Going for CISSP

Expect

Hi

I have 5 years of IT/IS experience, and am currently working for F5 Networks in the security field, aiming for CISSP.

My plan is to start with the Shon Harris book "CISSP All-in-One Exam guide 6th Edition", "CISSP prep guide", and "CISSP for dummies" with no deadline set to finish it, I will be using most of my free time for it and from other certification experiences I am very committed to what I do and and I believe this is how it works best for me.

I have skimmed through many TE topics on CISSP prep guides to get the clue of what to use for my studies, and other than that book I will refer to the available online material.

I would love to hear more thoughts on study materials, strategies of people here.

Thanks and I hope next year I will be looking at this post and I will have the CISSP under my belt already

cyberguypr

Best bet is to go through the "Passed CISSP" threads as many have thoroughly documented their study plans. See what common elements they have, check them out, and decide what works for you. In my particular case I planned on using the AIO as my primary source but quickly discovered the overly verbose style was not for me. Ended up switching to the Conrad Study Guide as primary, supplemented by the AIO, OIG and Conrad's 11th hour.

Expect

AIO is indeed verbose.
I am using some online blogs, AIO, 11th hour, CCCure paid subscription and CISSP for dummies (which I already read it cover to cover)
also found some very informative **** sheets which will help me tons
I'm currently on a 6~ hrs study per day schedule and aiming to take it on October 6th this year.

JDMurray

I would guess that NIST Special Publications are used quite a bit as references for (ISC)2 exam items, so don't forget those.

Also, Eric Conrad has two full CISSP practice exams available on his Website.

Expect

Well, happy to see I achieved it much less than expected. I passed CISSP today.

Resources:
CISSP prep guide
CISSP All in One by Shon Harris
CISSP for dummies
Eric 11th hour
Sunflower pdf

Quizzes:
CCCure
Transcender
McGraw Hill
Total Tester
CISSP gold

Major thanks to cgrimaldo from the forum and others from the here, it was not an easy task to achieve in less than 2 months.

cyberguypr

Congrats!

shanestyle

Congrats!

We use your BIGIP devices...

Which resources did you find most helpful/ more relevant to passing the exam? I am working my way though the Conrad CISSP study guide now.

Expect wrote: »

Well, happy to see I achieved it much less than expected. I passed CISSP today.

Resources:
CISSP prep guide
CISSP All in One by Shon Harris
CISSP for dummies
Eric 11th hour
Sunflower pdf

Quizzes:
CCCure
Transcender
McGraw Hill
Total Tester
CISSP gold

Major thanks to cgrimaldo from the forum and others from the here, it was not an easy task to achieve in less than 2 months.

cgrimaldo

Congrats Expect!!! You took care of business

Expect

shanestyle wrote: »

Congrats!

We use your BIGIP devices...

Which resources did you find most helpful/ more relevant to passing the exam? I am working my way though the Conrad CISSP study guide now.

My recommendations:
Shon Harris for when youre lacking information on a certain topic.
CISSP prep guide is good.
Transcender and McGraw are very good for practices.

aftereffector

Congratulations!

redterrorz

wow! that's dedication!!! GL

Expect wrote: »

AIO is indeed verbose.

I'm currently on a 6~ hrs study per day schedule and aiming to take it on October 6th this year.

EasyPeezy

Brilliant... well done...

Expect

Thanks everyone

UnixGuy

I haven't been reading through this subforum. Late congrats Expect.


You listed many resources, which ones do you really recommend? Any favorites? I've heard different reviews with regards to Sharon book, some say it's too detailed, what do you think?

Expect

I would drop CCCure and cissp for dummies, all the rest were necessary.

Doyen

A late congratulations on your pass. Thank you for sharing your study resources.

Expect wrote: »

Well, happy to see I achieved it much less than expected. I passed CISSP today.

Resources:
CISSP prep guide
CISSP All in One by Shon Harris
Eric 11th hour
Sunflower pdf

Quizzes:
Transcender
McGraw Hill
Total Tester
CISSP gold

Major thanks to cgrimaldo from the forum and others from the here, it was not an easy task to achieve in less than 2 months.

teancum144

Expect wrote: »

My recommendations:
Shon Harris for when youre lacking information on a certain topic.
CISSP prep guide is good.
Transcender and McGraw are very good for practices.

To which "CISSP Prep Guide" are your referring? Do you mean the Official ISC2 Guide or this one:

• The CISSP Prep Guide: Gold Edition: Ronald L. Krutz, Russell Dean Vines: 9780471268024: Amazon.com: Books

teancum144

Expect wrote: »

I would drop CCCure and cissp for dummies, all the rest were necessary.

Interesting that you say to drop CISSP for Dummies. I haven't read it yet (based on your comment, maybe I shouldn't), but I've heard others rave about it.

Expect

Well, it's subjective after all.

Expect

teancum144 wrote: »

To which "CISSP Prep Guide" are your referring? Do you mean the Official ISC2 Guide or this one:

• The CISSP Prep Guide: Gold Edition: Ronald L. Krutz, Russell Dean Vines: 9780471268024: Amazon.com: Books

Exactly the one in the link

aftereffector

teancum144 wrote: »

Interesting that you say to drop CISSP for Dummies. I haven't read it yet (based on your comment, maybe I shouldn't), but I've heard others rave about it.

I read it but it wasn't even remotely in-depth enough to prepare me for the exam. I used it as an introduction to each domain. I could have skipped it entirely, but since I had it, I figured I might as well read it too