Test this Friday
I'm so stoked I could explode. I've been studying for a few months on this and have done the following:
- Attended SANS MGMT 414 6 day course (taught by Eric Conrad)
- CISSP Study Guide 2E - Eric Conrad
- Read back-to-back once, picked weak topics and reread multiple times
- CISSP AIO - Shon Harris - Cracked it open and read a few topics that were hard to grasp. I find it better to learn about topics from multiple sources
- CCCure exams - taken X number of quizzes equaling about 2,000 questions
- CISSP Study Guide 11th hour - Reading this back-to-back the week before exam (this week)
I'm average above 80% on the cccure practice tests and feel pretty confident. Let's hope it's not false confidence
I will find out on Friday, that's for sure.
After going through all the material, I have found that my past experience as a network engineer and other security certs I've studied for/taken (Security+, CCNA Security) have given me an advantage to comprehending some of the topics.
The weakest areas that I've known and have focused on are security architecture and design, software development security and legal, regulations, investigations and compliance.
My strongest areas are Network & telecommunications security, Access Control, and cryptography.
Friday morning will come quick, wish me luck! :P
- Attended SANS MGMT 414 6 day course (taught by Eric Conrad)
- CISSP Study Guide 2E - Eric Conrad
- Read back-to-back once, picked weak topics and reread multiple times
- CISSP AIO - Shon Harris - Cracked it open and read a few topics that were hard to grasp. I find it better to learn about topics from multiple sources
- CCCure exams - taken X number of quizzes equaling about 2,000 questions
- CISSP Study Guide 11th hour - Reading this back-to-back the week before exam (this week)
I'm average above 80% on the cccure practice tests and feel pretty confident. Let's hope it's not false confidence
I will find out on Friday, that's for sure.After going through all the material, I have found that my past experience as a network engineer and other security certs I've studied for/taken (Security+, CCNA Security) have given me an advantage to comprehending some of the topics.
The weakest areas that I've known and have focused on are security architecture and design, software development security and legal, regulations, investigations and compliance.
My strongest areas are Network & telecommunications security, Access Control, and cryptography.
Friday morning will come quick, wish me luck! :P
Comments
Based on what you said your weak domains this is the advice I have for you
On the legal stuff there will be nothing that is dependant on one country alone like sarbanes oxley but something that multiple countries entered like European Union definitely read another time if you can plus the digital forensics portion.
Your other weak domain go through the SDLC a few more times
To give you an idea of what my knowledge level on law before this: I never knew the difference between criminal and civil law
Masters of Information Systems Management with Enterprise Information Security - Walden University
Masters of Science in Information Assurance - Western Governors University
Masters of Science Cyber Security/Digital Forensics - University of South Florida
The actual SDLC portion of software dev is pretty high level so it's not too bad to remember what RAD, eXtreme Programming, waterfall, sashimi, and spiral are.
I think that this has instilled a little bit more interest in programming than I've had before. I'm thinking I'll focus on a few programming languages after the CISSP, just so I know a couple!
The thing that's been really wonky (technical term) for me to comprehend has been the details of security architecture & design as it pertains to computer hardware & OS. Security kernel, reference monitor, ring layers, etc... It all seemed a bit 'out there' for some reason.
I'm to keep it brief as possible so I won't violate the NDA, but make sure you get a good understanding in that domain because its increasing in popularity for test takers.
Masters of Information Systems Management with Enterprise Information Security - Walden University
Masters of Science in Information Assurance - Western Governors University
Masters of Science Cyber Security/Digital Forensics - University of South Florida
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When I got closer to the end I got a bit of a spike in energy and focus so it got better
Well done! A great way to start the weekend.
I know exactly what you mean, happened to me too.
Congrats! now enjoy a personal favorite beverage and relish in you glory