Passed CISSP exam today
Hi Folks,
I passed the CISSP exam today, very happy !
The Exam took me 5,5 hours to complete, i doublechecked all my answers and even corrected about 15 of them. In the last 15 years I probably took about 50 exams (Itil, Prince, ISO20000, VMware, Citrix, EC-Counil, and many many Microsoft Exams). The CISSP-exam was the most difficult one for so far.
My preparations:
CBK 4th Edition
Shon Harris 6th and old video-material(i was really suprised to hear that she is no longer with us, her online training was great !)
Keith Baker CBT
I red the CBK 4th in two weeks
Attended a 5-day ISC-course
Studied 6 days prior to the exam (daily 07:00 - 2300). No TV, Movies, Hobbies, friends)
I did not buy any prep-exams, just studied the questions in the books. My opinion is that I can not see the point of doing 5000 practice questions, i think it is a waste of time. But if you think it helps you thats fine ! Put more time in studying than memorizng questions you will probably never see on an actual exam.
I started in jan this year with watching the training-videos, every day 1 hour approx.
I have about 17 years IT-experience in different jobs: Teamleader, advisor projectleader, architect and engineer Implementing and designing networks, firewalls, SANS, Citrix VDI, Netscaler, Oracle, SQL, Pentesting, AD-consolidations ect.
My tips for you: spent more time on "proper" studying rather than doing a 1000-test questions. Prior to the exam study more ( I took a week off) and give it an extra boost.
Without the "Luggage" i have built up in the last 17 years i could no have done the CISSP-track and would no have passed this exam.
Good luck with your exams !
