Please review user experience as an ISSMP hopeful

[ericgeater]

Good morning.  Will someone at ISC2 please dogfood the UX for looking into the ISSMP study materials?

First, the email I received which should have delivered the "ultimate guide to the ISSMP" delivered the "ultimate guide to the ISSEP".

Next, the "thank you" page for registering for the ultimate guide (found here) includes the November 2022 exam guide.  The guide as presented on the link still labels the exam as the CISSP-ISSMP.

I had forgotten that I'd downloaded the ultimate guide back in June, but the "ultimate guide" link I received at that time had a November 2023 date.  I saved that download to a specific folder on my PC, so it's a stare-and-compare of side-by-side documents.

This is just a courtesy note.  Y'all know my email address if you'd like to ask questions directly!

[nkeaton]

I passed the exam in July. I used the NIST documents and did read the last book just for context. It was not very helpful for the exam but was a good perspective. I think that Luke’s How to Think Like a Manager was also good for framing my mindset. Definitely keeping the exam objectives with me was a positive. I have earned a CISSP and a CISM and seemed like a natural path. I passed the ISSEP last fall but very different from each other. Best wishes.

[ericgeater]

Thanks for your feedback!  Which NIST documents are you describing, by the way?

And I had not heard of Ahmed's book before now.  I appreciate the suggestion.  It seems that ISSMP doesn't have nearly as much study literature available as CISSP does.