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CISSP in 3 days.....Need last minute preparation advice
AggressiveProgression
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I am due to take the CISSP exam on the 24th of this month. I hope that I have done enough preparation. My current sources are listed below. Are there any other resources that I should be using?
Sybex CISSP 8th edition - read this cover to cover
Eleventh Hour - E. Conrad
Shon Harris 8th edition - I really haven't read much of this book. It's like reading an encyclopedia
Sunflower PDF v2. - just started using this
Cybrary videos - Working my way through those
Boson Exams - I have been scoring 80% lately. Nothing below 70% in any domain.
Sybex Exams - scored around 78%
Sybex CISSP 8th edition - read this cover to cover
Eleventh Hour - E. Conrad
Shon Harris 8th edition - I really haven't read much of this book. It's like reading an encyclopedia
Sunflower PDF v2. - just started using this
Cybrary videos - Working my way through those
Boson Exams - I have been scoring 80% lately. Nothing below 70% in any domain.
Sybex Exams - scored around 78%
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OptionsCOBOL_DOS_ERA Member Posts: 205 ■■■■■□□□□□Once you are done with Cybrary videos, skim through Eleventh Hour - E. Conrad. Do a quick review on SDLC, some quick reading on cloud. You will do fine, good luck with the exam!!
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Optionsjosephandre Member Posts: 315 ■■■■□□□□□□my advice would be not to cram. it's a stressful test, and you've no doubt been going hard for a while now. at this point, it's probably diminishing returns on hard studying. I second the 11th hour recommendation, and add in a healthy dose of rest and relaxation so that you're fresh and comfortable going into the exam.
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OptionsSecGuy22 Member Posts: 7 ■■□□□□□□□□Dont do too much the night beforre the exam. Its quite a long exam, dont arrive to tired.
I personally hammer the audio training (Kelly on Cybrary is great - you dont need to watch the video), and practice questions. Take it easy the night before, and do some skim reading of diagrammes just before exam.
The material you have used to date is a good mixture. Good Luck.Certs: CISSP CISM PMP MCDST MCSA
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OptionsRinzler Member Posts: 34 ■■■□□□□□□□Sounds like you are ready for the promised land. Please do slay the beast, sir.
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Optionsluisbee Member Posts: 28 ■■■□□□□□□□You have already done the hard part of going through all the core materials for one to pass the exam. From now on, please do questions and questions only. And do refer the details where the practise question and answers differ with your thought process. If you have mind-maps, then thats wht you need to focus on from now on.
I would advise to take it easy and early the night before the exam i.e. Friday evening.
All the best and go hammer it, Sir!!!Certs Achieved: CISA / CISM / CISSP / ISO 27001 Lead Auditor / CRISC
Currently Studying: ISSAP / Python
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OptionsAggressiveProgression Member Posts: 33 ■■■□□□□□□□Thanks guys I really appreciate the feedback!
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OptionsMitM Member Posts: 622 ■■■■□□□□□□For Boson, focus on the questions you get wrong. Write the numbers down from each section. Then go back and only answer those questions. For me, if I got a question right but struggled with it, I marked it as wrong
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OptionsAggressiveProgression Member Posts: 33 ■■■□□□□□□□I passed this morning but I feel like I should’ve invested more time in the Shon Harris book.
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OptionsAnteloper Member Posts: 9 ■■■□□□□□□□AggressiveProgression said:I passed this morning but I feel like I should’ve invested more time in the Shon Harris book.
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OptionsInfo_Sec_Wannabe Member Posts: 428 ■■■■□□□□□□AggressiveProgression said:I passed this morning but I feel like I should’ve invested more time in the Shon Harris book.X year plan: (20XX) OSCP [ ], CCSP [ ]
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Optionssameoj Member Posts: 366 ■■■□□□□□□□AggressiveProgression said:I passed this morning but I feel like I should’ve invested more time in the Shon Harris book.
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OptionsCOBOL_DOS_ERA Member Posts: 205 ■■■■■□□□□□Congrats on the pass!! waiting for Lesson Learned when you are ready to share.CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, PMP, PMI-ACP, SEC+, ITIL V3, A-CSM. And Many More.
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Optionsluisbee Member Posts: 28 ■■■□□□□□□□Congrats on passing the exam. I used Shon Harris AIO and cccure practise exams and that was sufficient to pass the exam.
Whats next after CISSP? And please share your lessons learnt from the exam itself for the benefit of the wider community.Certs Achieved: CISA / CISM / CISSP / ISO 27001 Lead Auditor / CRISC
Currently Studying: ISSAP / Python
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OptionsAggressiveProgression Member Posts: 33 ■■■□□□□□□□Info_Sec_Wannabe said:AggressiveProgression said:I passed this morning but I feel like I should’ve invested more time in the Shon Harris book.
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OptionsAggressiveProgression Member Posts: 33 ■■■□□□□□□□luisbee said:Congrats on passing the exam. I used Shon Harris AIO and cccure practise exams and that was sufficient to pass the exam.
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Optionsanthonx Member Posts: 109 ■■■□□□□□□□Congrats! So aside from Boson and Sybex, what other practice exam can you guys recommend?AnthonX
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OptionsAggressiveProgression Member Posts: 33 ■■■□□□□□□□anthonx said:Congrats! So aside from Boson and Sybex, what other practice exam can you guys recommend?