IMHO, the Official ISC2 Guide may be hard to read, but it contains all the
material that is on the exam, even though it may not be the most up-to-date
guide on infosec. It is fairly complete, not absolutely complete. I only
wish it were easier to read, perhaps similar in style to Krutz's books.
Krutz is to-the-point and is a very good reference but doesn't cover all the
exam questions. Shon Harris is easy to read and is an excellent source, but
it's true: it has too much mumbo in it that can take your mind off your
primary goal to just learn those theories that deal with the exam questions.
My suggestion is to steel yourself... hunker down with the ISC2 Guide, read
a chapter or domain, then do the same with one or more of the other
"standards" such as Harris and Krutz, then continue to the next. Anything
you don't completely understand in the ISC2 Guide will; be more easily
explained in the others.
The purpose is to get all the knowledge required for the exam, and the ISC2
Guide has what you need.
The others should be the supplements. Other people say, "use the ISC2 Guide
as a supplement" and I think that's the wrong way to go.
Just my 2 cents. Bring it on...
Cheers,
Rand
On 6/6/05, wrkj7@netscape.net <wrkj7@netscape.net> wrote:
Congrats.
I wanted to take my test last week - but had to postpone the exam due to
work conflict...
Steven, what are your thoughts on how the exam was worded - similar to
things we see? I have seen some practice questions from shon harris' 2nd
edition that were very wordy! See many like that?
On another note: ISC2 was cool about postponing the exam. I have a credit
waiting for me, and 1 year to reschedule the exam. The phone rep was
helpful, so customer service so far gets high marks.
-bill
Steven Kalcevich <lists@ciscokid.net> wrote:
CISSP!!!!!!! Just got my endorsement from! Anyone that was in Chicago
last week hope ya did good too!!!
Books used: ALL in one CISSP, official CISSP study guide.
Regards
Steve Kalcevich
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