Re: CISSP Study Strategy?

[Kevin Shortt <kevin.shortt () gmail com>]

I prepared slow and steady. My experience helped, but the exam is
essentially psychological warfare for those of us who do not test well.
CCCure was the ticket.   I basically tested myself over and over, and review
areas that surfaced weak.

Remember however, do not take the scores of cccure test questions
personally.  When I was studying...(..2007),  the questions seem to not
reflect reality.  So...what that meant for me was, my scores seem to sag
with cccure, but I passed the exam.

It's key to have a good night's rest and eat a healthy breakfast.  It makes
more of a difference than you think.   There is a lot of BS in the morning.
Stay at the hotel if you can. (I could not...which added extra layers of
BS..)

I know these remarks are late, but I hope they help. (at least someone..)

-Kevin



On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:03 PM, PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey () hotmail com> wrote:

>  Very timely subject for me.  I'll be in Baltimore next week at SANS taking
> the cissp prep course.  Then I'm taking the exam later in the month.  Email
> me after next week and I can let you know what I thought of the course.
>
> I've spent the last 2-3 months or so reading all of the Shon Harris book,
> pretty much every available moment I've had during the day has been spent
> reading.  Most of it is familiar topics, but areas like Risk Mgmt and
> Application Security are not, so I need to work harder to prepare in those
> areas.  I've taken the sample questions at the end of each chapter and test
> questions at cccure.org.  So far they seem to indicate I'll do well.  I'll
> be taking the ones at the end of the ISC2 book after my boot camp.
>
> I think it clicked for me at some point as I was taking the sample
> questions... Shon says the questions are "conceptual" and you are trying to
> give the best answer not necessarily the correct one.   Didn't know what
> that meant at first, but I think you need to get past reading too much into
> a question, and think about "what are they really asking me".  Try to think
> in the larger sense of the question, as it applies to one of the 10 domains.
>  There were some questions that I completely disagreed with the correct
> answer, but only a handful...  There are apparently questions that will
> straight out ask you how many bits of encryption are in a particular
> cipher... so be aware of that.
>
> From others I've talked to, mostly reading the material, yet not cramming,
> and taking many many test questions is what worked for them.  Haven't talked
> to anyone else who took a boot camp, but SANS' course boasts a 98% success
> rate (of those that responded, hehe...) but either way it can't hurt,
> 'specially if your work is paying :-)
>
> -PJ
>
> ------------------------------
> From: craigfreyman () gmail com
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:17:40 -0600
> To: pauldotcom () mail pauldotcom com
> Subject: [Pauldotcom] CISSP Study Strategy?
>
>
> 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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