of each chapter.
Exam Alerts that highlight key terms and areas.
Two full-length practice exams.
An electronic test engine provided by MeasureUp on CD-ROM with additional practice exams.
The "Cram Sheet" tearcard for last minute exam review.
These 10 domains include:
* Security Management
* Security Architecture
* Access Control Systems and Methodologies
* Applications Development Security
* Physical Security
* Cryptography
* Telecommunications, Network and Internet
* Business Continuity Planning
CEH Exam Prep
The CEH certification shows knowledge of network penetration testing skills and ethical hacking. The CEH exam takes three hours and 125 questions, requiring a broad and deep knowledge of network security issues. The CEH Exam Prep is the perfect solution for this challenge, giving you the solid, in-depth coverage you'll need to score higher on the exam.
CISA Exam Prep
Security testing is the primary job of ethical hackers and those wanting to know the trade. These tests may be configured in such way that the ethical hackers have full knowledge, partial knowledge or no knowledge of the target of evaluation (TOE). The following pages contain resources to help you learn more. Each area is broken up into a specific aspect of the hacking event.
The CISA Certification book covers:
Study and Exam Prep Tips
Part I: IT Governance and the Audit Process
Chapter 1: The Audit Process
Chapter 2: IT Governance
Part II: System and Infrastructure Lifecycle Management
Chapter 3: Lifecycle Management
Chapter 4: System Infrastructure Control
Part III: IT Service Delivery and Support
Chapter 5: Information Systems Hardware and Architecture
Chapter 6: Information Systems Used for IT Delivery and Support
Part IV: Protection of Information Assets
Chapter 7: Protection of Logical Assets
Chapter 8: Physical Security
Part V: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Chapter 9: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Part VI: Final Preparation
Fast Facts
Practice Exam
Answers to Practice Exam Questions
Glossary
Index
Build Your Own Security Lab
If your job is to design or implement IT security solutions or if you're studying for any security certification, this is the how-to guide you've been looking for. Here's how to assess your needs, gather the tools, and create a controlled environment in which you can experiment, test, and develop the solutions that work. With liberal examples from real-world scenarios, it tells you exactly how to implement a strategy to secure your systems now and in the future.
If you want to get security certified the best training is to build your own lab. By building your won lab you can experiment with the latest pen-testing tools, or and learn how new exploits effect a system. While these types of activities are not recommended for a production network , a security lab is just the thing you need. This book addresses how to build a lab for testing security software and vulnerabilities, while keeping it separate from the production network.
Security +
The Street Smarts series is designed to help current or aspiring IT professionals put their certification to work for them. Full of practical, real world scenarios, each book features actual tasks from the field and then offers step-by-step exercises that teach the skills necessary to complete those tasks. And because the exercises are based upon exam objectives from leading technology certifications, each Street Smarts book can be used as a lab manual for certification prep.
This certification preparation book can
also be used for those considering the
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP).
Hacker Techniques, Tools, and
Incident Handling
Hacker Techniques, Tools, and Incident
Handling is part of the Information
Systems Security and Assurance Series
from Jones and Bartlett Learning
designed to lead readers through the
ethical hacking process. The book starts
with a review of the current hacking
landscape and goes on to review the
technical overview of hacking while the
final section studies how to deal with
hacking attacks
This textbook is accompanied by a
comprehensive supplements package,
including a complete package of material
that can be used in any college program.
This book is not just current but
position to solve the IT security needs
of the future.
Considering the CISSP exam? Learn what you need to know to master the CISSP security technology and the certification exam with the CISSP Exam Cram 2. A perfect compliment to larger study guides, the CISSP Exam Cram 2 is a great way to find out exactly what will be expected of you during the real exam. The book includes:
Security testing is the primary job of ethical hackers and those wanting to know the trade. These tests may be configured in such way that the ethical hackers have full knowledge, partial knowledge or no knowledge of the target of evaluation (TOE). The following pages contain resources to help you learn more. Each area is broken up into a specific aspect of the hacking event.
for any security certification, this is the how-to guide you've been looking for. Here's how to assess your needs, gather the tools, and create a controlled environment in which you can experiment, test, and develop the solutions that work. With liberal examples from real-world scenarios, it tells you exactly how to implement a strategy to secure your systems now and in the future. 
The Street Smarts series is designed to help current or aspiring IT professionals put their certification to work for them. Full of practical, real world scenarios, each book features actual tasks from the field and then offers step-by-step exercises that teach the skills necessary to complete those tasks. And because the exercises are based upon exam objectives from leading technology certifications, each Street Smarts book can be used as a lab manual for certification prep.
This certification preparation book can
also be used for those considering the
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP).
Systems Security and Assurance Series
from Jones and Bartlett Learning
designed to lead readers through the
ethical hacking process. The book starts
with a review of the current hacking
landscape and goes on to review the
technical overview of hacking while the
final section studies how to deal with
hacking attacks