Hello All,
I quite agree with Monica, as I passed the CISSP exam recently using the method
outline below. I finished quite quickly too and went over the questions to
reread those I thought were not quite clear; I then made some changes.
I have about 4 years network admin and security experience and I used
principaly both Shon Harris Textbook and the 2nd Edn of Mastering the CISSP and
ISSEP Prep Guide Textbook by Krutz et al. I prepared for about 4 months, so I
think I was fully prepared. I did not have any boot camp or any formal
classroom training but I work in the enviroment where I go through the
procedures daily.
I made cccure.org my main test guide and it helped to identify my weak areas
and boost my morale during the preparation.
The exam is very challenging and requires your experience to answer some of
the questions.
I wish you all the best.
Jide
monica miller <soulbeauty_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello All,
I passed the CISSP exam and wanted to provide a few suggestions for those who
will be taking it.
The most important thing that helped me was to re-read the questions! I was
initally finished with the exam fairly quickly but then I went back over every
question twice. I think due to the anxiety of test taking, I went fairly
quickly through the exam. Going back over every question after completing the
test provided me with a second shot at reading the question (which I misread
initially a number of times) and provided me with the opportunity to re-think a
few of my answers. Ultimately, I took almost all of the alotted time.
This strategy might not work well for everyone but I really think the simple
act of going back and re-reading every question twice was a big reason I passed
since I did end up changing a number of answers the second time around.
I know this topic was debated a bit a number of weeks ago, but I also suggest
if you have the time and funds, to attend a bootcamp. It helped me tremendously
because it provided an arena to go over the domains in a far more structured
way than I could have done on my own.
The test was challenging but if you have the requisite experience, read the
materials and take some of the practice tests, you will be fine.
Good luck,
Monica Sue
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