Hey TechExams community, I wanted to share with you my thoughts of the CISSP as I provisionally passed it today. This has been a great relief for me as I started studying about 5 months ago and my 26th birthday is in 2 days so it will be a nice weekend.
Background:
- BS Info Tech - WGU
- Lots of other certs
- Almost 8 years total IT experience
- 3 years CyberSec experience
Study Material Used:
- uCertify - ISC2 CISSP Study Guide 8th Edition - $230
- udemy Thor Pedersens CISSP courses (You can find these on sale for about $11.99 each with four total)
- Boson exam simulator - $75
Thoughts and Takeaway:
So the exam was actually a lot more straight forward than I thought it would be. What was very tricky and something I had to watch for on lots of questions was the small word game trickery they would have. Also it's one of those tests where EVERY answer looks like the right answer on many of the questions. Overall I didn't find it as challenging and I thought it would be, however I did study for it very intensively for 5 months. I highly recommend picking TWO different courses and going through them both for two different perspectives. I don't think uCertify alone would have gotten me a pass, neither would udemys course. Side note, Boson exam simulator questions were noticeably more difficult than the real test questions.
I was able to get towards the end of the test with about 40 minutes to spare. Around question 130 the test ended and I knew I either hit the pass or fail mark. Luckily, it was a pass!
