Took CASP today
sigsoldier
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in CASP+
I fall under DOD 8570, so I thought this would be a good cert to get going forward. Most of my infosec experience (a few years) is in patch managment and C&A. My only study material was the Sybex book, which I studied out of for about a month.
Now on to the exam. I felt like this was a typical Comptia test. There were several "gimmie" questions, and then there were several questions where I had no idea what I was being asked. I was not a fan of the simulation questions. I felt like the wording was incorrect on most of them . Anyways, this exam was certainly much more involved than sec+ and gave much more opporitunity to apply my knowledge.
I used up all of the time and I really didn't think I passed. As always, it felt great to see the "Congratulations!" at the end. Now time for CISSP!
Now on to the exam. I felt like this was a typical Comptia test. There were several "gimmie" questions, and then there were several questions where I had no idea what I was being asked. I was not a fan of the simulation questions. I felt like the wording was incorrect on most of them . Anyways, this exam was certainly much more involved than sec+ and gave much more opporitunity to apply my knowledge.
I used up all of the time and I really didn't think I passed. As always, it felt great to see the "Congratulations!" at the end. Now time for CISSP!
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da_vato Member Posts: 445Congrats on the pass.
I fall under the same reg's so I scheduled this test for next week as well. I've been reading the same book but I don't feel it was written very well... -
sigsoldier Member Posts: 136 ■■■□□□□□□□Thanks!
I agree about the book. I noticed a few errors and lots of redundancy. I'm still not sure if it even really helped me out that much.
I look forward to hearing how you did. Good luck! -
JDMurray Admin Posts: 13,090 AdminCongratulations!
I don't suppose there will be a problem with anyone passing the CASP exam before the CASP cert is officially added to 8570.01. There's probably a grandfathering clause somewhere used for pre-existing cert holders. -
sigsoldier Member Posts: 136 ■■■□□□□□□□I don't suppose there will be a problem with anyone passing the CASP exam before the CASP cert is officially added to 8570.01. There's probably a grandfathering clause somewhere used for pre-existing cert holders.
I certainly hope that's the case! -
da_vato Member Posts: 445sigsoldier wrote: »Thanks!
I agree about the book. I noticed a few errors and lots of redundancy. I'm still not sure if it even really helped me out that much.
I look forward to hearing how you did. Good luck!
As of today I have joined the ranks of the elite along with you..... in other words I passed too. -
KeithJagger Member Posts: 34 ■■□□□□□□□□No ****. Congrats. I'm right behind you. So you used the Sybex line of books?
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sigsoldier Member Posts: 136 ■■■□□□□□□□KeithJagger wrote: »No ****. Congrats. I'm right behind you. So you used the Sybex line of books?
Yes sir, I used the Sybex book.