CISSP Where do I begin?

WillievWilliev Member Posts: 17 ■□□□□□□□□□
Just passed the SY0-401 Sec+ CE test in December ..... Now.. Moving on....I've decided that I'm going to start studying for the CISSP Cert.

Where do I begin? What should i study? Any free study guides? ETC......

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  • dhay13dhay13 Member Posts: 580 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats on the Sec+. For the CISSP I used cybrary.it, Sybex 7th edition, and McGraw Hill (https://www.mhprofessionalresources.com//sites/CISSPExams/exam.php?id=AccessControl). I used a couple of others such as FedVTE and Skillsoft but don't think I learned much from them but the Skillsoft practice tests were a help.

    You will see on here most will recommend Sybex 7th and cybrary.it.
  • lucky0977lucky0977 Member Posts: 218 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Concur with dhay13

    There is a large industry devoted to CISSP training, such as bootcamps, 1000 page tomes, etc.
    Bachelor of Science: Computer Science | Hawaii Pacific University
    CISSP | CISM | CISA | CASP | SSCP | Sec+ | Net+ | A+
  • jcundiffjcundiff Member Posts: 486 ■■■■□□□□□□
    What's your background? DO you have 5 years experience across 2 of the 8 domains? Or a degree and 4 years? The CISSP exam is a totally different beast from the Sec+. Sec+ is an entry level cert for security... CISSP quite advanced... think of the Sec+ as high school and the CISSP as a masters degree as an analogy
    "Hard Work Beats Talent When Talent Doesn't Work Hard" - Tim Notke
  • Mike-MikeMike-Mike Member Posts: 1,860
    dhay13 wrote: »
    Congrats on the Sec+. For the CISSP I used cybrary.it, Sybex 7th edition, and McGraw Hill (https://www.mhprofessionalresources.com//sites/CISSPExams/exam.php?id=AccessControl). I used a couple of others such as FedVTE and Skillsoft but don't think I learned much from them but the Skillsoft practice tests were a help.

    You will see on here most will recommend Sybex 7th and cybrary.it.

    thanks didn't know about this McGraw Hill site
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  • dhay13dhay13 Member Posts: 580 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Mike-Mike wrote: »
    thanks didn't know about this McGraw Hill site

    It is still based off the old 10 domain exam but the questions are still relevant and will give you an idea of where you need help.
  • TXCISSPTXCISSP Member Posts: 12 ■■■□□□□□□□
    jcundiff wrote: »
    What's your background? DO you have 5 years experience across 2 of the 8 domains? Or a degree and 4 years? The CISSP exam is a totally different beast from the Sec+. Sec+ is an entry level cert for security... CISSP quite advanced... think of the Sec+ as high school and the CISSP as a masters degree as an analogy

    Haha! NO DOUBT! Great analogy!
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