Passed CISSP!
Took and passed the exam yesterday!
Thank you to everybody here! I really learned a lot from this forum.
The five tips (from another thread) are gold!
I thought I was doing really well on the first two hours of the exam, so I completely forgot to pace myself and had a false sense of confidence. The relatively 'easy' questions came in the first 100 items on my exam and I thought that was the 'hard' part already. Then when I came back from a short break, I realised I only had a minute to answer each of the 175 questions I still have left on the exam! I started panicking and couldn't stop staring at the timer every time I get to answer an item. I finished the exam with only 10 minutes to review the over 30 items I have marked. I ended up not changing any of my answers since I didn't have the time to review them all. I actually got timed out on the exam while reviewing haha! I was in bad shape when the exam ended and just proceeded to the reception to get it done and over with. Thankfully, I passed. That was a huge scare and a lesson I won't forget.
Thank you to everybody here! I really learned a lot from this forum.
The five tips (from another thread) are gold!
I thought I was doing really well on the first two hours of the exam, so I completely forgot to pace myself and had a false sense of confidence. The relatively 'easy' questions came in the first 100 items on my exam and I thought that was the 'hard' part already. Then when I came back from a short break, I realised I only had a minute to answer each of the 175 questions I still have left on the exam! I started panicking and couldn't stop staring at the timer every time I get to answer an item. I finished the exam with only 10 minutes to review the over 30 items I have marked. I ended up not changing any of my answers since I didn't have the time to review them all. I actually got timed out on the exam while reviewing haha! I was in bad shape when the exam ended and just proceeded to the reception to get it done and over with. Thankfully, I passed. That was a huge scare and a lesson I won't forget.
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dctgibson
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Congrats....what materials did you use to study? What are your future plans? -
N2IT
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Heck yeah! One of the truly great certification in IT. Nice work! -
yan2xkun
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Thanks! I used the aio, practice exams book, and the mcgraw-hill online resource. They're all great stuff! I'm looking into CISA next.
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impelse
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It is your personal IPS to stop the attack. -
danny069
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Congrats perhaps the ones you marked for review and did not get a chance to go over you got rightI am a Jack of all trades, Master of None -
ricwoodard
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Congratulations bud. I just passed the SSCP and as soon as I have the experience, I will definitely be hitting the books for the CISSP.
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!nf0s3cure
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Thanks! I used the aio, practice exams book, and the mcgraw-hill online resource. They're all great stuff! I'm looking into CISA next.
CISA piece of cake after CISSP. You will fly though it. -
jonwinterburn
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!nf0s3cure wrote: »CISA piece of cake after CISSP. You will fly though it.
What's your thoughts on CISM compared to CISSP? I recently passed CISSP and am about to start CISM. -
yan2xkun
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Congrats perhaps the ones you marked for review and did not get a chance to go over you got right
Yeah, I'd like to think I got 'em right. Thanks! -
yan2xkun
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Which practice exam books you recommend ?
Shon Harris' practice exams book and the mcgraw-hill online resource should be good. -
yan2xkun
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ricwoodard wrote: »Congratulations bud. I just passed the SSCP and as soon as I have the experience, I will definitely be hitting the books for the CISSP.
Thanks! And congrats on the pass too! Good luck to your CISSP journey! -
yan2xkun
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!nf0s3cure wrote: »CISA piece of cake after CISSP. You will fly though it.
Thank you! Really hope I would.
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Kris_g
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CISM in some sense is very similar to CISSP has quite a few domains in common(less on crypto, networking, physical security) more on Governance, risk, BCP, DR and other domains, need to put on a business hat and make choices which is best for the business.
