topic Road to CISSP in Exam Preparation

Road to CISSP

amine-ben — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 08:51:56 GMT

Our objectif here is to share our journey chasing the CISSP certification.

Your questions are welcome.

Re: Road to CISSP

pdoliveira — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:03:37 GMT

Hi,

I'm Studying with Official study guide 7th edition to the test.

I'm always searching on online for suggestions and experience of people that taked CISSP exam recently, and I recomend the www.techexams.net/forums/ as a best place for tips about Security Cert exams.

Re: Road to CISSP

jrisner1 — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:30:13 GMT

I was able to pass the exam by using the Official Study Guide and using CCure.org. I also watched the CISSP question of the day videos on youtube. A lot of the information needed to pass is in the Study Guide. I took a prep class offered by CAISSA's Birmingham Chapter and they included the guide with the class. Cheers and good luck.

Re: Road to CISSP

jrisner1 — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:43:26 GMT

Also, never underestimate the power of mnemonics. ie... All People Seem To Need Data Processing. Please Do Not Throw Sasuage Pizza Away. These will help you remember the 7 Layers of the OSI Model in order from 1 to 7 and 7 to 1. Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data Link, Physical and vice versa. I also made up Mnemonics to help remember other lists as well. Be smart, do not panic, and get good rest the night before.

Re: Road to CISSP

dineshdialani — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:55:41 GMT

As per my experience.

1. Go through CBK guide.

2. Try to attempt all the questions and domain from CCure.

3. Cybrary online videos

Keep yourself cool and calm during exam because it is a real test of patience for 6 hours.

Regards,

Dinesh Dialani

Re: Road to CISSP

Keelan_Stewart — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:51:31 GMT

I agree with the mnemonics - my mom took the CISSP in 2001 (when I was 11) and I had heard her say "All People Seem To Need Dr. Pepper" many times, even before I knew why. Later on, I used that for my CISSP.

Re: Road to CISSP

jrisner1 — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:14:03 GMT

Here is a silly one I made up. I remember it because it makes no sense and will help you remember Symmetric vs Asymmetric. I made up the Symmetric one and picked the other one up from a tutorial.

Symmetric(Fast) - While wearing a cast I drove my rc car to see the animals and had an Idea about AES and DES. (N*N-1)/2
Cast, RC4/5, Serpent, Blowfish, IDEA, AES, DES, 3 DES

Asymmetric - 2N - Bulk Encryption - Every Asymmetric Algorithmn has a Buddy - SA Brothers (RSA, DSA), 2nd Set of Buddies start with
E(ECC and El Gamal, 3rd set of buddies are DH (Diffie Hellman) and Knapsack (Dougie Houser has a knapsack)

Re: Road to CISSP

JamesMac — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 13:47:08 GMT

We have a body in Jersey called the Channel Island Information Security Forum, and for the last three years we've run lunchtime tutorial sessions in the spring. A group of us meet up on Fridays for an hour, someone talks through part of a domain, and the idea is that you can then more easily navigate the material. I found that having someone effectively put down one overarching statement to key everything else to was really helpful.

I went through the first year and took my exam; having passed I came back as one of the tutors for the second and third courses.

I admit to making a big mistake: I bought the Jolly Green Giant (the official guide to the CISSP CBK, 4th edition). It's a fine reference book, but it is emphatically not a study guide. To work through it I took five days off work (one at a time), sat and made notes. For the last four days before the exam I used the late Shon Harris's revision tests.

Doesn't work for everyone - but it does give you a bit of variety in learning styles, which helps.

Re: Road to CISSP

Gunner — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:06:10 GMT

I just passed on Sept 30th. Here are the resources I utilized. In my humble opinion you can't pass this exam just trying to memorize definitions, etc. It's a cognitive exam that requires critical thinking in my opinion. Good luck on your road to CISSP!!

Adam Gordon ISC2 Video’s
David Miller videos on SafariBooksOnline
CYBRARY
Transcenders w\Flash Cards bought through CYBRARY at a great price
BOSON Exams
Shon Harris Video Mentor
Shon Harris AIO 7th edition
Shon Harris 7th edition Hot Spot & Drag & Drop Quiz
Shon Harris 7th edition Total Tester Exams
Eric Conrad Practice Exams A & B
Shon Harris 2010 Video \Audio
SYBEX ISC2 7th edition
SYBEX ISC2 7th edition Chapter tests
SYBEXT ISC2 7th edition Practice Exams (4 exams)
Eric Conrad 11th Hour 3rd edition.