Passed

Hi all,

Passed the CISSP exam today, first attempt.
Background: 19 years experience in IT, 7 in IT Audit (including IT Sec), holder of several MS and ITIL certifications.

I read 3 books: Shon Harris "4th edition", Krutz's "Cissp prep guide" and 11th hour (twice).
Studied for almost 6 months with a decent study plan: 1-3 hours per day, last month 3-4 hours per day, 6-8 hours for weekends.
During the study I was taking notes (ended up with 20 pages core material for refreshing my memory).

Used cccure (payed tests), as well as other free tests which can be found on Internet.
As other posters said the real exam was a bit different than practice tests (I was expecting more technical questions).

At the end I 've got an impression that I was over prepared.
Finished the first 125 questions in almost 2.5 hours, than took a short break.
Answered all the questions in 5 hours with 30 minutes for final review (changed few questions only). In general, the majority of questions were fairly constructed and straightforward (from the perspective of a non english native speaker candidate).

Regards,

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JoJoCal19

Congrats on your pass! What's next for you? I'm working on my CISSP right now and hope to test by the end of June.

danny069

Congratulations, that's quite an achievement. I have the CISSP in my crosshair too. Does it give you a score after you're done?

bobloblaw

Computer based test will tell you if you pass/fail immediately. No score if you passed.

RanMic

danny069 wrote: »

Congratulations, that's quite an achievement. I have the CISSP in my crosshair too. Does it give you a score after you're done?

Nope, Just a big fat CONGRATULATIONS!.......if you pass.

RanMic

@robla300 Congrats! I know you feel better to know you dont have to hit the books tonight.

Bundiman

Congrats

t17hha

Congrats, must feel good being able to relax a little now

Dakinggamer87

Congrats on pass!!

moyondizvo

Congratulations...

Thistleback

Congrats on passing your first attempt! Your 19 years experience in IT probably had a large part in your success. You probably have a pretty fair managment mindset I suspect. Well done! And welcome to the forum!