CCSP Exam and Preparation

[jasprene]

To fellow  CCSP future takers from the PH chapter, hopefully this helps.....

Scheduled to take the CCSP exam first week of July 2023.  It would be almost 11 years after my last ISC 2 exam, so looking forward that it would have the same result as my two previous ISC 2 certs.

For CCSP takers, below are the list of books I used for review.  This time around I used more materials compared to my CSSLP and CISSP certs.  The years do take a toll in reviewing, thus more prep materials this time unlike when we were young.  A book or two was sufficient to study for CSSLP and the CISSP hehehehehe......

Materials used for review:

1.  The Official ISC2 CCSP CBK Reference by Fife, Kraus and Lewis .

2.  CCSP for Dummies by Deanne .  (comes with 200 Online Test bank Questions)

3.  All in One CCSP Exam Guide by Carter. (comes with 310 Online Test bank Questions )

4.  Official ISC2 CBK Training Seminar for the CCSP Self Paced .

5.  CCSP (ISC)2 Official Study Guide 2nd ed. by Malisow (comes with 504 Online Test Bank Questions)

6.  CCSP Official (ISC)2 Practice Tests 2nd Ed Test Bank (comes with 992 Online Test Bank Questions)

6.  CCSP Official (ISC)2 Practice Tests 3rd Ed Test Bank  (comes with 850 Online Test Bank Questions)

Been getting a score of 80% to 85%  in the mock drills.  Would like to have it above 90, but I just want to finish this exam to kill the excitement of the wait.

Will update this post after the exam....

[jms_26]

Hi sir do you have references for Certified Cybersecurity exam?

[jasprene]

Update as of July 7, 2023:

Passed the CCSP yesterday. Finished the exam in around 170 minutes time period. As mentioned in the CCSP FAQ, each answer is final once you submit, you cannot go back to a question nor flag a question for review (this is unlike my previous ISC2 cert exam, ten years ago where you could do both).

Since I bought the online self pace learning course from ISC2 around April 2023, they also provided me for free the new AI based learning course one week before I took the exam. I did not have the time to finish it, since I was doing drill tests a week before the exam and not doing any in depth studying anymore. Hopefully this post helps fellow PH Chapter member in taking the CCSP or any future ISC 2 certifications.

[JoelJosol]

Hi,

After passing the basic Certified for CybeSecurity, what is the best certification next for a tech consultant? As compute presales consultant, I am familiar with security involving the operating system. With Microsoft Azure security certification, I got introduced into Identity management. With Google CyberSecurity, I got introduced into different tools for monitoring, incident and event management. I am now also asked to take up the AWS Security equivalent.

I am doing this to not just bolster my security credentials but to offer the security aspect when I am involved in IT projects with customer. I saw the value of this education when in one session with a customer planning to launch a web site for corporate customer access, I raised the aspect of authentication and authorization, and plans to apply OWASP protocols against cybercriminal exploiting weaknesses of the application and authentication, plans to do security scanning for app logic weaknesses, whether to allow 3rd party IdP. Although I am not the security expert in the room, that prompted the stakeholders to involve security team in the launch prep. 

So, my query is, not being a security practitioner, what is the next best path to take? Thanks for any guidance offered.