Passed CISSP on first attempt - Nov 2018

achavan · November 2018

I passed my CISSP exam on Nov 1st in the first attempt. This community was a great help to keep me motivated and keep me on track. I studied on and off for past 3 months. 10 days before the exam I totally focused on CISSP preparation and took time off from work.
Resources -
- Cybrary videos from Kelly Henderhan. This is a great resource and I recommend it to familiarize yourself with exam content.
- Eric Conrad 3rd edition. It is an okay book , I didn't find much benefit of it compared to Sybex and Shon Harris.
- Sybex 7th edition. Good resource for content but not great for practice questions. Used this as my main source for study and revision.
- Shon Harris. I had a really old version , I didn't read it cover to cover but compared it with Sybex to make sure I am not missing any important concepts. I found the practice questions helpful.
- I didn't use full length practice tests as I was running out of time. I would have definitely practiced full length tests if I had more time.

Good luck to everyone preparing for the exam.