topic Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out? in Exam Preparation

Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

LArchinal — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:24:01 GMT

I am looking forward to taking the CISSP-ISSEP certification exam but all the reviews about the old CBK say it is outdated. Also I was given a list of recommended resources which help but I am curious as to when the new CBK is coming out. Could you help me out?

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

Caute_cautim — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:24:20 GMT

My personal take, is you need to know your underlying CISSP principles very well. Rather like the ISSAP, the ISSEP will test your capabilities, and experiences, it is not like just another examination, a concentration will challenge you. It will make you think and challenge the way you think in terms of solving business problems and how you tackle them. Those who have taken concentrations, hopefully will support this notion, its the principles and the underlying security engineering techniques and how you and your experience has developed, which will get you through the examination.

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

LArchinal — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:15:15 GMT

Caute_cautim

Thank you very much for this helpful insight. I really appreciate when members of the community that have the experience I am looking for share it with others in the community. Please continue sharing and helping the community grow.

On another note, I see that you have the ISSAP; What was your study path like and how long did it take you and what were your resources?

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

Caute_cautim — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:37:52 GMT

@LArchinal wrote:
Caute_cautim

Thank you very much for this helpful insight. I really appreciate when members of the community that have the experience I am looking for share it with others in the community. Please continue sharing and helping the community grow.

On another note, I see that you have the ISSAP; What was your study path like and how long did it take you and what were your resources?

My approach was to review the curriculum, and go back to basics, to ensure that my fundamental principles and understanding were strengthen by going back through the core CISSP learning's. I did this by going through the original CISSP examination guides both physically, and online to test my and gauge my own understanding, so it was not just "I think I know the principles". So, I very much tested my baselines against the ISSAP curriculum. I then invested in the ISC2 ISSAP online virtual education sessions, and the associated CBK. I found this absolutely brilliant, not only were the lecturers and engaging with other students online at the time, but being able to go back through the virtual recorded sessions. This helped me not only gain greater insights, but also to apply them to my working environment. So I found by applying the techniques directly, fundamentally strengthen my learning capabilities. I did the usual thing of investing in an authorised examination set of questions, this helped tremendously in terms of understanding the style of the questions being asked, and how they would be asked. Because of this, I felt ready to take the examination online subsequently.

It was also one of the core themes throughout the training, make sure you understand and can apply the fundamental principles directly without having to think about it. In other words, rely on ones brain to analyse the situation in front of you, and objectively come up with logical conclusions.

I hope this helps, we all learn in different ways, and we take different approaches to ensure we are prepared to the best of our capabilities. But definitely the investment in the ISSAP virtual sessions, took the guesswork out of it all, and brought the reality of what was needed to gain this concentration.

To me this was an essential investment.

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

rbc — Thu, 31 May 2018 16:18:38 GMT

I thought I'd give this topic a bump. I'm on the fence about doing ISSMP or ISSEP this year. I've taken an ISSEP online prep course from 2012 and I do the kind of work that the ISSEP supports. On the other hand, ISSMP seems to be better supported by study materials and I need it too. Will we see a ISSEP CBK update this year? It would be timely for my current professional goals.

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

SamanthaO_isc2 — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 19:48:02 GMT

Hello @rbc & everyone else in this thread,

The CISSP-ISSEP CBK was updated and placed into effect on March 15, 2018. For more information on the changes, you can take a look here: https://www.isc2.org/Certifications/CISSP-ISSEP/Domain-Refresh-FAQ

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

babmhkk — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:32:33 GMT

Hi Samantha:

Does this mean when the new course version drops that a new CBK book will be publicly available for purchase?

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

SamanthaO_isc2 — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 12:49:12 GMT

Hello @babmhkk,

At this time, the textbook is not being updated; however, it still can be used as a resource. You can take a look at the following link to find other self-study items for the exam: https://www.isc2.org/Certifications/References.

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

Xdbuix — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 00:36:50 GMT

Hi Samantha,

I just wanted to ask if the book is not being updated, can you explain what type of material is being updated for sept 2018? I noticed on the ISSEP homepage that there is an update in study material for ISSEP for Sept 2018.

Thank you!
Dan

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

SamanthaO_isc2 — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:58:51 GMT

Hello @Xdbuix,

At this time, the book is not being updated. Our teams are looking into updating this material; however, we do not have any timelines at this point. You can find more information about the update to the domains for the ISSEP Concentration here. The self-paced training course for the ISSEP is what was released in September (just last week!) and is available if you wish to purchase it. You can find more information about that here as well as an overview of the course. You can also find a list of references available at the following location that may be of help when studying: https://www.isc2.org/Certifications/References.

Thanks,

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

Xdbuix — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 23:15:54 GMT

Thank you Samantha!

I just purchased the self study course. However, I am unable to access the ISSEP study material due to the restrictions placed by ISC2 as seen below. My exam is in 5 weeks. Is there any way to open up the material so I can focus my efforts on the ISSEP exam?

Thank you again!

The ISSEP concentration builds upon the CISSP credential and provides mastery of the specialized area of engineering. So before you begin the content for the CISSP-ISSEP, we would like you to refresh your CISSP knowledge.
After you have had 3 weeks of access to this CISSP Self-Paced Refresher module, then the ISSEP Domain 1 will be made available to you. Each successive domain will be released 1 week after the previous.

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

SamanthaO_isc2 — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 21:36:39 GMT

Hello @Xdbuix,

I reached out to the team who can best help you with this, and it seems they are assisting you with this offline. They will be the best people to work with in order to address this with you. If there is something else we can assist you with here on the Community, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Best,

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

tommym89 — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:04:55 GMT

@Xdbuix, can you do me a favor and PM me to let me know if you passed your exam? I did not pass after taking the self-paced training because the exam had almost nothing on it that was actually mentioned at all in the training.

Re: Is there a good timeline for the new ISSEP CBK coming out?

Xdbuix — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:40:13 GMT

Hi Tommy,

Unfortunately, I did not pass as well. I was extremely close.

I agree with your assessment of the course material. I've reviewed other poster's suggested material, went to an in person boot camp (I scored better than my own teacher), as well prepped using multiple and a variety of sources.

I plan on taking the exam again. Please do not give up on this exam!