CISSP
Data Lifecycle Security: Protecting Data from Creation to Destruction
Data moves through six phases and three states. If your security controls only cover two of them, here is how to close the gaps.
Asset Inventory That Actually Works: From Spreadsheet Chaos to Security Confidence
Your asset inventory is probably wrong. Learn how to build a continuous discovery process that keeps your security program grounded in reality.
Secure Data Handling Requirements: How Your People Should Treat Sensitive Data
Classification labels mean nothing without handling rules people actually follow. Here is how to bridge the gap between policy and daily behavior.
Security Awareness Training (SETA): Culture vs. Compliance, Why Phishing Tests Often Fail to Change Culture
Move security awareness beyond checkbox compliance by designing behavior-focused programs that improve reporting, decision-making, and long-term security culture.
Legal & Regulatory: Navigating GDPR, HIPAA, and Transborder Data Transfers
Navigate GDPR, HIPAA, and cross-border data transfers with a CISSP-focused framework covering DPF, Schrems II implications, and practical compliance controls.
Threat Modeling for Security Leaders: How STRIDE and PASTA Drive Better Risk Decisions
Security managers who connect STRIDE and PASTA outputs to governance, risk registers, and design decisions turn threat modeling from a checkbox into one of the highest-leverage controls in the SDLC.
Supply Chain Risk Management for CISSP: Governing Third-Party Risk as Enterprise Risk
Supply chain compromises bypass your internal controls entirely. Learn how CISSP leaders govern vendor risk through tiered assessments, enforceable contracts, and continuous monitoring.
CISSP Risk Management: Assessing Threats and Vulnerabilities (Inherent vs Residual Risk)
Assess threats and vulnerabilities the CISSP way by connecting asset value, likelihood, impact, and treatment choices to measurable business risk outcomes.
Quantitative vs. Qualitative Risk Analysis: Choosing the Right Method for CISSP and the Real World
Learn when to use qualitative versus quantitative risk analysis, how hybrid methods work in practice, and how to present cyber risk in business terms that drive real decisions.
Personnel Security in CISSP: The Insider Threat Lifecycle (and the Hostile Termination Checklist)
Build a lifecycle-based insider threat program from hiring through offboarding, with CISSP-aligned controls that balance trust, privacy, and risk reduction.
Business Continuity vs Disaster Recovery: What CISSP Domain 1 Actually Expects You to Know
BCP keeps the business running during disruption. DR restores the technology afterward. Learn what CISSP Domain 1 expects you to know about both, with practical examples and exam guidance.
Due Care vs. Due Diligence: The Compliance Distinction Every CISSP Candidate Must Master
Clarify due care versus due diligence in CISSP terms, with practical governance steps and legal context from major cybersecurity enforcement cases.
Professional Ethics: The (ISC)² Code of Ethics
Apply the ISC2 Code of Ethics in real security decisions, from disclosure and reporting dilemmas to leadership trade-offs and professional accountability.