Tentative Schedule

As IT Security is a very in depth topic, one semester is hardly enough time to cover all the major topics sufficiently, but as this is a traditional class in terms of time, I only have about 13 weeks to get through the book. I'm going to plan on finishing the material with a week or two to spare in order to build in a little buffer in case something takes longer than I originally planned. As such the following breakdown is going to act as the tentative schedule for the semester to help keep me pushing forward.

1. Week One
• Chapter 1:  Becoming a CISSP
• pgs 1-16
• Chapter 2: Security Trends
• pgs 17-44
2. Week Two
• Chapter 3: Information Security and Risk Management
• pgs 45-152
3. Week Three
• Chapter 4: Access Control
• pgs 153-280
4. Week Four
• Chapter 5: Security Architecture and Design
• pgs 281-400
5. Week Five
• Chapter 6: Physical and Environmental Security
• pgs 401-482
• Start on Chapter 7: Telecommunications and Network Security
6. Week Six
• Finish Chapter 7: Telecommunications and Network Security
• pgs 483-664
7. Week Seven
• Chapter 8: Cryptography
• pgs 665-776
8. Week Eight
• Chapter 9: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• pgs 777-844
9. Week Nine
• Chapter 10: Legal, Regulations, Compliance, and Investigations
• pgs 845-920
10. Week Ten
• Chapter 11: Application Security
• pgs 921-1048
11. Week 11
• Chapter 12: Operations Security
• pgs 1049-1132

This schedule will hopefully allow for enough time to finish everything in the book within the time span of the semester. It will require a lot of reading, but hopefully there is enough time to get through all the material while gaining a grasp of the ideas.