Passed CCSP - Certified Cloud Security Professional
Just got out of the test center a few minutes ago. Had the exam in the morning. The exam is 125 questions and you are given 4 hours to answer the questions. Finished in 3:30 hours including a 5-10 minutes break and had time to go over 1 answered question and 5 marked questions for review. I changed maybe 3-4 different questions during the review.
The study material for this exam are everywhere, meaning information regarding cloud systems are wildly available either free resources such as white papers and standards, videos, and books.
Purchased the CCSP CBK guide by ISC2 on a discount because of the membership, costed me $40. I read this book once cover to cover and answered the questions at the end of each chapter. Reviewed the glossary and definitions once and went over all the question/answers at the back of the book the week before the exam. This was my main book that I finished completely within 1 month. Other resources was the CSA guide v3, studied about 100 pages of this guide while at work, this is a free resource. Other free resources used were the NIST publications, anything with Cloud computing in it, read it. Anything with cloud storage in it, read it. These guides were used as supplemental materials to the CCSP CBK for things I didn't understand. Read some VMWare online documentation regarding resource pooling, shares,limits, reservations, virtualization etc, things again that I wanted to understand a bit more in depth. Know your SSO solutions and standards, protocol and architecture and the like. Know the laws and regulatory compliance areas, these topics are covered in the CISSP but for the CCSP are even more relevant because of the locations of the data centers.
Few tips for the exam, just like any other exam. If you struggle with a question, having trouble understanding or flat out have never seen the topics in question, mark it, skip it and review it at the end. Had a few questions like that, marked 6 of them, for the others I used process of elimination to get to the Best answer of the available choices, for others used some common sense and real world experience.
My experience, have B.S degree in Computer Science, CISSP, ITIL, A+. I've been in IT for over10 years, have worked as Helpdesk, Desktop Support, and various roles in InfoSec. Currently working in InfoSec and have exposure to cloud based solutions from a customer's side. Also, I am managing our Federated Identity solution so have hands experience in SSO implementations. The work experience definitely helped with the exam. Being a new exam, you definitely need to utilize your experience as currently there isn't one resource that includes everything. There are too many information and scattered all over the place.
Now waiting for ISC2 to confirm by exam results, probably early next week. Any questions, I'll try to answer without violating the NDA.
P.S can we have a sub-form for CCSP on the cloud forum similiar to Comptia Cloud?
The study material for this exam are everywhere, meaning information regarding cloud systems are wildly available either free resources such as white papers and standards, videos, and books.
Purchased the CCSP CBK guide by ISC2 on a discount because of the membership, costed me $40. I read this book once cover to cover and answered the questions at the end of each chapter. Reviewed the glossary and definitions once and went over all the question/answers at the back of the book the week before the exam. This was my main book that I finished completely within 1 month. Other resources was the CSA guide v3, studied about 100 pages of this guide while at work, this is a free resource. Other free resources used were the NIST publications, anything with Cloud computing in it, read it. Anything with cloud storage in it, read it. These guides were used as supplemental materials to the CCSP CBK for things I didn't understand. Read some VMWare online documentation regarding resource pooling, shares,limits, reservations, virtualization etc, things again that I wanted to understand a bit more in depth. Know your SSO solutions and standards, protocol and architecture and the like. Know the laws and regulatory compliance areas, these topics are covered in the CISSP but for the CCSP are even more relevant because of the locations of the data centers.
Few tips for the exam, just like any other exam. If you struggle with a question, having trouble understanding or flat out have never seen the topics in question, mark it, skip it and review it at the end. Had a few questions like that, marked 6 of them, for the others I used process of elimination to get to the Best answer of the available choices, for others used some common sense and real world experience.
My experience, have B.S degree in Computer Science, CISSP, ITIL, A+. I've been in IT for over10 years, have worked as Helpdesk, Desktop Support, and various roles in InfoSec. Currently working in InfoSec and have exposure to cloud based solutions from a customer's side. Also, I am managing our Federated Identity solution so have hands experience in SSO implementations. The work experience definitely helped with the exam. Being a new exam, you definitely need to utilize your experience as currently there isn't one resource that includes everything. There are too many information and scattered all over the place.
Now waiting for ISC2 to confirm by exam results, probably early next week. Any questions, I'll try to answer without violating the NDA.
P.S can we have a sub-form for CCSP on the cloud forum similiar to Comptia Cloud?
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Was the CSA material useful to CCSP? Any plans to take CCSK exam?
The CCSP (and CCSK) posts are currently scattered in ISC2 and Cloud Certifications forums. I second the suggestion for a new CCSP sub-forum.
I actually received the confirmation earlier from ISC2 to send my endorsement application. Good thing about the endorsement this time is that I only have to send my signed application because I am already a CISSP in good standing endorser approval is not required. Another added bonus I guess is that I can claim 40 CPEs towards the CISSP.
College: MBA Project Management (2012) | Bachelors IT Management (2010)
Experience: Cyber Security, Information Assurance, and IT Management Officer
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You know the 2nd edition is coming out in May right? Where did you buy the book from?
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I work with SAP tech/admin and have so far no knowledge/experience with Infosec . Null-Zero
Was wondering if i do the CBK, CSA guide ,ENISA, some NIST publications - Woudl i be
a) allowed to write this exam in the first place - I never took any (IST)2 certs so not sure what kind of background checks they do
b) will i be able to pass just by theoritical knowledge of the above material? I am (or atleast used to be) a pretty good memorizer.
Thx
I am sitting for the exam on Monday 5/2. Any key tips / domains / materials you advise that I focus on during my final day of studying?
Thanks for the guidance in advance!
How did the exam go?
1) CCSP (ISC)2 Certified Cloud Security Professional Official Study Guide 1st Edition by O'Hara (Author), Tom Rubendunst (Author)
This title has not yet been released. Pre-Order only.
2) The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CCSP CBK 2nd Edition by Adam Gordon (Author)
Firstly, congrats on your CCSP!
I am thinking of doing CCSP by end of June. Is the CCSP CBK guide by ISC2 mentioned in your thread is the one authored by Adam Gordon? I could not find it in ISC2 site.
The 2nd edition is now available from Wiley: The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CCSP CBK, 2nd Edition - Adam Gordon
ISC2 members can check their member page for 50% discount code.
Cheers,
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1. Do I need to complete any role history - CISSP should meet the experience requirements?
2. How do I fill in the endorser section - can I self-endorse, or do I need another CISSP holder?
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