RE: I've passed the CISSP exam, few months back...Now what???

[foxrussell () earthlink net]

I haven't taken the exam yet, but I must agree with Rami. I have several books, but the one I do find most beneficial 
is Shon's CISSP All-In-One. She has a certain "je nais sais quois" when it comes to discussing the domains. Even if you 
haven't had exposure to all ten domains, Shon's style makes it not so difficult to comprehend.

-----Original Message-----
From: rami shami <rami9009 () hotmail com>
Sent: Sep 9, 2005 1:44 PM
To: tech.louie () verizon net, security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: I've passed the CISSP exam, few months back...Now what???

Hi There

My Advice is to get Chon Harris’s book. It’s really all in one. This is all 
what you need.
First I tried to use “Wiley-The CISSP Prep Guide” but I found it so condense 
and the way information is laid out is so dull (Harris has a very smooth 
style and if you think how much this course is full of theoretical info, so 
you really need an easy style to help you go through) so what I did is I 
downloaded the e-book version of  “Wiley-The CISSP Prep Guide” and used it 
as a reference
When it comes to CBTs (Learnkey, Nugget, or Even Chon Harris’s DVDs) I was 
disappointed. Thank god I didn’t buy them, I borrowed them. They are just 
sooooo general. They can give you a 5000 feet view of the subjects, 
differently not enough  to go to the exam. Ok they are good if you don’t 
know a heck about the subject. But I wasted sometime going through them and 
I found myself as I started
Practice questions…mmmm, I used everything, Bosson’s and I downloaded 
questions from here and there on the internet but to tell you the truth you 
can’t count on this a lot.
I don’t want to brag buddy, but seriously I found the exam easy (ok it’s 
long and everything) but if you’re used to Cisco and Microsoft exams, this 
is a straight forward exam. Someone mentioned to me that it has one of the 
highest success percentage something like %90.
Invest sometime there, and you’ll pass
Good Luck



> From: "Louie" <tech.louie () verizon net>
> Reply-To: <tech.louie () verizon net>
> To: <rami9009 () hotmail com>, <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> Subject: RE: I've passed the CISSP exam, few months back...Now what???
> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 20:48:42 -0700
>
> If you don't mind me asking, what books did you study or material. I'm also
> trying to see if I could go for CISSP... Any kind of help would be great..
>
>
> --Louie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rami9009 () hotmail com [mailto:rami9009 () hotmail com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 9:51 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: I've passed the CISSP exam, few months back...Now what???
>
> I have passed the CISSP exam few month back. I have almost 14 years
> experience in the IT field, support, networking, and routing.  I thought
> that adding security to this profile will be cool. . I prepared for it just
> like any other exam; I read the right books, studied well and passed. The
> problem is that now few months later I feel that I have forgot everything. 
> I
> want to apply for a security consultant position, but I feel that I lack 
> the
> confidence to fulfill this position. What went wrong????
> I am willing to devote time and effort to bridge the gap and rebuild this
> "Security skill set" but I don't know where to start or what book to read.
> Please guys advice!

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