CISSP Study Strategy?

[jackadaniel at gmail.com (Jack Daniel)]

As far as the materials, the Shon Harris book, and the Krutz and Vines
book are good.  It is as much "CISSP mindset" as specific knowledge
for some questions, too.

We've done study groups with the local (Boston) NAISG chapter,
covering 1 or 2 topics per night, 1 night a week.  It takes a lot
longer than a boot camp, but you can actually learn stuff instead of
just cramming for a test.

Test taking skills are a huge help.  If you get flustered easily, it
will not be pleasant.  Since it is a paper test, you can go over it
repeatedly- a good way to tackle the test is:
Go through it once quickly, answer the easy questions only.  Don't
bother with the long ones, and skip any you do not instantly know.
Then, go through a second time, read all the questions, but only
answer the ones you know.
By this point, you should have made real progress, and will have read
the whole test- probably finding answers to some questions in other
questions.
Now you can start grinding away on the remaining questions, hopefully
fairly relaxed.

Good luck

Jack



On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Craig Freyman <craigfreyman at gmail.com> wrote:
> What are some of the strategies people have used to pass the exam? Anyone
> use one of the "boot camps?"
> Thanks,
> Craig
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