Passed CISSP exam on 2nd attempt 5July16

Background:

I have experience in network administration and some programming.

Study Material:

Sybex 7th edition and test banks, ISC2 Official CBK 4th edition, Quizlet flashcards and Cybrary.it (website).

Time Frame and experience:

I took a 4 week course with 2 week breaks in between with a primary focus on using the CBK as a reference guide and used the Sybex test banks. I took the exam the 1st time 2 weeks after completing the course and scored a 602 and realized buying the CBK may not have been the best choice.

I then took 1 month to study for the 2nd exam and read the Sybex book page-by-page, hammered away at the test banks and found my weak areas and reread those chapters in the Sybex book. Then when I started to score at least 80% or higher cumulative in the test banks I watched the videos from cybrary.it. The lady does a really great job in breaking down the vocabulary and concepts into logical structures. This really helped me a lot especially for the non-technical areas in the domains. The videos brought my score to around 92% on the test banks.

Another great tool that really helped me was the quizlet flashcards on the ISO/IEC, NIST SP 800 series and the SDLC models.

However, I did study 3-4 hours on weekdays and sometimes 7-8 hours on the weekends. Lol yeah I got really burnt out and took the last 3 days off before the exam and took a day here and there.

I hope you find this useful and let me know what you ya'll think.

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Comments

protacticus

Congratulations! This is a true example of persistence

Please, share links of Quizlet flashcards, thanks

Danielm7

Congrats on the pass! Those cybrary videos were so helpful, should be required watching for anyone going for the CISSP.

Clm

jasonthepro wrote: »

Background:

However, I did study 3-4 hours on weekdays and sometimes 7-8 hours on the weekends. Lol yeah I got really burnt out and took the last 3 days off before the exam and took a day here and there.

I hope you find this useful and let me know what you ya'll think.

Congrats on the test I know how you feel I didnt feel as ready but I was so burned out i was literally referring to best practice in all aspects of my life lol

cyberguypr

Congrats!

jasonthepro

Heres the links:

https://quizlet.com/33328648/cissp-isoiec-standards-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/4311176/cissp-nist-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/6043398/cissp-application-development-security-flash-cards/
https://www.cybrary.it/course/cissp/

jasonthepro

Danielm7 wrote: »

Congrats on the pass! Those cybrary videos were so helpful, should be required watching for anyone going for the CISSP.

I agree I thought she did a better job than my instructor in my class Lol

Waaaay to go

Congrats

Congrats!

Thanks everyone, so when an employer asks me for proof, how do I go about it as an associate of ISC^2?

jasonthepro

With my Sec+ I could give out a cert number but I can't certify with a CISSP for at least another year and 3 months.