Passed CISM!

averageguy72averageguy72 Member Posts: 323 ■■■■□□□□□□
Took the CISM on 12/16, provisionally passed. Received the official pass and score report today (12/26). The test took about 1.5 hrs to complete.

Scaled score 613



Information Security Governance
574


Information Risk Management and Compliance
644


Information Security Program Development and Management
598


Information Security Incident Management
637



Preparation
I bought the manual but after reading a few pages I feel like the book would be better as a reference than a review source, it's pretty dry. Instead, based on trying to read the manual and advice often given here, I used the Q&A database as my only preparation. From my experience, I'd say maybe 20% of the actual exam questions were similar to the Q&A database questions.

Thoughts
Overall, I thought the Q&A database practice questions and the actual exam were pretty straight forward. Now to submit the paperwork.
CISSP / CCSP / CCSK / CRISC / CISM / CISA / CASP / Security+ / Network+ / A+ / CEH / eNDP / AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty / AWS Certified Security - Specialty / AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional / AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional / AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate / AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate / AWS Certified Developer - Associate / AWS Cloud Practitioner

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  • scankloudscankloud Member Posts: 47 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Took the CISM on 12/16, provisionally passed. Received the official pass and score report today (12/26). The test took about 1.5 hrs to complete.

    Scaled score 613



    Information Security Governance
    574


    Information Risk Management and Compliance
    644


    Information Security Program Development and Management
    598


    Information Security Incident Management
    637



    Preparation
    I bought the manual but after reading a few pages I feel like the book would be better as a reference than a review source, it's pretty dry. Instead, based on trying to read the manual and advice often given here, I used the Q&E database as my only preparation. From my experience, I'd say maybe 20% of the actual exam questions were similar to the Q&E database questions.

    Thoughts
    Overall, I thought the Q&E practice questions and exam were pretty straight forward. Now to submit the paperwork.

    @averageguy72.. A Very big Congratulations to you. Just for the sake of others who lurk around for information on how to passed the CISM. You're saying you only used the Official ISACA Q&A as your only source to study for the Exam?
  • averageguy72averageguy72 Member Posts: 323 ■■■■□□□□□□
    @scankloud

    Correct, I only used the Q&A database to prepare. Edited the post to clarify, just realized I had "Q&E" rather than "Q&A".
    CISSP / CCSP / CCSK / CRISC / CISM / CISA / CASP / Security+ / Network+ / A+ / CEH / eNDP / AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty / AWS Certified Security - Specialty / AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional / AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional / AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate / AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate / AWS Certified Developer - Associate / AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • cisanutcisanut Member Posts: 15 ■□□□□□□□□□
    @averageguy72,
    Congrats on passing with an impressive score!
  • za3bourza3bour Member Posts: 1,062 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congratulations, excellent score
  • ay092017ay092017 Member Posts: 21 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Congrats and well done! Good luck with your certification!
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