Test tomorrow... looking for some help in a few areas

Asalazar51

Hey guys! Like the title says, I'm scheduled to take the exam tomorrow at 8 AM. I just have a few areas to tighten up and I think I'm good to go!

-How did you guys memorize all of the steps for various plans within the CBK (SDLC, IKE phases, BCP, etc)?

-Orange book tips?

I took the test in December and just barely missed it... scored a 688. Since then I've been casually studying. I've read the Eric Conrad book twice, the sunflower guide for reference (anyone else notice some errors in this study guide?), CCCure (100 questions a day), and now opening the 11th hour book again.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

beads

Frankly I learned the most by suffering through these things during the practice phase of my security career. BCP/DRM - learn through going through an office flood, a couple of car crashes into our building, et. al. IKE phases? Easy setup a firewalled VPN through several zones, routers the whole thing. Sticks with you. SDLC is probably the easiest of what is listed as I have always worked with developers in some fashion or another. Different styles for different projects.

Acronyms help in many places as well as treating the whole CBK like a giant history lesson. Most of which is meaningless as it has no practical application because its either out of date or you'd never use it in the first place. Thicknet anyone? Never saw it real life even when it was being used, let alone calculate the length of the segment. How about CALVES, COWS and repeaters? Again its history.

Learn and remember your history lessons. You should have no problem forgetting them later.

- b/eads