CISSP: Mission Complete

Today, I passed the CISSP exam. The exam was significantly brutal, tiresome, and frustrating. Like some have posted up here, "it's a marathon and not a sprint". It took me essentially 5 hrs and 45 mins to complete the whole exam. I think I flagged roughly 70-75 questions. If I didn't know the answer within 45 seconds, I moved on. After completing the first round, I started back from question 1 and worked my way to the end. I'd recommend to the ones currently studying to understand not only the concepts, but how they are implemented within the business environment from a CIA standpoint. When I finished, I wasn't sure whether I passed or failed and I had no idea what 25 questions were throw away questions so I answered everyone using the process of reasoning and deduction. Overall, I studied for roughly three months and really clamped down the last three weeks (no tv, music, life), but it was definitely worth it. My training regimen consisted of the following:

Shon Harris AIO - Didn't read it cover to cover, but picked out information and took notes on items I were unsure about.
Eric Conrad 2nd Edition - Didn't read cover to cover, but used it to supplement the AIO guide.
Cybrary Videos/Mp3s - Listened to it to and from work and watched the videos once I got home.
Cccure - Started taking questions the last two weeks prior to the exam to gauge weaknesses.

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Comments

danny069

Congrats! Thanks for listing your training for this exam, it is helpful to those who want the CISSP as their future opponent.

cyberguypr

Congrats on the pass!

Mike7

The books you use did not cover new 2015 domains; you probably had difficulties with new topics such as cloud computing.

Congrats!

vidrine

Congrats!

bhalldi

Thanks a lot guys. Reading these forums have helped immensely. @Mike7, I really didn't have a problem with cloud computing. I currently work for DoD (Risk Management) and applied those concepts with a little research on cloud topics/third party risk management to bridge the gap between the old/new domains. You're correct though, an aspiring candidate can use those guides and find other reputable resources to understand cloud computing.

Congrats!

congrats!

Wonderful!

What Cybrary MP3s? I didn't know there were any.

Thanks!

-Calvin

ic3scrap3r

Congrats! This is definitely an accomplishment of which you can be proud!

IaHawk

cledford3 wrote: »

What Cybrary MP3s? I didn't know there were any.

Thanks!

-Calvin

I'm not sure if you have to be logged in or not, but when you click on the CISSP course the MP3s are listed under "Recommended Additional Study Material" on the right hand side.

cledford3

Found them - thanks! Huge Help!

mahe

Congrats!!