CWSP Certified Wireless Security Professional Official Study Guide (Exam PW0-200), Second Edition

by: Tom Carpenter, Grant Moerschel, Richard Dreger

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:


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.

Average Rating:

Rating: - Better than 1st edition but only average
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 ... Read More

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Rating: - Disappointed - Not enough coverage
To begin with, I work for a wireless company whose products are heavily involved in monitoring and auditing wireless networks.

These topics (25% of the exam), while listed objectives, aren't really covered properly in the book. For the book, the main (and limited) emphasis in this arena is strictly WIDS/WIPS. However, this is a small portion of the total picture - and are only a subset of the objectives.

Also, this book is very shallow. The meaning, as I understand it, ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent Reference
I bought this book because I thought it was well laid out. I am not likely going to take the test. I believe that it will be a great reference book. My boss is very wireless phobic. This book helped me explain the security and the technologies around WLANs so I could move forward with wireless. I am in a heavy industrial environment where running wires is extremely costly. Since security is a big issue I needed this book to help me understand the differences between wireless IDS and wireless ... Read More

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Rating: - Used CWSP study guide - passed exam this week
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 ... Read More

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Rating: - Needs a big errata
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 ... Read More