I have access to LinkedIn learning. The Mike Chapple CC course was very good. So I suggest those videos and the four practice exams available on LinkedIn learning. But I strongly believe the free training is enough. However, I suggest going through the class twice. Study whatever questions you miss. Review the free training and find those answers. Any topic you have trouble with write it down, like with pen and paper not typed.
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Memorizing things like protocols/ports or the OSI and TCP/IP models is not wasted time. But it seems safe to say you do not need to. You might get a few questions, you might get more than a few. I expect that if I re-tested it would not be the same test. But you need these things for future certifications. Set your sites high and learn these like you would need to for the CCNA (or other ISC2 certs). People say you do not need these for work. But the 'ops engs' guys who fixed what I could not, knew this stuff cold and used it.
The wording of the exam can be tricky. So, a process of elimination technique is hard to deploy. You have to know 100% why your selected answer is the best. You have to know why the unselected answers are not the best. Do the practice exams like this.
If you are pressed for time just do the free course. If you have time for another course. Choose one that is from a recognizable trainer with a solid reputation. The more ways material is presented to you the easier a time you will have with tricky questions. Be careful choosing non-ISC2 material. I found a practice exam that had at least two bad questions.
I completed a BS in Network Security in 2022. I have an active CCNA and some minor certs. My A+, Sec+, and Net+ are all lapsed. As I recall, I need to renew those and get the CySA+, goal within 6 months. This is for a job I verbally accepted a couple of days ago. Great job and in a mind-blowing location. I have 10 years IP NOC experience. In 2019, I took the A+, Net+, and since I over over-prepared I studied for one week and passed the Sec+.
I passed the CC provisionally today. I started studying in mid-February. First I watched the Mike Chapple CISSP video series, paying fairly close attention. Then I watched his CC videos and paid close attention. After this, I completed the free training here. I did take a few weeks to study for job interviews (Splunk, VMware, and IT helpdesk topics). I started the free training getting a 90% on the pre-assessment, I'm not sure if that was 90/100 or familiar with 90% of the material to be covered. Then it was back to LinkedIn learning for the CC practice exams there, I took 3 of the 4. Then took or re-took the free training post-assessment and scored a 90 or 91. I scored 90-96 on all the practice exams. I took notes in MS Notepad when I studied the topics I missed on the practice exams. I do not think I missed more than 10 questions on the exam, maybe only 5. I forced myself to read the questions and answers carefully, Then I selected an answer. Then I read again and considered the answers again. I tried to eliminate the answers I was not selecting. I treated the answers like questions
