Hi All,
I've been studying for the CISSP for the last 4 months (ISC2 book, Shon
Harris, and CISSP for dummies as a kinda 'cram' book).
I've read the books cover to cover and made notes on areas I feel I'm weak
at. I've a background in networks/telecommunications and development, not so
much law/etchics/bcp&dr. I've mainly concentrated on learning these areas.
I've done numerous practice tests on CCCure and all the ones in the books.
I'm trying to decide whether I am ready to sit the exam next month.
The main grey area I have is 1) regarding the syllabus/cbk itself and the 2)
professional experience requirements. I'll address these two issues below;
1) I've done all the samples in the books and various ones of the net,
including CCCure. I've a background in some of the domains so I'm aware of
various material outside of the CBK scope. When doing certain exams there's
certain material which appears to be well outside of the scope of the CBK
and isn't covered in any books. Is this a likely occurrence that a 'lot' of
the subject material is not covered in any study guides? I've concentrated
on learning what the CBK requires, but I've been put off sitting the exam
because theres stuff that doesn't appear to be covered. How accurate does
the exam address the CBK, and am I getting false hope from being confident
by judging myself against the Books/Guide/CBK alone.
2) This is probably a very common question so I wont go into it too much. It
asks how many months experience one has in each domain, does this account
for a task which may involve several multiple domains within that one task
OR does it require greater granularity when specifying experience? I'm
guessing it only requires an indicator rather than a super-detailed
description.
I'd appreciate if someone could give me some pointers. Obviously I'd find
out by sitting the exam but I don't fancy taking a $499 + travel +
accomodation research exercise if I can avoid it.
Also if anybody can provide some general advice regarding the exam itself
which may not be covered in the common guides.
Cheers
Joe
NOTE FROM CLEMENT (MODERATOR):
If you score consistently between 80 to 85% you are ready for the real exam.
The keyword here, as in any of the questions, is CONSISTENTLY
Good luck
Clement
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