Hey all -  I was thinking about dipping my toe into the waters on ISSEP.  Has anyone taken the cybrary.it ISSEP course?  Was it beneficial?  I don't suspect it is nearly enough to pass ISSEP.   Thanks! View More

What is the value of the ISSEP for anyone outside of the US? I hold both the ISSMP and ISSAP certifications and was planning to take my ISSEP exam at the beginning of December. I started reading and studying from the limited resources I could find. However, I can’t understand the relevance of this exam for me, as it seems very US government-centric.   I appreciate that this is an engineering concentration and needs to be based on some formal material, and the NIST standards fill this gap. But why is it so US government-focused? Why can’t it be more generic, encompassing good engineering security practices and the SDLC processes laid out in the NIST documents? This approach would make it more accessible and relevant to people outside of the US and the US government.   Is anyone else choosing not to take this exam because it's too US-focused? View More

Hi, I have failed the exam 2 times. The 2 times common below proficiency is Domain 4 System Implementation, Verification, and Validation. Does anyone have any suggestions for studying this domain? Thanks!   View More

Passed CISSP-ISSEP exam on August 12, 2022 and certified on August 18, 2022. Thanks to all guidance I received from this study group.   View More

Yesterday I provisionally passed the CISSP-ISSEP exam after two weeks of intensive study. I initially started preparing on 1 May but got seriously ill for two weeks forcing me to lose two weeks of study time, but thanks to the advise sourced on this forum I was able to focus on the right content and passed the exam.   I used the Following materials to prepare:   1. NIST SP 800-160 V1R1 2. NIST SP 800-161 3. NIST SP 800-39 4. NIST SP 800-37 R2 5. NIST SP 800-53 R5 6. NIST SP 800-88 R1 7. NIST SP 800-40 R4 8. IATF CH 1-4 9. CISSP-ISSEP Official Flash Cards 10. CNSS Instruction No. 4009 (This is very handy)   I did not use any practice questions. I got some videos that summarized PMBOK 7 as i did not have enough time to read the book cover to cover.    Something worth mentioning is that I had also Read the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook earlier this year but this was for project related reasons. This helped me understand the SE process better.   View More