Mike Chapple - (ISC)2 SSCP Systems Security Certified Practitioner Official Practice Tests

Second Edition

Mike Chapple
David Seidl

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The authors would like to thank the many people who made this book possible. First, Ricky Chapple and Matthew Chapple provided crucial assistance in formatting and laying out the chapters for this book. Without their help, we would never have completed this project on schedule.

We also owe our thanks to a large supporting team from the publishing world. Jim Minatel at Wiley Publishing helped us extend the Sybex security certification franchise to include this new title and gain important support from the International Information Systems Security Consortium (ISC)2. Carole Jelen, our agent, worked on a myriad of logistic details and handled the business side of the book with her usual grace and commitment to excellence. Ben Malisow, our technical editor, continues to provide wonderful input and suggestions that keep us on our toes and help us produce a high-quality final product. Lily Miller served as the project editor and managed the project smoothly.

Mike Chapple, Ph.D.,Security+, CISSP, CISA, PenTest+, CySA+, is teaching professor of IT, analytics, and operations at the University of Notre Dame. He is also academic director of the universitys masters program in business analytics.

Mike is a cybersecurity professional with more than 20 years of experience in the field. Prior to his current role, Mike served as the senior director for IT service delivery at Notre Dame, where he oversaw the universitys cybersecurity program, cloud computing efforts, and other areas. Mike also previously served as chief information officer of Brand Institute and an information security researcher with the National Security Agency and the U.S. Air Force.

Mike is a frequent contributor to several magazines and websites and is the author or coauthor of more than 25 books including CISSP Official (ISC)2Study Guide, CISSP Official (ISC)2Practice Tests, CompTIA CySA+ Study Guide, and CompTIA CySA+ Practice Tests, all from Wiley, and Cyberwarfare: Information Operations in a Connected World from Jones and Bartlett.

Mike offers free study groups for the PenTest+, CySA+, Security+, CISSP, and SSCP certifications at his website, certmike.com.

David Seidlis the Vice President for Information Technology and CIO at Miami University of Ohio. During his more than 23 years in information technology, he has served in a variety of leadership, technical, and information security roles, including leading the University of Notre Dames Campus Technology Services operations and infrastructure division as well as heading up Notre Dames information security team as Notre Dames director of information security.

He has written books on security certification and cyberwarfare, including co-authoring CompTIA CySA+ Study Guide: Exam CS0-002, CompTIA CySA+ Practice Tests: Exam CS0-002, and CISSP Official (ISC)2Practice Tests and CompTIA Security+ Study Guide: Exam SY0-601 and CompTIA Security+ Practice Tests: Exam SY0-601, all from Wiley, and Cyberwarfare: Information Operations in a Connected World from Jones and Bartlett.

David holds a bachelors degree in communication technology and a masters degree in information security from Eastern Michigan University, as well as CISSP, GPEN, GCIH, CySA+, and PenTest+ certifications.