Another CISSP Pass!!!
Well, after a little over 5 hours in the testing center I walked away with a pass!! I really went through all of the emotions on this beast of a test. I can honestly say that was a grueling 5 hours. I thought for sure that I failed by a mile by the end of it. I honestly wasn't confident on about 60% of the questions I answered.
Test Strategy:
First pass - flagged anything that I didn't know immediately, or was a long read. I was wanted to try and build some confidence as after about 15 questions I thought I was doomed!
Second pass - Answered all questions that I flagged and un-flagged most of them. I left some for further analysis.
Third pass - Looked at the remaining flagged questions I had. I was so fried at that point that I started making some educated guesses, and then decided to just end the test without going over the remaining. I hit end test, knowing that defeat was coming.
I walked to the front to get my print out, and saw that there was only one sheet… I thought to myself, don't tell me you actually passed this thing. Sure enough it was a pass.
I am so relieved. Xmas has come early!!! Thanks to everyone who posted their test strategies and studying materials. It was a huge help! CCCure.org was well worth the $50, wouldn't have passed without it.
I used the following to study:
Test Strategy:
First pass - flagged anything that I didn't know immediately, or was a long read. I was wanted to try and build some confidence as after about 15 questions I thought I was doomed!
Second pass - Answered all questions that I flagged and un-flagged most of them. I left some for further analysis.
Third pass - Looked at the remaining flagged questions I had. I was so fried at that point that I started making some educated guesses, and then decided to just end the test without going over the remaining. I hit end test, knowing that defeat was coming.
I walked to the front to get my print out, and saw that there was only one sheet… I thought to myself, don't tell me you actually passed this thing. Sure enough it was a pass.
I am so relieved. Xmas has come early!!! Thanks to everyone who posted their test strategies and studying materials. It was a huge help! CCCure.org was well worth the $50, wouldn't have passed without it.
I used the following to study:
- Conrad Study Guide 2nd E.
- Conrad 11th Hour 2nd E.
- CCCure.org Practice questions
- The Sunflower PDF
- InfoSec Institute Bootcamp videos (also various other youtube videos)
- AIO Study Guide (Chapter Summaries Only)
- AIO Practice Questions Book
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Here are a few:
This series was relatively short but was helpful, the instructor has a good sense of humor: Lecture 1, Free Short Course: CISSP Security Certification - YouTube (this is the first video)
Infosec Bootcamp videos: CISSP Boot Camp Online - Module 01 - YouTube (this is the first)
Kerberos MicroNugget: MicroNugget: How Does Kerberos Work? - YouTube
I only have a little over 1 year of IT experience, however I did the Sec+ and CCNA:Sec this year so a lot of information was fresh in my mind. I have to admit that I would not have attempted this exam at this point in time, but my new job wanted me to go after it so I did. They also paid the exam fee upon the successful pass and gave me a raise. I think its definitely possible to pass without a ton of experience as long as you study hard and figure out where your weak areas are via practice tests, then study some more.
Took me about 2-3 months of studying.
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