CISSP Passed!!! Pheewwwwww

lgoodwin88

Meant to post this yesterday, but I passed the CISSP!!! HUGE thanks to all those that have posted their thoughts and pointers, direction and criticism. Though this was my second attempt, I'm still immensely grateful!!

I took the “new” exam on April 17^th…and unfortunately failed with a 686, so close!! I just did my retake on August 10^th.

The exam took me about 4 hours total for the exam. You really just need to have a good fundamental knowledge of the topics and then be able to not only read and comprehend, but be able to talk the concepts out with other people. It really is so much more than just memorizing terms, or answers to Practice Exam questions…though I do believe there is a LOT of merit in doing practice exams.


Study Resources Used:
CISSP All-In-One 6th Ed. by Shon Harrris
11th Hour CISSP by Eric Conrad
Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK, Fourth Edition, 4th Edition
CISSP class through New Horizons (paid for by employer)


Though the CISSP class through New Horizons was almost 40 hours, it isn’t enough time to cover everything that needs to be covered. My strategy this time was to use the class as a final summary, and in that sense it was successful.

There seemed to be an abundance of material covered on the exam that was on newer concepts like Cloud…more than IAAS and PAAS. So, as badly written as it is, the 4^th edition CBK is still a must as far as resources.



Exam Practice:

CCCure questions from pre-April 15 set and post April 15 set (many 1000's, lost count) http://freepracticetests.org

McGraw-Hills website http://www.mhprofessional.com/sites/CISSPExams/exam.php?id=AccessControl

All AIO questions in the book...but most of these are included with the McGraw-Hill (Same Publisher)

Total Tester…included on the CD that comes with the Shon Harris AIO

Eric Conrad Practice Exams http://booksite.elsevier.com/companion/conrad/practice_exams.php


Though the CCCure questions are great from a content perspective, I really felt that the McGraw-Hill, Total Tester, and Eric Conrad questions captured the feel and spirit of the actual exam.


Next up…. Endorsement!! J


Good luck to everyone out there still studying!

melvinfz

Congratulations !!!!