CISSP class from Global Knowledge... reviews?

zoidberg

Hello all,

I'm figuring this year is a good year to start looking into going after the CISSP. But because I signed myself up for a German language class later this year I won't be able to travel much to take classes. So, I've been trying to find some CISSP training near the Kansas City area, and so far all I have found so far is Global Knowledge.

Any thoughts, reviews, suggestions, on classes? I've done a number of Cisco courses with GK back in the day and I was happy with them. Does anyone have any experiences or insight on CISSP with GK? Is it worth taking their class? Other classes you would recommend over them? Or should I just sit my butt down and read the book myself? It seems a lot of classes I've taken lately are just instructors reading slides to me. I can do that on my own, so I'm looking for a good quality course.

Any info you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

dmoore44

I took the CISSP prep course earlier this year though GK. They do a pretty good job, and I was overall satisfied with the class. The instructor had a pretty solid background in information security with over 20 years experience... So GK definitely does a good job at selecting qualified instructors. The training material was pretty good - there were only a few semantic errors, so it was no big deal. Overall, I was pretty happy with the class (especially since my employer paid for it). Just don't go in thinking you're going to learn the CISSP material - boot camps like this are really good for getting in some extra intensive study time, not attempting to learn the CBK.

zoidberg

That sounds good. Thanks for the review. I'll bug my manager next week about booking that class for later this year. Thanks!

coolz203

I am took the CISSP self-study from GK which isn't bad.