Passed

robla300

Hi all,


Passed the CISSP exam today, first attempt.
Background: 19 years experience in IT, 7 in IT Audit (including IT Sec), holder of several MS and ITIL certifications.

I read 3 books: Shon Harris "4th edition", Krutz's "Cissp prep guide" and 11th hour (twice).
Studied for almost 6 months with a decent study plan: 1-3 hours per day, last month 3-4 hours per day, 6-8 hours for weekends.
During the study I was taking notes (ended up with 20 pages core material for refreshing my memory).

Used cccure (payed tests), as well as other free tests which can be found on Internet.
As other posters said the real exam was a bit different than practice tests (I was expecting more technical questions).

At the end I 've got an impression that I was over prepared.
Finished the first 125 questions in almost 2.5 hours, than took a short break.
Answered all the questions in 5 hours with 30 minutes for final review (changed few questions only). In general, the majority of questions were fairly constructed and straightforward (from the perspective of a non english native speaker candidate).


Regards,

JoJoCal19

Congrats on your pass! What's next for you? I'm working on my CISSP right now and hope to test by the end of June.