Wiriting CASP tomorrow CAS-001

After I got an email of a great deal for CASP vouchers 75% off, I had to jump on it, I was originally planning to keep this cert on hold for at least a couple years so that when I got it it'd renew my other CE certs, but the deal was too great to pass up on, so I'm hoping to get this one in the bag tomorrow, and then my Cloud+ on Friday :DWish me luck.

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fuz1on

You passed CISSP - I have a good feeling for you! It's tough though.

Cloud+ shouldn't be a problem either; just make sure you review hypervisors.

Good luck - you probably don't need it though.

What are you using to study? You know I'm taking it 3/13 - Friday the 13th!

H3||scr3am

I'm using the CASP Mcgraw hill amazon free trial

and CD download with practice test software

best of luck doing it on the 13th

fuz1on

H3||scr3am wrote: »

I'm using the CASP Mcgraw hill amazon free trial and CD download with practice test software best of luck doing it on the 13th

Cool! Hope you pass, H3! Rooting for you!

H3||scr3am

Nope! didn't pass today, those sims, they're difficult... and it seems my exam mostly focused on web application security... which isn't really my forte, but for $100 I feel it was a good experience, I plan to take it again someday and pass it, but it was difficult to gather resources before taking it this time with such short notice, on to studying for my Cloud+ tomorrow then...

fuz1on

H3||scr3am wrote: »

Nope! didn't pass today, those sims, they're difficult... and it seems my exam mostly focused on web application security... which isn't really my forte, but for $100 I feel it was a good experience, I plan to take it again someday and pass it, but it was difficult to gather resources before taking it this time with such short notice, on to studying for my Cloud+ tomorrow then...

The worst part is they don't tell you the passing score nor what domains you need to work on. I know you usually score pretty high on exams so you'd have to expect that the passing score is 95%. I thought I had passed - seriously.

So I guess the million dollar question now is... Is the CASP more difficult than CISSP?

jeremywatts2005

Dude I got my rear kicked on the SIMS when I took it in Beta. They were tough and literally no joke. Stuff like you have 20K to spend and you want to do x with the network now figure out what devices you need. BTW where did you get the 75% off coupon I want to go after this joker again, but not spend the full costs to do it.

fuz1on

jeremywatts2005 wrote: »

Dude I got my rear kicked on the SIMS when I took it in Beta. They were tough and literally no joke...BTW where did you get the 75% off coupon I want to go after this joker again, but not spend the full costs to do it.

itexamvouchers website.

BTW, the people who have passed CASP are probably laughing at us right now! Hahaha...back to studying.

H3||scr3am

itexamvouchers mailing list for me, and I had to call them to actually get that price in the email...

Yeah the exam was difficult, but it consisted of 60 multiple choice questions and 4 sims (for me), and the CISSP consists of 300...

make sure you know all about

SOAP & XACML - I got many of these type of questions Single Sign on questions too... it didn't touch much on encryption, and was far more difficult then the practice exam I got with my McGraw Hill CASP CAS-001 literature...

study hard and let us know how you fare on it

da_vato

fuz1on wrote: »

the people who have passed CASP are probably laughing at us right now!

I am not laughing at all, I thought it was one of the most difficult tests I have taken to date. The CISSP is just long and cannot be rushed, you have to view it from a certain perspective to be successful.

The CASP recommends you have 10 years experience and I believe that is a fair recommendation as most of what got me through the test was experience not the crappy material I read.

fuz1on

da_vato wrote: »

I am not laughing at all

Haha...thanks. It is tough but doable. You probably have to get close to 100% on the multiple-choice to give yourself a fighting chance with the performance sims. Hopefully, the Force/Schwartz will be strong in me today.

May the Schwartz be strong with you guys and gals.

Remedymp

H3||scr3am wrote: »

Nope! didn't pass today, those sims, they're difficult... and it seems my exam mostly focused on web application security... which isn't really my forte, but for $100 I feel it was a good experience, I plan to take it again someday and pass it, but it was difficult to gather resources before taking it this time with such short notice, on to studying for my Cloud+ tomorrow then...

This was my experience as well. The Sims seem to be a bit vague in what they're asking versus what they're looking for answer wise. Some of the sims were straight forward. But, overall, You really need to know your stuff. Even studying the book doesn't mean a guaranteed pass.

I think Comptia did a good job on the exam structure itself. But, there is clearly some teething and rough areas. I'm scheduled to take the CAS-002 and am currently waiting on my book.

fuz1on

No go! I really felt like I passed but - I guess - I must continue to improve my knowledge-base. I really tried to sim the performance-based questions but their CIOS (CompTIA IOS) got me again! Next time, it's CAS-002! After, I get some more enterprise security experience and a few other certs (CCNA/JNCIA-Junos/VCP-DCV/NV, SIP, LFCE, etc) - hopefully, I'll be able to pass. Ambiguously technical...

H3||scr3am

sorry you didn't pass either, but hopefully we both get it next time

fuz1on

H3||scr3am wrote: »

sorry you didn't pass either, but hopefully we both get it next time

Thanks but I'm happy with my attempt - I felt it was a great effort. I'm not going to quit til I pass it though. JNCIA-Junos on Tuesday - I need the CLI work.

mrgriff757

fuz1on wrote: »

The worst part is they don't tell you the passing score nor what domains you need to work on. I know you usually score pretty high on exams so you'd have to expect that the passing score is 95%. I thought I had passed - seriously.

So I guess the million dollar question now is... Is the CASP more difficult than CISSP?

I took the CASP exam last night and failed. I thought I did well, had 4 sims and 64 questions. I thought I nailed 3 of the 4 sims. The telco firewall and two routers sim was to vague. I knew at least 35 of the 64 questions were right for sure and made educated guesses on the others. But with no guage on how I did other than failed I don't know if I want to take it again. I have take the CISSP twice before also, and it is more difficult. It wears you down with 250 questions that almost take you the entire 6 hours to answer. Not fun at all.

H3||scr3am

sorry to hear that you also did not pass the CASP exam, did you take 001 or 002? seems we had the same number of questions, and I know the SIM you're talking about too, the switch/router CLI wasn't Cisco and I had no idea how to configure/change the interface IPs on the devices, which really made me waste a lot of time trying to do so and/or figure out how to...

Itrimble

Can anyone pm me the email with the discount offer ? I'd like to take the test for $100.

fuz1on

Itrimble wrote: »

Can anyone pm me the email with the discount offer ? I'd like to take the test for $100.

There isn't any right now. I'll keep an eye out for you when it's $100 again.

GForce75

The lowest I have seen it for is about 350 and it's one of those sites that are selling it out there, plus use some of the 10% codes to at least bring the cost down. Trying to take CASP two weeks from now, so if i come across something, i'll post here.

fuz1on

GForce75 wrote: »

The lowest I have seen it for is about 350 and it's one of those sites that are selling it out there, plus use some of the 10% codes to at least bring the cost down. Trying to take CASP two weeks from now, so if i come across something, i'll post here.

I took it for $99 and $199 - you can get better ROI if you prepare and jump on deals.

sulaywan

Hi,

I bought a CASP coupon in january.

I cannot use it, so I am going to sell it.

is anyone interested?

thanks

BGE240

Ok, how do we get the CASP vouchers at 75% off???
I just took the CAS-001 exam today and DID NOT PASS, the questions were totally different from the transcender test prep I purchased Does anyone have any GOOD test prep questions for the CASP CAS-001 exam before the test is retired in June

s3v3nh4cks

Would one of you be so kind as to post a link to the McGraw Hill Casp CAS-001 Ebook please?? I can give you the Sybex Version if interested.

H3||scr3am

we used the 7 day free trial from http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Advanced-Security-Practitioner-Certification-ebook/dp/B009B9TQ10/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429487594&sr=1-3&keywords=CAS-001

using Kindle ereader or kindleonline to view/read it.

Best of luck

s3v3nh4cks

ok, gotcha. I noticed someone said they had the cd, which has the pdf version on it.