Finished MSISA at WGU!

Yesterday, I passed the last subject which is the CAPSTONE for MSISA.

I started Oct 2015 and finished March 16. It took a long time since work and LIFE. I had to juggle CCIE-Security written test while studying MSISA. Anyway, I have to stay at my current employer for a year, so that I can pay back the tuition.

My next move is CISSP.

Ive read the books 3x. Ive watched the CBT videos twice now. Im going to do it 1 last time and then get cccure. Any advice to pass in 1st attempt?

What did you guys do after Masters?

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cyberguypr

Congrats! The answer to what comes after the masters: DRINKS!

Iristheangel

Congratulations!!! Drinks on me at CLUS!

snokerpoker

Hell yeah! Congrats.

iBrokeIT

Congrats!

Danielm7

Congrats on finishing! For the CISSP hit up that forum, lots of threads there detailing their plans. Check out the official Sybex book, the 11th hour book, CCcure quiz engine, etc. I highly recommend the free cybrary.it videos, very helpful.

Dakinggamer87

Congrats!! Way to go

clarkincnet

Congrats! Well done.

kalimuscle

Congrats !!

Treat yourself to somethin good

dhay13

Congrats! I have been thinking about the WGU MSISA. You did it in about 6 months? That's great!

coffeeluvr

Congratulations!!

yellowpad

Congrats!! I am 75% in w/ my written capstone....How was the oral presentation? Was it hard?

NOC-Ninja wrote: »

Yesterday, I passed the last subject which is the CAPSTONE for MSISA.

I started Oct 2015 and finished March 16. It took a long time since work and LIFE. I had to juggle CCIE-Security written test while studying MSISA. Anyway, I have to stay at my current employer for a year, so that I can pay back the tuition.
My next move is CISSP. Ive read the books 3x. Ive watched the CBT videos twice now. Im going to do it 1 last time and then get cccure. Any advice to pass in 1st attempt?

What did you guys do after Masters?

Dakinggamer87

yellowpad wrote: »

Congrats!! I am 75% in w/ my written capstone....How was the oral presentation? Was it hard?

I found the Oral Defense pretty straightforward in the MS - ITM degree program at WGU and I'm sure it's the same for the MSISA as long as you cover all the points in the rubric. They asked me no questions on mine after the presentation. I hope this helps!!

yellowpad

Thank you...I am trying to wrap it all up next week. Are you going to Utah for the walk?

Dakinggamer87 wrote: »

I found the Oral Defense pretty straightforward in the MS - ITM degree program at WGU and I'm sure it's the same for the MSISA as long as you cover all the points in the rubric. They asked me no questions on mine after the presentation. I hope this helps!!

NOC-Ninja

yellowpad wrote: »

Congrats!! I am 75% in w/ my written capstone....How was the oral presentation? Was it hard?

dakinggamer is correct.
It wasnt hard. 9 people showed up on mine but the questions were very easy. You will be fine as long as you stick to your written capstone.
I would say your capstone is the real work.

bigdogz

Congrats !!!

To answer your first question:
Since you went through your Masters you will have an easier time to pass the exam. You have to think like a manager. cccure will help. Clement DuPuis is a CISSP god and the others on the site will assist with questions. Read the OIG (original ISC2 Guide) and the AIO (All In One) as well. There are some other free resources that may help but you should be able to kill it. Careful with the MOST, LEAST questions...

To answer your second question:
I am currently working on my Masters. I am doing a B&M because of location and mostly NSA accreditation. I challenged some of the profs since they know me outside of class..... so I think if I were you, I would empty my third leg and drink.

dialectical

Congrats! Glad to hear someone in my same program who is of the calibur for the CCIE-Sec! I myself cannot seem to pass the bloody CCNA-Sec. After I finish WGU, in a few months hopefully, going to try professional graduate certificate at Harvard Extension, then apply and try to get into Georgia Tech's MSci in Computer Science, then MSISE at the SANS Institute.

Then the CCNA Sec

I'm hoping that our WGU degree suffices to pull in top jobs. The rest is just to stay on top of the field.

I currently have only novice coding skills but am looking for open source projects to contribute to in order to build up a profile for computer science (starting with simple bug fixes). It seems all the top admin jobs expect strong scripting skills so I'm doing that in hopes to get beyond being a mid-level system admin.

Dakinggamer87

yellowpad wrote: »

Thank you...I am trying to wrap it all up next week. Are you going to Utah for the walk?

Yup I will be going in July with a few other TE members.

Dakinggamer87

NOC-Ninja wrote: »

dakinggamer is correct.
It wasnt hard. 9 people showed up on mine but the questions were very easy. You will be fine as long as you stick to your written capstone.
I would say your capstone is the real work.

I'd agree once I got the prospectus to pass it was smooth sailing.

NotHackingYou

Congratulations! Hoping to be joining you soon.

roninkai

Congrats man! I'm in a similar timeline as you. Started Oct 15'. Expected to finish in May I guess. Was hoping I'd be done this month, but life happens. I did my CISSP while doing the MSISA, so that delayed things a bit, but glad its done. My biggest tip: Have someone read you questions out of the CISSP test question book and you answer. You really have to think about the question vs picking from the multiple choice.

yellowpad

Lets party...I can't miss this. I skipped all the walks in my life and this will be my first and last

Lets party!

Dakinggamer87 wrote: »

Yup I will be going in July with a few other TE members.

Dakinggamer87

yellowpad wrote: »

Lets party...I can't miss this. I skipped all the walks in my life and this will be my first and last Lets party!

Sounds great!!

Psoasman

Congrats, that's a great achievement.

JoJoCal19

Congrats on finishing your MSISA! I definitely know all about it taking too long due to life and other pursuits

. I'd recommend skipping the cccure and picking up the official practice exam book instead.

mzx380

Congratulations on your accomplishment, I hope to join you sometime this year. As for what I would do, I plan on resuming my certification track about 2 weeks after completing my MBA:ITM!!!

Again, way to go NOCNinja!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

josephandre

cccure is great. I took mine before the refresh, so I don't know that this is still valid, but the best study aide for me was the McGraw hill test engine. primarily because it explained the answers even when you got a question right.

yellowpad

I passed my written Capstone today................pending the Oral defense. Do I wait for the evaluator to contact me? Should I upload my PP presentation? This is not clear to me........ help

Dakinggamer87

yellowpad wrote: »

I passed my written Capstone today................pending the Oral defense. Do I wait for the evaluator to contact me? Should I upload my PP presentation? This is not clear to me........ help

You will get an email with all the instructions for the Oral Defense shortly after passing the Capstone.

vaneets

Congratulations OP! I just finished my written report and on to oral presentation. I will be submitting my slides and oral presentation so no phone call. Anyway planning to do my CISSP after the program. Hoping the see a few of you guys in LV in July.

Blucodex

vaneets wrote: »

Congratulations OP! I just finished my written report and on to oral presentation. I will be submitting my slides and oral presentation so no phone call. Anyway planning to do my CISSP after the program. Hoping the see a few of you guys in LV in July.

That's my plan! Right before Defcon.