Well it has been a while since I have posted on here mainly because I haven’t done an exam in nearly 2 years and secondly because I have been waist deep in compliance and governance at work. So I made the decision in Summer to go for the SSCP; been wanting to complete this for some time and finally pulled my finger out, studied and took the exam.
Location - London
Exam Date - 12 Nov
Result Date - 7 Dec
Result - Pass
Officially granted SSCP Designation - 17 Jan
Anybody thinking of going for this exam I can’t recommend enough reading JDMurray's experience blog (Thanks JD), it helped guide me on materials to use and formulating a plan of attack for the exam. I completed the exam in just under 2 hours completing 3 reviews of my answers.
The SSCP Certification Experience - TechExams.net IT Certification Blogs
I took the approach of completing 25 question blocks using the workbook I answered all the questions highlighting any I wasn’t 100% confident on by circling the question number, transferred the answers to the answer sheet and moved to the next 25 following the process until all 125 questions were answered, I then reviewed all questions to check my answers matched the answer sheet. Next review was all the circled answers (25) highlighting any I wasn’t 75% sure on and that got me down to 10, I reviewed and changed 2, there was nothing more I could do.
I left the test center feeling confident I had passed, I probably over prepared for the exam but as I am hoping to take the CISSP in the next 18 months this didn’t bother me.
The wait is the hardest point but I would recommend you focus your mind on something else so I took a week off and started on the VCP5 as this needs to be done by Feb next year.
Now for the endorsement process and another wait, completing the Endorsement Assistance form as I don’t know anyone to validate my experience so will update when I get this back
