Typical duration of a CISSP boot camp 5 days or more?

How long was your boot camp or online training if you went down that route?

Just trying to get a handle on the time commitment.

Thanks

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emerald_octane

If you look at Avitria/Richard Ruben's CISSP Memoir he says that he started at 8:00 (got up at 6:45), got back at 7:00 PM and studied until 11:00 PM.

Of course (and many people will tell you this),There is simply too much information to absorb in the CBK unless you're a prodigy or you have experience. I did not attend a bootcamp but I'd say that you'd need to still study for a significant amount of time before or after to successfully pass. I studied for about 3-4 hours (average) daily.

datschmo

Attending in-person CISSP review course in 3 weeks and its a total of 5 days (M-F).

cyberguypr

Most that I've seen are 5 days (IP3, Secure Ninja, GK, NH). Sans is 6 days. Training Camp and Infosec Institute versions are 7 day.

bigdogz

Remember that you have to prep/study for quite some time. Going in the bootcamp cold is just a waste of time and money.

Thistleback

Training Camp was 7-day total, 5 days of instruction, half day of review on day 6, and exam on day 7. I studied for three months in advance using Shon Harris' AIO. I passed the exam first try. It was truly an exhausting week, but well worth it. My employer paid for it.

lister

What should I be looking for in the instructor? Anything in particular? I guess practical experience is a given

someslacker

I did the trainingcamp 7-day as well. It was a long week, classes went usually a total of 12 hrs. a day as we did review sessions at night. Saturday was a review day as well and Sunday was the test. All-in-all a great experience. Our instructor was Kevin Henry, you might recognize his name from the Official ISC2 Guide to the CISSP CBK book. He wrote the crypto section. I would definitely recommend him as an instructor.

lister

Kevin Henry is great Ive heard of him talk before - when did you do the trainingcamp course with him? Was this recent?

what do you reckon of an offer I saw recently from a school that would "break up" the lecturing - they are suggesting this:

3 days online - then a break - then classroom bootcamp style to sort of wrap it all together?

someslacker

lister wrote: »

Kevin Henry is great Ive heard of him talk before - when did you do the trainingcamp course with him? Was this recent?

I took their 7-day in Sterling/Dulles Virginia in mid August. He was there that week and I think Atlanta the next week. I like the full immersion of material for a solid week. Granted by Saturday morning I was near my saturation point but it definitely helped put all distractions aside and helped me focus on the material.