CISSP Course Update | Blog entry by Les Bell

Blog entry by Les Bell

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Our flagship CISSP Fast Track Review course is now fully updated to meet the 15 April 2024 exam outline. The course includes new material on a number of topics - principally artificial intelligence, high performance computing and networking.

"The course did not need much updating at all", said course developer and presenter Les Bell. "The course is continually updated and has always been slightly ahead of the CISSP detailed content outline, on the assumption that the material will turn up in the Common Body of Knowledge sooner or later."

In particular the presentation slides used during the 5-day course are backed by a wiki which contains over 670 pages of detailed information as well as references and links to external sources. For example, the wiki already contained pages on machine learning and artificial intelligence, as well as separate pages on attack techniques such as prompt injection and training data extraction, making it easy to expand. Using a wiki has made it easy to cross-reference and reorganise topics which may appear in multiple domains of the CISSP CBK.

The course is taught in both 5-day face-to-face sessions and a virtual/online format, using a blended learning approach which includes an online component. This includes quizzes with feedback which links directly back into the wiki, so that students get immediate detailed feedback, speeding pre-exam revision. The course site also provides other resources such as discussion forums and post-class support.

Further information, including the course schedule, is at https://www.lesbell.com.au/mod/page/view.php?id=481 (the schedule of upcoming courses is, of course, below).

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