I finished the Sybex book in entirety and...
fumbling22
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passed my CISSP exam on 12/21. Honestly, I thought I would never get thru the entire Sybex book and I didn't finish it until about 2 days before my exam.
I studied for about 4 months, with the last 3 weeks being really intense. I used a bunch of different resources, but some were way more helpful than others.
My most helpful resources included:
I took about 5 or 6 250-question exams on CCCure. I never took more than 1 hr 45 min to go through 250 questions. This knowledge was really helpful to know. I went in the test knowing that there was NO WAY that I was going to run out of time. This allowed me to skip over questions completely initially and take breaks. Most of the time, throughout the test, I felt like there was a good chance that I was going to pass the test. I took 4 hours for the test.
This REALLY isn't a memorization test. It also doesn't go that deep. You just need to have a broad understanding of a variety of concepts. If you don't understand something google it until you do.
Overall, I thought it wasn't that difficult. Some of the CCCure questions were more difficult. Also, of note, all of my CCCure test results were generally in the mid-to-upper 70s.
I studied for about 4 months, with the last 3 weeks being really intense. I used a bunch of different resources, but some were way more helpful than others.
My most helpful resources included:
- Sybex's Official Study Guide
- Cybrary
- CCCure (30 days)
- 11th Hour
- Sunflower Notes
- Copious notes taken from Sybex Study Guide
I took about 5 or 6 250-question exams on CCCure. I never took more than 1 hr 45 min to go through 250 questions. This knowledge was really helpful to know. I went in the test knowing that there was NO WAY that I was going to run out of time. This allowed me to skip over questions completely initially and take breaks. Most of the time, throughout the test, I felt like there was a good chance that I was going to pass the test. I took 4 hours for the test.
This REALLY isn't a memorization test. It also doesn't go that deep. You just need to have a broad understanding of a variety of concepts. If you don't understand something google it until you do.
Overall, I thought it wasn't that difficult. Some of the CCCure questions were more difficult. Also, of note, all of my CCCure test results were generally in the mid-to-upper 70s.
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danny069
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Thanks for the well written write up, helps us figure out what exactly to study. Congrats!I am a Jack of all trades, Master of None -
clarkincnet
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Thanks - congrats!Give a hacker an exploit, and they will have access for a day, BUT teach them to phish, and they will have access for the rest of their lives!
Have: CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, ITIL-F -
lion007
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Congrats! Well done... Great to know the Sybex + CCCure helped you passing. It is certainly not a memorisation test - its about applying the best judgement based on good understanding of CISSP spirit of Managerial mindset
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Seab
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Hi,
I am ready Sybex, and use the questions available online, there are 4-5 exams of 250 questions available. Did you use these questions. How they compare to CCCure?
Thank you & Congrats!!
