<div>Prakash,</div>
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<div>Congratulations and thanks for the excellent post. I will be having my CISSP exam on Sat 18th April. </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/9 Prakash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:prakash2757@yahoo.com">prakash2757@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>
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<td valign="top"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">Hello all, <br><br>I am really happy to share that I have passed CISSP exam. I have learned a lot during my discussions with other members so its my time to give back to community & share knowledge. It took me 1 hour to write this mail. <br>
<br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Brief Background: </span><br>6+ years of experience in IT & working on Security Consulting, Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, Vulnerability assessment, Security architecture, ISO27001 audits, IT Risk assessment, Forensics, Cyber laws, Security advisories & Antivirus CERT. <br>
Have 7 certifications (MCSA 2000, MCSA 2003, CCNA, CEH, ISO27001, etc etc) <br><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Material Read/Purchased:</span> <br>As a starter, I have gone though CISSP Exam Overview by Clement <br>(An excellent video for free of cost) <br>
CISSP Official (ISC)2 Guide (Read 2 times) <br>CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide By Shon Harris (Read 3 times) <br>Information Security Management Handbook, 6th edition by Tipton and Krause (Its a huge online book, Used as reference) <br>
Reference material & blog posts of Sir W. Hord Tipton <br>Reference material & blog posts of Sir Rob Slade <br>Request for Comments (RFC) <br>NIST Special Publication documents - <br>SP 800-30, SP 800-111, SP 800-113, SP 800-115, SP 800-107, SP 800-106, SP 800-100, SP 800-97 <br>
<br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Seminars:</span> <br>I was not able to attend CBK review seminars due to financial problem & no official sponsorship due to current economic conditions. If you are <br>fortunate enough for sponsorship from company or can afford on your own then you can surely go with Official CBK Seminar from ISC2 / Seminar by Shon Harris / Clement. It will provide great overview & refresh your domains before exam. <br>
<br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Practice Questions:</span> <br>I can not discuss anything on what exam had or might have. I practiced with lots of sample questions (around 1500). One can also purchase questions available like studISCope Self Assessment from ISC2. <br>
<br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Study time:</span> <br>I had no time at all in office due to hectic work & projects. I studied daily from 12 AM to 4 AM from past 6 months. Weekends around 8-9 hours. <br>There is no replacement to hard work. You need to work real hard, interact with people who are already certified, Clear concepts. <br>
<br>Dumps !!! - Are you kidding ? I am yet to find a CISSP who tells me he passed using dumps. I personally feel its total waste of time & money hoping questions from dumps. <br><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Exam Day: </span><br>
Got up at 5 AM, Reached exam venue at 7.30 AM. Had a good breakfast. I saw lots of people doing last minute cramming, going through pages of <br>various books. There was good arrangement made by MIEL e-Security. Good & very helpful proctors. They thoroughly check your identity & <br>
dictionaries (if any). Hours passed by & you see people walking out, smoking due to tension. I felt my mind will run out of strength in 4 hours. Its real tough to keep mind relaxed with needle of the clock not relaxing. I am sure many CISSP will agree of having extreme pressure on mind in last few hours. (Except few who can finish paper in 4-5 hours). Once exam was over my mind was totally tired & exhausted. <br>
<br>If you think CISSP exam is tough then you are wrong, Its THE toughest among all. There are no shortcuts to pass the exam. <br><br>According to me, CISSP exam needs perfect time management skills, core technical skills starting from cryptography to physical security, take best decisions under extreme pressure. <br>
<br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Its all about "Thinking right using right knowledge at the right time"</span> <br><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Results:</span> <br>Here comes the longest waiting period of life. This is the period which kills. Checking mails each & every hour. I tried my best not to post if anyone got results who gave exam on the same date <img alt="Smile" src="http://www.cccure.org/modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" border="0">. At last, mail arrives from ISC2, took 10 minutes thinking of clicking on it with heartbeats at highest rate. Just read Congratulations, You have passed !!!! and almost cried. <br>
<br>People might feel I am over enthusiastic but it feels too good when my months of late night preparations are paid off. <br><br>Thank you Clement, Nathalie and Alain for maintaining cccure with amazing quality of material. Special thanks to each & everyone who cleared my doubts. <br>
<br>Thank you W. Hord Tipton & Shon Harris for writing excellent books. <br><br>I would not have gone ahead without support of my family for so many months. <br><br>Thank you ISC, Its because of them I have learned so much in security covering all major domains during my preparation which I would not have <br>
learned even during my job. Hats off for maintaining top notch quality in certification. <br><br>I rate CISSP as toughest exam of my life in spite of having 7 certifications & It feels like holding Oscar in hand <img alt="Smile" src="http://www.cccure.org/modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" border="0"> <br>
<br>Hope people find my exam experience useful. My best wishes to everyone preparing for exam.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>cisspstudy mailing list<br><a href="mailto:cisspstudy@cccure.org">cisspstudy@cccure.org</a><br>
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