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CISSP Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 4th Ed.
by Shon Harris
from McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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written by an elementary school teacher 
I took and passed the CISSP this year and found Shon Harris's book to be the worst of the study prep guides. Too verbose, too much information, although the information is factually correct, you can tell through her writing that she did not fully understand the subject material or WHY this material is important to know for the CISSP. The exam is an inch deep and a mile wide. Shon writes her book to be a mile deep and a mile wide, with a few inaccuracies thrown in for good measure!
Save your money and... more info
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Don't expect to learn anything 
I hate to be difficult, but this is an awful, mediocre book.
I'll keep it simple and factual:
- This book is horrendously inaccurate. Some chapters are OK - Crypto approaches 90%. Some are terrible. Telco and Network Security was maybe 30% accurate.
- Shon does not understand a great deal of the material that she is presenting. Examples that stick in my mind are "what is a race condition" and "why do we do processing on a smart card". Tracing the references, it becomes plainly obvious where... more info
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Good Read, But...
Ms. Harris' book is written in a more conversational style than your average technical read, but don't forget you will be tested on the official ISC2 materials. I recommend their book for studying and Ms. Harris' book as a supplement, not a substitute.
Now less than 12 hours away from taking the test, I found many of the post-chapter questions to be not well-formed, though much the same can be said about the ISC2 workbook. It is evident the human factors practioners (those who actually study how to... more info
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Faster Than a Speeding Bullet 
Wonderfully quick response and shipping time. Nice to have a request for any comments.
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