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Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

FZ09 — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 12:51:38 GMT

Thank you very much in advance! I realize this might be answered but I am trying to get the most up to date information possible based on the test that's currently out there. My plan is to study books and then tests for two months then give it a try.

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

FZ09 — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 12:55:00 GMT

I already purchased " (ISC)2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide 8th Edition" and should be here tomorrow but I am reading many post about having several reference material to study from so taking everyone's advice. I hope the one I purchased is good?

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

Bryiantan — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:56:06 GMT

Check out this post from on of the (ISC)² member recently. He shared some good study strategies and materials.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cissp/comments/8zhhpv/passed_11_july/

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

Markonweb — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 16:33:10 GMT

I used the official study guide, the late great Shon Harris brick, Eric Conrad's books, and a dummies book years ago. The dummies as a quick read to introduce you to the topics, Shon Harris's book as the reference that goes deeper than necessary for many topics, the official guide, and Eric Conrad's books as a condensed, concise coverage of the domains. My test was a few years ago but my point is to not just use one reference. If your local ISSA chapter has a study group, join it. If you learn best by listening, consider getting your study references on Kindle if the publisher enabled text to speech (in the product details on Amazon text-to-speech Yes). The Kindle Fire devices allow playback of TTS-enabled books (The kindle app on other operating systems does not support reading out loud). Once you get used to listening to the content, you may find that you can increase the playback speed to 1.5, 2x or even 3x. This will allow you to listen to the content on your daily commute to work, while doing household chores etc. I answered the test questions in each book I had. You'll run into the occasional error but don't let that stop you from using the questions... it is a great resource to identify knowledge gaps. Cybrary.it is another great resource for free training. Good luck!

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

FZ09 — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 17:07:41 GMT

Thank you very much for the advice!

Re: Going to start styudying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

rslade — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 01:49:13 GMT

> FZ09 (Viewer) posted a new topic in Certifications on 07-22-2018 08:51 AM in

> Thank you very much in advance! I realize this might be answered but I am
> trying to get the most up to date information possible based on the test
> that's currently out there. My plan is to study books and then tests for two
> months then give it a try.

"Security Engineering" by Ross Anderson.

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Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

DanielJMurray — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:46:29 GMT

Self study is the hardest way to pass the test. I took a class and only about 50% of the people in the class passed. Just really focus and re-read all the info. I used the (ISC)2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide 8th Edition that you can get on Amazon for about $50. I also watched a ton of YouTube videos and used the (ISC)2 study guides. When you pass they don't tell you the score, but I felt very confidant when I hit the last button on the exam and think the study guide and tests really set everything up nicely.

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

FZ09 — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:54:59 GMT

Thank you very much!

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

FZ09 — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:02:06 GMT

Are there any online tests / sites you used that were a good reflection of the test?

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

rslade — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:17:13 GMT

> FZ09 (Newcomer I) posted a new reply in Certifications on 07-25-2018 10:02 AM in

> Are there any online tests / sites you used that were a
> good reflection of the test?

Nope. See:
https://community.isc2.org/t5/Certifications/Tips-for-Passing-CISSP-exam-in-
may-2018/m-p/12555/highlight/true#M2559 or https://is.gd/5mEDOR

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Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

DanielJMurray — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:56:04 GMT

Nothing was a good reflection of the actual test. The 11th Hour CISSP book along with the (ISC)2 guides really help. The online tests helped build confidence on understanding the material, but the actual test did not align with any practice exam that I saw online.

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

j_M007 — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 14:25:42 GMT

This is a GOOD thing. If it were a mere question of finding rehashed and repeated Q&A, then it would make the exam into some grocery list of items for people to memorize.

The K in CBK means knowledge, and knowledge comes through experience and know-how. This is why it is NOT an entry-level cert. This is also why the CEPs play a very important part of the process. Skill Stagnation spells doom for those who depend on us.

Thankfully, (ISC)2 has people that realize this and ensure the CBK exam is as tough and as fair as possible.

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

MartinMathiasse — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 08:13:00 GMT

When i stydied for CISSP i did use CCCURE website i paid for 3 month and also bought the 12 hour and CISSP for dummies and ofcourse the boxset from Shon Harris and i paid for the iPhone app from ISC2 and for ealaerning i used Cybrary.it CISSP course.

Re: Going to start styudying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

CraginS — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:07:32 GMT

@rslade wrote:

"Security Engineering" by Ross Anderson.

Anderson's book is without doubt the best core book covering the entire range of topics that come together in information security. Even better, Anderson placed the entire book available online for free; each chapter is a separate PDF file. He did this with full approval by his publisher. Both the 1st and 2nd editions are online, so be sure you link to the 2nd edition. I leave it as a reader exercise to find Dr. Anderson's site with the book.

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j_M007 — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:31:59 GMT

Thanks Craigin, for the information on the book. Thanks also for your excellent blog, https://cragins.blogspot.com/

Kudos for both.

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

FZ09 — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:06:32 GMT

Thank you for the feedback!

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

FZ09 — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:21:33 GMT

On chapter 7 of the ISC2 study guide. I'm finding a good portion, maybe half, of this I know just from being in the field since 1991 in various roles. I'm struggling with remembering the block, key sizes and if they ask me a question like ... what cipher uses an encryption key as long as the message. It could be Running Key or One time pad if the question was worded vaguely. I'm going to memorize the tables but on test do they ask many question based on hash and key memorization and do they word questions specific enough to know if they ask for encryption say like is as long as message itself it also include something like uses it from a common book (Running) or Vernam (One-Time Pad). Thanks all!

Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

rslade — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:49:39 GMT

> FZ09 (Newcomer I) posted a new reply in Certifications on 08-29-2018 02:21 PM in

> I'm struggling with remembering the block, key sizes and if they
> ask me a question like ... what cipher uses an encryption key as long as the
> message. It could be Running Key or One time pad if the question was worded
> vaguely. I'm going to memorize the tables but on test do they ask many question
> based on hash and key memorization and do they word questions specific enough to
> know if they ask for encryption say like is as long as message itself it also
> include something like uses it from a common book (Running) or Vernam (One-Time
> Pad).

When I took the test, I got it into my head that if I didn't know absolutely every
detail of RADIUS I was going to fail. Of course, in the end, there were no
questions about RADIUS at all on the exam I took.

Don't memorize tables. The more you know is good, of course, but don't panic
over the details. The exam is mostly about concepts. If you know the concepts,
you will pass.

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Re: Going to start studying - From People Who Passed Which Books Should I Buy / Test?

FZ09 — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:53:19 GMT

Thank You!

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FZ09 — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:52:40 GMT

Is the 11th hour CISSP 3rd edition from 2016 still good to prep for the 2018 CISSP adaptive exam?