Passed CISSP !
So after 4 long grueling hours I managed to finish the exam and walk out into the lobby to find a printout telling me congratulations. Felt pretty awesome, and thankfully I don't have to look at that material anymore.
Here's a little about myself:
My only security experience is completing the Sec+ cert, MSISA from WGU, and working 4 months as an IS Risk Engineer at an insurance company for the past 5 months. Before that I spent 3 years in networking, and 2 years in desktop support
Study Method:
I studied 45 days.
Books - Shon Harris All in one, Eric Conrad (both the full and 11th hour CISSP guide), CISSP for Dummies, CISSP Combined notes (found here).
Videos - Cybrary with Kelly K., Larry Greenblatt's CISSP Kung fu, Saari Greene CISSP on safari books
Test questions - Shon Harris books, CCCure, McGrawHill
Every piece of that played it's part. Shon Harris gives you an overwhelming amount of information. Eric Conrad gives you a lot less, but what he talks about is very relevant. CCCure test questions aren't that relevant, but the study material provided from them is VERY relevant. Cybrary videos are a must. Kelly tells you what to focus on and what not to, and that's very accurate information. I couldn't have done it without the Larry Greenblatt videos on youtube though. He gives a lot of methodology, and a lot of little tricks a long the way. It's also nice to study and listen to a comedian. He's going to tell you things like "it's an english test," which is so true, because the wording is very deceptive, and it actually became kind of fun to figure out what they were really asking for. Saari Greene videos are decent, but they are very updated. She talks about things that the other 2 don't mention. The CISSP Combines notes were great, but probably due for a little updating.
The best advice i've seen around for this test aside from Larry Greenblatt's, is to relax. You're going to be in there for a while. I thought for sure that I was going to fail walking out of there. I could only remember answering 20% (if that) of the questions confidently, so even if you don't think you did that well, there's still a chance.
THere's really no practice questions out there that will prepare you for the gauntlet you're about to run through. Just study and learn the concepts as best as you can. I'll even throw out there that most of the stuff on the CCCure's website in the section of "What's been added," I didn't see much on the test. You should still take a look at it, but I wouldn't spend too much time on it. All of the concepts are in the information I provided above.
Good luck, folks.
