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mariatirado
Community Manager

CPE Resources!

We're excited to announce our new CPE tutorial video series!

 

It covers topics of general CPE FAQs, How to access the CPE portal, How to submit Group A CPE credits and How to submit Group B CPE credits!

 

Watch here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEQg62IaANAJwZQGat-AjihyrYmS8wEq

 

Stay tuned for more videos soon.

6 Replies
riffjim4069
Contributor I

Very nice!  I was just cleaning-out my files yesterday (long past due) and came across the CISSP CPE Guidelines (circa 2005), and CISM CPE Policy (circa 2007).  I'm betting these are slightly outdated!  Yeah, I was issued four #2 pencils and a scantron sheets when I took my CISSP in a room filled with 150 test-takers with  ISC2 volunteers posted at every row for the monthly CISSP exam.  


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jhamm79
Viewer

Nice find. Hard to believe that 2005 is now 20 years ago (almost).

 

Beads
Advocate I

Crossed the 20-year mark earlier in 2025 when we travelled long distances to sit for exams, proctored by fellows. I found my pencil and plan to build a case and hang it on my "I love me wall". 

 

- B/eads

riffjim4069
Contributor I

@Beads - Congrats!  I'm not far behind you.  I'm still traumatized by that six-hour exam ordeal:  back and neck still ache from being chained sitting upright in that hard plastic chair for 6-hours; bladder never quite recovered from my one bathroom break taken while being escorted by two armed guards as they watched and logged my urine stream; seems like every scantron sheet, text booklet, and pencils were serialized and had to be signed for and initialized - signed more forms than our home purchase, wills, and trusts combined; and wore out a half-dozen #2 pencils to the nub to where they resembled the rock hammer Andy Dufresne used to tunnel his way out of Shawshank Prison.  After digging my way out of Old CISSP Exam Prison, I vowed to maintain my CPEs and never return.  LOL!  ksnip_20251217-230022.png

Beads
Advocate I

I walked out of the testing room, made an immediate left, sat down at the bar (no, not kidding) and asked for a menu and a scotch. 

 

For those of you who may be thinking this is hyperbole, let me reassure you its not. There were no Conrad books, no quizes, no cheat sheets, just experience and if you could afford it, one onsite course that was difficult at best. The CISSP had a roughly 20 percent, first time pass rate. Today, things are much different. 

 

- B/Eads

riffjim4069
Contributor I

While the Old School CISSP exam was challenging (even with the brutal 6-hour format), I felt confident that I had passed since I had studied for roughly 6-years doing lunch 'n learns.  It was difficult to wrangled funds for the training and exam until DoD 8570 rolled-out and become a contract requirement.  Still, we should be granted OG CISSP or Godfather CISSP status.  LOL!   Oh, I forgot about the mental punishment of having several weeks before receiving notification.  Yep, felt pretty good about my performance turning in my exam...less so, after each and ever passing day when doubt crept it.  After three weeks I was convinced I'd receive a call that the exams were lost in a fire and that I would have to re-take the exam.