In CCSP Official Student Guide 5th Edition - EPUB, at the bottom of module 1 (Understanding Cloud Computing Concepts) of Chapter 1 (Cloud Concepts, Architecture and Design), there is a knowledge check regarding the building blocks of cloud computing. The correct answer contains the word 'RAW' and I'm confused as to what that is referring to. Is it perhaps a mistype and it should instead be 'RAM'?  View More

I am pleased to share that I cleared CCSP exam yesterday 26/06, must admit it was one of the toughest grueling experience focusing on exam for 4 hours. apart from technical capability this test your patience to sit & focus in one place for 4 hrs !! I finished the exam with 33 sec to spare had to rush in last question so that I don't run out of time.    My tip. - Know the domain and its content & concept well. - Go through the reference material latest twice. - Attempt domain wise test questions and work on week domains   Materials used - ISC2 official training & CCSP Official (ISC)2 Student Guide 5th Edition, 5th Edition (over to cover thorough read) -Official CCSP Study Guide- 4th Edition -Official CCSP Practice Test- 3rd Edition. -Prepare for the CCSP exam by Gwen Bettwy on Udemy -Cloud Guardian from Gwen Bettwy - last minute reading -NIST & ISO Documents -CSA Security Guidance   Cheers SJ   View More

TLDR: 1st attempt Pass, 2 weeks of prep, harder than expected, work experience was crucial, would not do anything differently.   Study Materials: Sybex Offical Study Guide (3rd Edition), and Practice Exams ($60 bundle on Amazon), LearnZApp Official CCSP Practice Questions/Exams ($20 one-time fee for 1 month)   Background: I hold CISSP, CISM, and a minor collection of CompTIA certs (including Cloud+). I've worked in InfoSec for ~9 years and cloud specifically for 2-3. My general approach is study guide + practice questions until I'm scoring 80%+ consistently on new question sets. I started on the CCSP as part of a broad ongoing goal to knock out 2 education milestones a year. I suspected this would not be a major lift due to working in the field and having previously completed the Cloud+ certification. I passed the CISSP in 2016 so it has been a minute since I have taken an ISC2 exam but I remembered the general format and strategy for filtering out 'incorrect' and 'correct' first and then honing in on the BEST answer.    Study:  I read the OSG over the course of 1 week (~1 chapter a day + summary questions). Week 2 was just practice questions. I did ~300 new questions a day, moving on to the LearnZApp midweek. I opted for the one-time ~$20 access fee. Note: I thoroughly read and consider the explanations provided on both incorrect AND correct answers because you may get something right for the wrong reasons and it can honestly only strengthen your understanding for the extra 5 seconds it takes. All in all, I completed maybe 1500 total questions with a first-look average of ~80%. Historically, if I can take a fresh exam question set with >80%, I will pass the exam. I scheduled for Saturday, and spent Friday only doing question sets of the items I had gotten wrong on the first pass. I read posts on Reddit and ISC2 (like this one) for insights and recent feedback from exam takers - I can't say anything jumped out as particularly helpful or comforting.    Exam: I took the exam slowly. If I was doing 100 questions an hour in practice, I was doing 40 questions an hour on the exam. Extra attention to key words and eliminating obviously wrong answers. You can not go back on the exam. Plan accordingly. I completed the exam in a little over 3 hours with very low confidence. Passed. 🙂   I tally my answers as I go into "I know I got that right", "50/50 chance", and "Complete guess". By my own estimates, I was 100% confident on roughly half of the questions, 50/50 on a third, and the rest were best guess. I will say there were an abnormally high number of questions in that last category for me. Roughly ~17% the questions I either couldn't rule out wrong answers or had zero exposure to the technologies or concepts. This was surprising considering my profession, prior exams, and study materials. It definitely could be those "ungraded" test questions that were driving that percentage. I calculated my estimated score using the tally sheet, using 1, .5, and .25 multipliers for each category. My guess was that I scored a 107.5/150, which would have put me uncomfortably close to the minimum. Obviously some of those were experimental, so I likely had more of a buffer than it felt like. I'm waiting on the official results to confirm.    Lessons Learned (or confirmed):  1. Eliminate the wrong answers first. Improve your chances if it comes down to 2 close options. 2. Stay calm. I had a couple of stretches of 5+ questions in a row that I was completely guessing. Reset and resume. Don't get caught in a spiral of "what if I fail this...", "there goes $600 down the drain...", etc. 3. Work experience was crucial for me. Reading the OSG and 1500+ questions will give you the terminology, technology exposure, and background concepts ... basically you're now qualified to understand the question, but no closer to knowing the BEST answer with any confidence. That's where the work experience came in. 4. Additional time studying would not have helped me. Different resources may have helped, but I won't fault myself with going with the official guides and test banks.    Mileage may vary. Best of luck! View More

On August 1, 2024, the time allotted to sit for the CCSP credential exam will move from four hours to three hours. In addition to this change, the total items in the exam will adjust from 150 to 125.     The six domains and format of the exam will not be impacted by this update. For more information on the exam content, we recommend reviewing the CCSP Exam Outline, which was last updated in August 2022.  View More

Glad to share that I have passed CCSP exam yesterday on my first attempt.     Despite holding CISA and CISSP , I felt that CCSP exam was really hard.     Study materials used:   Official CCSP Study Guide- 4th Edition (3 cover to cover thorough reads) Official CCSP Practice Test- 3rd Edition. CCSP course on LinkedIn by Mike Chapple. Prepare for the CCSP exam by Gwen Bettwy on Udemy    Here are my tips and tricks for passing exam:   Read the study text cover to cover thoroughly and make sure that you understand the concepts before jumping to solve the practice questions. All the concepts should be crystal clear to you and you must know the difference between related concepts e.g., Portability & Interoperability or BCP & DRP. A few questions in the exam really tested the understanding of related concepts. Don’t think like a too technical person, rather think like a manager who is going to advise people to implement certain controls. Use the elimination method to eliminate the wrong answers from MCQZ and then focus on choosing the right answer. Try to remember the ISO, NIST references mentioned in CCSP CBK but don’t overkill it. I just got 1 question related to that. The actual exam is one way street you cannot flag or go back to previous question so be mindful of that. Don’t lose your calm during the exam and remain focused. I only managed to complete 40 question during the first hour and was pretty sure that I wont be able to pass the exam based on the difficulty of question. I felt like there was ample time to answer 150 question and managed to easily complete in around 3.5 hours.   All the best for your journey! View More