Passed today 4/25, 1st attempt
NimrodHunter
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Well, I passed my test ... Here is what I did and my thoughts.
1st I have been in IT since 1997, and believe me experience counts.
I read
shown Harris aio 6th Ed
Eric Conrad CISSP Study Guide 2nd Ed
Michael Gregg Exam Cram
And Eric Conrad 11th hour
I also watched the CNT nuggets video training series
Listen to a few of shons mp3s, and some of her kids
Looked up some concepts on YouTube and did some internet research on items that I felt wasn't explained well in any book
I also did the cccure.org practice exams and transcended practice tests.
First of all, if you don't have experience then your lucky if you pass. This test truly tested your knowledge in IT, but not as a tech. You must address each question as if you were manager.
Second neither of practice tests helped me at all, I wish I didn't spend my hard earned money. They did not offer any insight as to what to expect on test and some questions where worded so weird and made no sense they confused me more. Also some of the transcended questions were wrong.
Thirdly, the books were a good resource to understand the concepts and gain technical knowledge (especially shins book), but just reading the books will not help you answer some of the questions. The tests asks you questions that require more than just understanding a chapter.
I honestly thought I failed the test and was preparing to take it again. The test really challenged me. Especially since now everyone works in all 10 domains. I almost shouted when I say I passed.
My honest advice is to think in a managers mindset not technical (it is a managers test). People come first, business, and CIA. Read the questions carefully.
1st I have been in IT since 1997, and believe me experience counts.
I read
shown Harris aio 6th Ed
Eric Conrad CISSP Study Guide 2nd Ed
Michael Gregg Exam Cram
And Eric Conrad 11th hour
I also watched the CNT nuggets video training series
Listen to a few of shons mp3s, and some of her kids
Looked up some concepts on YouTube and did some internet research on items that I felt wasn't explained well in any book
I also did the cccure.org practice exams and transcended practice tests.
First of all, if you don't have experience then your lucky if you pass. This test truly tested your knowledge in IT, but not as a tech. You must address each question as if you were manager.
Second neither of practice tests helped me at all, I wish I didn't spend my hard earned money. They did not offer any insight as to what to expect on test and some questions where worded so weird and made no sense they confused me more. Also some of the transcended questions were wrong.
Thirdly, the books were a good resource to understand the concepts and gain technical knowledge (especially shins book), but just reading the books will not help you answer some of the questions. The tests asks you questions that require more than just understanding a chapter.
I honestly thought I failed the test and was preparing to take it again. The test really challenged me. Especially since now everyone works in all 10 domains. I almost shouted when I say I passed.
My honest advice is to think in a managers mindset not technical (it is a managers test). People come first, business, and CIA. Read the questions carefully.
Comments
I'm going through CCCure now and half way through (about 800/1500 questions).
I'm thinking I should stop taking CCCure if it is really not that helpful. I noticed too there are technical type of questions(i would say at least 15% of the pool) asking what is the port number for SMTP or what are pro/cons of different gen firewalls or something to do with like 802. technology.
This is a non technical test from what people say and there are a lot of mixed opinion on CCCure for sure.
I then quickly moved to other sources where I would find different set of questions. Overall, my goal was to review answers for every question and scribble some notes in my 11th Hour Study Guide by Eric Conrad.
I took maybe 300-400 questions and got between 50-72% everytime.
The best advice I got was by watching the cbgnugget series, which I'll give you "think people always come first and foremost, and always think CIA". 2 other words of advice, managers should think what's best for the organization and read each questions thoroughly. Don't just assume you know the answer or think you know if cause you read that line in a book.
I saw it said in one of these threads and they said shin is not the end all be all of the isc2, the isc2 is ... This is true for all authors.
Good luck to you.
CCCure can be used in two ways, the first way is that to test if you memorize your concepts, after all, a portaions of the exam gives away free score if you memorize them. The second way is to use its when you hit a question that you do not know the answer about, that is somewhat an obscure question with obscure answers, try your best to make sense of the question and guess the answer. Even its a useless architecture question (who the heck approve that kind of question), try to think of the 'order' and answer it to your best.
anyone?