- Paperback: 636 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne; 2 edition (1 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0072263202
- ISBN-13: 978-0072263206
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.5 x 3.6 cm
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The ONLY official study guide for the industry-standard wireless security certification exam
Cowritten by the creators of the exam and leading experts in wireless security, CWSP Certified Wireless Security Professional Official Study Guide, Second Edition, offers complete coverage of all the objectives for the vendor-neutral wireless network certification that focuses on the technologies behind the brands. The fully integrated study system includes notes that reinforce and teach practical skills, step-by-step exercises, chapter self-tests, and more than 150 practice exam questions.
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Get official exam preparation for CWSP Exam PWO-200
Authorized by the exam developers at the CWNP Program, this study guide thoroughly covers all the topics on the CWSP certification exam. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons that present specific scenarios and challenging review questions to help you learn the material quickly and easily.
CWSP Certified Wireless Security Professional Official Study Guide will help you prepare for the exam as well as learn to implement the latest wireless security technologies. Get the only official study guide authorized by the creators of the CWSP exam.
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning:
- SOHO, SMB, and Enterprise Layer 2 security
- Wireless Protected Access (WPA)
- 802.11i-compliant Wireless Protected Access v2 (WPA2)
- 802.1X/EAP authentication
- Wireless instrusion prevention and detection
- Layer 3 VPN security
- Protocol analysis
- Device management protocols
- Autonomous, Distributed, and Integrated wireless technologies
Complete Exam Coverage
- Comprehensive details on all CWSP objectives
- Review questions modeled after the real exam
- Helpful chapter summaries and key term lists
- Vendor-neutral coverage of wireless security technologies and equipment
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Better than 1st edition but only average
8 May 2007
Format:Paperback
I would rate the first edition of this book as an F. This edition is better and I would rate it a C.
The writing is unclear and as other reviewers have noted, the book seems to have errors. I would not trust this book to prepare for the Certification Exam.
Here is one of numerous examples of what I consider to be unclear writing. This one is on page 417.
"... but where older hardware can at best support TKIP, that mode can be supported"
Then in the very next sentence it says,
"Note that CCMP is the default method used in RSNAs and must be supported by all devices supporting RSNA."
To me these two sentences seem to contradict each other. Is CCMP support required or not? In any case, I'll go directly to the 802.11i spec for clarification. At least it's free.
Also the review questions seem to be very simple and do not really require any in depth understanding of the material to answer correctly. Sure these questions are easy to write but how useful are they really? Why not some meaty thought provoking questions like those in the CWNA Study Guide by Coleman with the answers explained - no that takes too much time.
The writing is unclear and as other reviewers have noted, the book seems to have errors. I would not trust this book to prepare for the Certification Exam.
Here is one of numerous examples of what I consider to be unclear writing. This one is on page 417.
"... but where older hardware can at best support TKIP, that mode can be supported"
Then in the very next sentence it says,
"Note that CCMP is the default method used in RSNAs and must be supported by all devices supporting RSNA."
To me these two sentences seem to contradict each other. Is CCMP support required or not? In any case, I'll go directly to the 802.11i spec for clarification. At least it's free.
Also the review questions seem to be very simple and do not really require any in depth understanding of the material to answer correctly. Sure these questions are easy to write but how useful are they really? Why not some meaty thought provoking questions like those in the CWNA Study Guide by Coleman with the answers explained - no that takes too much time.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Used CWSP study guide - passed exam this week
1 Dec 2006
Format:Paperback
I am currently pushing forward in the Security Arean and getting a grasp at a deep technical level of the challenges faced by Security Professionals. With this in mind it would be a mistake not to take a look at wireless and understand the ramifications for implementing it in an organization. Even for a home user a fundamental understanding of WEP verus WPA versus WPA2 is recommended and to understand the ramifications for buying a wireless client that only supports WEP or even no security mechanism at all.
With all the above said, I wanted to study for CWSP and purchased the study guide and learn at a deep technical level wireless security issues. I think its unfair to only label this book a study guide - I have passed the exam and will reference this book many times as I progress in my career. I have other certifications and generally end up throwing the study guides away because they were so focussed on getting me through an exam versus teaching me the entire subject matter arena they are of little use to me afterwards unless I require a door wedge.
I strongly recommend this book not only to those studying for CWSP, or even evaluating whether they want to put the time into passing the exam and see the material they need to digest, but also to those people in the field challenged with supporting wireless infrastructures. I also recommend the book to home users that might be concerned about the possibilities of sharing their Cable Modem or DSL connections with unathorized neighbors or war drivers because they want to buy a wireless router to have the freedom in their homes to use their internet connection anywhere.
The book compliments the certification in quality and accuracy.
David Breslin
CWNA, CWSP, MCSD, MCAD, MCDBA, MCSA, CHP, CHSS, CEH, Linux+, MOS Master
With all the above said, I wanted to study for CWSP and purchased the study guide and learn at a deep technical level wireless security issues. I think its unfair to only label this book a study guide - I have passed the exam and will reference this book many times as I progress in my career. I have other certifications and generally end up throwing the study guides away because they were so focussed on getting me through an exam versus teaching me the entire subject matter arena they are of little use to me afterwards unless I require a door wedge.
I strongly recommend this book not only to those studying for CWSP, or even evaluating whether they want to put the time into passing the exam and see the material they need to digest, but also to those people in the field challenged with supporting wireless infrastructures. I also recommend the book to home users that might be concerned about the possibilities of sharing their Cable Modem or DSL connections with unathorized neighbors or war drivers because they want to buy a wireless router to have the freedom in their homes to use their internet connection anywhere.
The book compliments the certification in quality and accuracy.
David Breslin
CWNA, CWSP, MCSD, MCAD, MCDBA, MCSA, CHP, CHSS, CEH, Linux+, MOS Master
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Needs a big errata
26 Oct 2006
Format:Paperback
This book is filled with errors and inconsistencies on the simple things. For a study guide and as a CWNA and CWAP holder I expected much better from CWNP. For example they cannot even get the RADIUS acronym correct or consistent. Their other guides were great. The CWAP guide did have some errors too but not as bad as this CWSP guide. I am still waiting on an errata or they better reprint a cleaned up version and give current second edition customers a discount. If they cannot get the simple things correct then that leaves a major question open on the quality of the content they are covering and explaining.
There is a lot of information to cover for the exam and the information in the guide is helpful and structured logically for you to learn and review, but you have to be careful with the errors/misnomers et. al. Also, the inclusion of Chapter 18 is a little confusing. Beyond any security implications chapter 18 would have been best covered in the CWNA guide.
All in all the study guide is not bad but after 2 passes I spent more time sending in information for an errata than getting a confident feeling on what I was reading.
I gave it one star for the errors and quality.
The CWNP program in my mind is top notch but they may have punted on this guide.
There is a lot of information to cover for the exam and the information in the guide is helpful and structured logically for you to learn and review, but you have to be careful with the errors/misnomers et. al. Also, the inclusion of Chapter 18 is a little confusing. Beyond any security implications chapter 18 would have been best covered in the CWNA guide.
All in all the study guide is not bad but after 2 passes I spent more time sending in information for an errata than getting a confident feeling on what I was reading.
I gave it one star for the errors and quality.
The CWNP program in my mind is top notch but they may have punted on this guide.
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