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Can I use a CISSP book to study for SSCP?

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:47:08 +0000

Can I use a CISSP book to study for SSCP? That’s a good question, and a good idea, but I don’t recommend it anymore. SSCP covers less ground and goes into more depth than CISSP does. SSCP is designed for

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SSCP vs CISSP

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:00:00 +0000

SSCP and CISSP are both (ISC)² certifications. I get a lot of questions about the two of them, especially about SSCP, as CISSP overshadows it. So let’s look at SSCP vs CISSP. CISSP definitely pays better, but that’s not to

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Questions from the logs

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:06:12 +0000

If one person uses a password, another will. That’s a popular hacking theory. If that’s true, then chances are if one person asks a question, another will. So here are three short questions (one completely unrelated to the others) I

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One road to the CISSP: Do SSCP first

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:59:00 +0000

As my crazy week wound down, I had a number of visitors, including someone who’s been on the fence about taking the CISSP. She wanted some advice. The (ISC)² Code of Ethics says to give generously of such things when

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A cloud computing-related Security+ question

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:10:04 +0000

Someone tossed a Security+ study question my way this week. This is an example of Security+ trying to be CISSP Lite, but it’s still a valid question–probably for either test, and for SSCP and CISM too. A small not-for-profit organization

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