Rand,
I took the exam in Feb. It is not hard to find a good CISSP
book. Most of them are good. If you read the forum postings you will find
the consensus picks for the best CISSP books are written by Kurtz and Vines
and Shon Harris. If you master either of those books with your experience
you should be good to go.
On the other hand I bought and read 5 different CISSP books (because I did
not want to miss anything) and those two were the most complete. I agree the
"Official ISC2 Study Guide" was not very good. I used it for its test engine
mostly. I good not read it through. Yek.
The exam will test your ability to internalize knowledge of the 10 domains
and your ability to answer questions you have never seen based on that
knowledge, by picking the best answer from the 4 choices given.
Henry Guzman, CISSP
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From: Rand [mailto:perico7@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:30 PM
To: rslade@sprint.ca
Cc: CISSP-Discuss@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CISSP-D] new guide
Rob, thanks for the feedback. I'm cautious about buying new material.
I got burned when I bought the "Official ISC2 Study Guide". It really
sucks. 3 different authors with 3 different writing styles with
materials that seem to be compiled from various sources (even copied),
doesn't make for easy reading.
Why is it so hard to find a good CISSP book? I find info in some books
that are not in others and I'm wondering what is exactly on this
exam??? Not to mention the fact that the requirements for the exam
don't make sense. They require 4 years of direct experience in any
domain, yet I could remain 10 years in a sec info role and still not
be exposed to most of those domains. It's really weird.
Thanks anyway,
Rand
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:12:10 -0800, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor,
Devon & Hannah <rslade@sprint.ca> wrote:
From: "tuanizado" <perico7@gmail.com>
Date sent: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:19:05 -0000
Has anyone heard/read/used this guide:
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=91-9889732319-0
Not quite new: it's copyright is two years old, and it doesn't reflect
some of the
new requirements for the CISSP. It's a self-published ebook, with all the
limitations that implies. It's seems to have been derived from a course
that was,
itself, derived from the ISC2 review seminar. It is basically in point
form, and has
no sample questions.
Overall, the points are reasonably well selected. (Well, that's to be
expected,
given the probable base source. The section on malware is very
disappointing, and
the section on legal concepts is rather weak.) The material is more
up-to-date
than any other besides the "Official (ISC)^2 Guide to the CISSP Exam" (cf.
BKOIGTCE.RVW). In terms of books dealing with an overall familiarization
with
the topics to be covered on the CISSP exam, this one does have an
advantage in
price, and in speed of access. (I requested a copy directly from the
author by
email, and got it within two hours. If, for example, you are in a boot
camp course
situation, you may need all the help you can get, quickly.)
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"Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" 0-387-94663-2
"Viruses Revealed" 0-07-213090-3
"Software Forensics" 0-07-142804-6
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