Passed my CISSP exam

I passed my exam back in July, but thought I'd post the materials I used.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/CISSP-All-One-Guide-Seventh/0071849270
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1259585964
https://www.amazon.com/CISSP-Exam-Cram-Michael-Gregg/dp/078975553X
https://www.transcender.com/practice-exam/isc2/cissp2015.kap (

I started reading Shon Harris All-in-One at the beginning of April 2017 which I read front to back making notes on the sections that I didn’t understand or wanted to review at a later date.

After reading each domain I would take the mini exam at the end making a note of the results. I finished reading the book a few days before attending a 5 day CISSP course in June. The course was a high level overview of the important CISSP topics. Also provided some great insights to the exam itself.

At the end of each day of the course I would read the summary in the Shon Harris book for the domains we covered that day. Then sat practice exams (20-30 questions) just for those domains. Again making a note of my results.

After the course I had just over two weeks before my exam. During that time I read the Michael Gregg Exam Cram book front to back. It’s not a long book, but it has all the important information in point form. You need to have read the Shon Harris book first.

1 week out from the exam I was going over my notes and sections I’d marked in the Shon Harris book. I was doing lots of practice exams to get used to the format of the questions and answers. The practice questions are a good source of learning too as long as you read the explanation of the answers.

Sat the exam on July 5^th.

Although the Shon Harris book worked for me, the book goes into way too much detail on topics that will never come up on the exam (CCTV, ethernet cables). I was to sit the exam again, I would use this book.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Certified-Information-Security-Professional-Official/dp/1119042712

Overall the Transcender exams were really good, but some of the answers were wrong! Also, some of the questions were poorly written. I think if you use more than one source you are pretty covered.