Failed CISSP Exam What Now?
I failed my CISSP exam, I scored 680, so missed the passing mark by 20. I'm disappointed to say the least.
Study material: Official ISC2 training material, bought the Shon Harris book but didn't open it.
Other form training: 1 week long book camp CISSP training
I can't take the exam for the another 30days, my understanding is that the exam is changing the next couple of weeks. I'm not sure what the impact would be as far as new study material and new exam.
What now?
Study material: Official ISC2 training material, bought the Shon Harris book but didn't open it.
Other form training: 1 week long book camp CISSP training
I can't take the exam for the another 30days, my understanding is that the exam is changing the next couple of weeks. I'm not sure what the impact would be as far as new study material and new exam.
What now?
Comments
Stay focused and you will be succeeded.
I take this exam next week, now I'm starting to worry a bit. I really need to buckle down this week/weekend.
For the preparation I used following materials:
-Took a CISSP boot camp 6+1 days (this was my starting point).
-Watched some CISSP related study videos (these helped me to understand things in a big picture)
-Read about 2/3 of the Shon Harris AIO book (skipped some topics e.g. networks & telecommunication, cryptography)
-Two weeks before the exam I also read the 11th hour CISSP: study guide by Eric Conrad (this was good one to wrap up things)
-Week before the exam I started doing some practice tests to find out CBK's that I had to learn more.
= In total 2 months of studying (and it was worth it)
In the exam I tried to tackle the easy one's first (which needed 30 sec - 1 min to answer) and flagged the rest. That approach gave me a lot of time to think the difficult ones. However I used the whole time available to review my answers and submitted when there was 1 min left.
I also think that the new exam won't change that much, you'll still need the understand a lot of same things / concepts to succeed. I'm sure you'll pass the exam in the future.
It is time to open it
I failed with a 676 in December and just passed on Saturday. You're almost there!
2022 goal(s): CRISC, land a new job
"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try." - Homer Simpson
It is your personal IPS to stop the attack.
Sorry to hear you didnt pass.. give it another try and this time open Shon Harris. Her book is the recipe for success. Stick to the high level concepts when studying and please read all the "passed" thread on this forum they will guide you in the right direction
For example, I didn't try to remember everything AIO said about the Red Book. I did remember that it addresses network security.
AIO has about 2 -3 pages on IPv6, but from my Cisco studies I remembered the following and left it at that:
- IPng
- IPSec integration
- 128 bit address
- no NAT
- 6to4 tunneling
I focused on a lot less minute details this time around. I know about the ISO/IEC 27000 series, but I did not try to memorize each standard and what they do.
2022 goal(s): CRISC, land a new job
"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try." - Homer Simpson
Remember CISSP is a management test not a technical one. For example if your on the cryptography domain focus on why encryption is necessary, hashing vs encrypting, whats a digital signature, PKI, symetric vs asymetric etc... don't focus too much attention on things like block size, rounds , blah blah blah
Sorry to hear that. You need to drill, drill and drill. Test yourself. Use multiple test sources. I like Transcender and MH (McGraw Hill). You will get over the 700 hump guaranteed on the next attempt if you keep drilling.
The above will come in handy for your MBA course load so study those concepts well and do it now so that they have time to sink in later. /s
- b/eads
I have to disagree with this assessment. You need to know the technical details before you can make an informed decision, not only for the test, but for whatever job you plan on getting after your CISSP certification. It takes more than just a certification to get (and keep!) a job in info security. A certification is more than just a test and a piece of paper.
I agree with you on this. I would say be more familiar with it. The test does ask some technical questions... but I would only squeeze that in after grasping the basic concepts of everything in the books.